Hello! I just had the busiest weekend ever – so along with the Santa Clarita Marathon results I’m going to share all the fun! Also – how did all my friends running the New York City Marathon do?! Lemme know!
Join me back on Saturday night for a second…
I went to a big family party for my Nino’s birthday. My lil brother and I had some fun taking selfies…
and the food was amazing, per usual.
Since the Santa Clarita Marathon is 80+ miles from my house, but ‘only’ 45 miles from my mom’s I slept there last night.
I’m considering moving back for obvious reasons…
the food.
They have fancy creamer – I never buy this stuff because I know I’d drink it all in one day – possibly on cereal.
Santa Clarita Marathon
Santa Clarita Marathon and Half Marathon – Since it was daylight savings time or something I woke up before my alarm and got to the race with plenty of time to spare. The announcer was great about giving clear updates and reminders, there was plenty of parking, the race started on time and most importantly – there were plenty of porta potties.
Here’s the race shirt – I didn’t take a picture of the medal yet.
Starting line about 20 minutes before the race – this is the great thing about smaller races – you don’t need to get there 4 hours ahead of time.
I was FREEZING at the start and someone saw me shivering and gave me their sweatshirt!! Isn’t that the nicest thing of your life?!
I thought it was a good course – very scenic around the local paved trails. It’s not super exciting and probably best as a half marathon. There are not a lot of spectators – so it is very different from that other race going on this weekend (NYCM) but the weather was perfect for running – cool and pretty (no crazy winds like NYCM). There were plenty of water stops and the volunteers were super nice.
This marathon was my 10th full marathon of the year! More importantly, it’s my LAST marathon of the year! Whew. In addition to the race I had 3 very important parties for people I love so I considering not running – but I wanted to cross one last 26.2 off before I retire my marathon legs for 2014. (I have half marathons coming up.) I’m glad I did it now that I’m on the other side of that finish 
Santa Clarita Marathon time: 3:54:08
Pace: 8:55
Updated to add: I ran another marathon without a watch. I just haven’t been able to get my Garmin to work – but I’m going to work on that this week. I just have a lot going on in Monicanland and haven’t made it a priority. I do think it would help to pace and push myself better so I need it asap!
From the race I had to rush back to my mom’s, take a shower and go to my Grams’ for her 90th birthday celebration! I don’t have any pictures of that because I was late and just trying to enjoy my fam.
Then, I rushed to my friend Bri’s baby shower. My girls SkinnyRunner, KT and Shelley threw it and it was the most gorgeous shower!
The girls!
From there I hit up Whole Foods for ALL THE FOOD. I didn’t eat that much today (seriously – I didn’t eat a ‘real’ meal for me and it was 6pm).
So I got all this for tonight. Just me. Boom.
Question: Today is Pile on the Miles day 2! It’s Sunday – what do you have planned for this week?
Question: What was the BEST thing you ate or drank this weekend?
Hi it was so cool to meet you after the marathon!! I met a famous runner! 🙂 Great job! It is a nice flat course. And the volunteers at the water stations were all super nice and tons of them.
I ran a 5k! 🙂
I ran the Manchester City marathon in New Hampshire this morning. It was chilly and hilly with 20-30mph headwinds. It was crazy!
For some reason I didn’t see this post yesterday so put my day 2 stuff on your day 1 post I think – anyhow – day 2 was 12 miles!
I can’t believe you ran a marathon then went to not just 1 but multiple parties! After a marathon I can just sit around and drink water then beer 🙂
Day 2: ran 3 miles
6 miles today and #2 of (at least ) 4 complete for the week!
Did a Nike training club workout today!
Rest day!
Run a 10K today! 1h02m48s… my PR! Yay!
11/2 check in 1.95 miles
I ran/walked 4 miles. Congrats on your 10th marathon!!!
Another rest day. Usually take Sat and Sun off. Just a walk around the neighborhood!
I ran 20 miles this morning then I watched the New York City Marathon!
took today off! legs needed a break!
7 mile trail race. Fun but freezing!
Do you not realize how awkward you look in group pictures when you’re in the middle and you’re the only one putting your arm on your hip, to try and look slimmer, and blocking other girls in the process? Not to mention just ruining the entire group photo.
Not gonna lie, I was thinking the exact same thing! I felt bad for the girl on the end next to you looking kinda awkard
Ran 4 miles!! 🙂
ran 4 miles today! Didn’t time myself either since I’m just trying to get the mileage in and didn’t want to disappoint myself by paying attention to my pace. I’m hoping I’ll start timing myself by next week, but for now, I’m more focused on my form, breathing, and distance since I’m getting over bronchitis. Cooler weather felt amazing!
I ran 8miles for my long run! I have a couple if runs planned this week and hope to run a total of 25mi but the end!
Ran 7 miles! It was supposed to be 11 but the weather was crazy up here in the northeast!!
Sunday was a rest day for me – I still have a cold! I did go for a walk with the family though. Best thing I ate this weekend was chicken stir fry in a spicy peanut sauce!
Day 2- did an hour of pilates to stretch out after my half marathon yesterday! http://www.thelittlethingsblog.com/indianapolis-monumental-half-marathon-race-recap-2014/
Yesterday(the 2nd) I had a rest day!
Hot Chocolate 5k today. Bam, got a cramp in left calf, but still ran faster than a previous 5k last month!
Ran a 5k but didn’t PR. BOOO.
Guess I’ll have to try again in December!
I almost forgot to check in! A little late, oops. I ran 8 miles this morning, my longest run since the Long Beach marathon and it felt SO GOOD to be back out there 🙂
Went to my favorite: spin at aura with Trent Davis!
Awesome weekend! Congrats on the race and for it being your last marathon for the year. 10 is an insane accomplishment! Also, you are definitely not the first person who I’ve heard say they would drink the creamer or put it over cereal haha.
Day 2 (yesterday) was a rest day after my race Sat. Stretching and core.
Today was a rest day for me!
3 miles made up of 6 x 400m intervals! Congrats on an awesome race. 🙂
2.5 miles to start off the month – aiming for 10 miles/week
Got 3.5 miles in running yesterday morning! The rest of the week will be 3 5-k runs either on the treadmill or outside if it’s not too cold. And hopefully at least one strength workout if I can fit it in. Best thing I ate all weekend was chocolate ribs! Mmm delish!
Off to a rough start for November. Haven’t ran a single mile yet because we had snow and rain all weekend on the east coast. Tonight planning on running 5 or 6 in the new dark, cold, autumn weather.
2 mile walk/run…trying to burn off Halloween treats LOL.
I strength trained at the gym and ran 2 miles
Rest day, but cleaned house for 3 hours and broke a sweat 🙂
It was late but got 2 miles in. 🙂
My boyfriend cooked for the first time. He made some really tasty meatballs and garlic bread. I was pleasantly surprised 😉
I think running without a garmin is probably a nice treat every now and again. You will appreciate these races when you are back in pace tracking mode and pushing hard for faster splits. Happy 90th to your grams.
3 mile walk with my son and the basset hounds before he went back to campus. Gorgeous fall day – watching the end of the NYC Marathon has me totally motivated to get back to running. I did my first half in May and had blisters and a few overuse injuries. Since then I have been struggling to stay motivated for my run days – hopefully the pile on the miles challenge will get me back on track!
Easy run today to get back into the swing of things. After a week off after hurting my leg. 2.5 mile run at 8:54 min mile. Not too bad.
Day 2 — played a soccer game (we won!)
Rest day.
I have a hilly 3k planned for today.
I’ve been sick the past 2 weeks so this week I’m hoping to get more back into my routine. Plus I’m running a half this weekend. Fingers crossed the last two weeks won’t make me doomed for misery at the race.
6 miles today plus strength training!
8 miles , beautiful morning
Day 2: Body Pump class and holy buckets I’m sore this morning!
Running and cleaning this week! And taking down Halloween lights.. at some point.
I had a race yesterday, so today was a rest day. I also have a 10 miler race Sunday so I’ll be running 3 days to keep my legs fresh!
I did an insanity workout
I’ve got a Tuesday morning run, Thursday morning walk and Saturday morning run. Best thing I drank yesterday was a tall glass of water after coming back from a chocolate show. So.much.sugar 😀
Did 3 miles bright and early today! 😀
Day 2 was bodyweight strength for me. Pushups and planks in between tasks around the house!
10th marathon of the year? Holy moly
Ran a 5k race today
Day 1 – rest day, stroll with dog and dancing at a wedding. Day 2 was a failure. I planned a 13mile run, but something tweaked and I only got in 4 slow miles instead. I went to a hot ypga class to hopefully get it loosened up!
2 miles for day 2
I am exhausted from your day 😉
Ran 4 treadmill miles yesterday. Still trying to ease back into running without pain in my ankle.
I ran 7 miles on Sunday! Felt great
10 mile run on the treadmill 🙂
did not run today – but I did ballroom dancing yesterday! (hurt my hip just a little bit) Hoping to get back to running (pain free) in the seckond part of this week.
Day 2! Lots of strength training planned for this week. Took a nice, long, slow walk for about an hour and a half today!
Day 2: rest day! Definitely earned our after my half marathon yesterday 🙂
Walked to the store and back, that’s 2 miles, plus I winterized my garden (overnight frost pretty much caused a plant massacre) and my big living room window. Yoga in a bit, 3 miles this afternoon. I actually scheduled this yesterday.
Ran the Chocoholic 5k in St. Paul, MN, favorite eat was my son’s girlfriend’s pumpkin cupcakes w/cream cheese frosting, yum!
I ran a chilly 2.5 miles today (Sunday) with the best running partner ever; my puppy!
Pilaties and upper body weights!
I did a short insanity workout today, and the best thing I ate was actually beef liver today. All that nutrition!
4 more miles! 90 to go!
12 ugly miles.
went to the gym for an hour of bodycombat this morning… didn’t stretch properly after my 10k yesterday and now my quads are very angry. tried to make up for it with a bit of foam rolling after gym. 🙂
my goal is to be consistent with at least 5 days of cardio or strength, with potentially an extra day for yoga some weeks, so i’ve got one day down, 4 to go!
Day 2- “rest day” I volunteered at the NYC Marathon by stuffing thousands of food bags with apples then handing the food bags out to the marathoners at the finish! What an incredible experience!!
Ran 4 miles today and rest tomorrow.
Sunday
Plan: walk or slow trot with some of the girls from the run group
Actual: 6mile slow trot + 6mile run; so it was better than expected especially after 12 miles on Saturday
Monday
Plan: cross training
Actual: back & pec strength training
So that’s 2 for 2. Happy as a lark.
ok, with some hours of delay…yesterday I ran 10k in 1:10, that is a very good time for my standards (I’m a slow runner…sorry!)
Today is a rest day, I think I’ll just walk as much as I can to do some errands. Then, this week I planned to run 230 minutes, without deciding a distance. Let’s see how it goes!
Congrats for your marathon, Monica! You are gorgeous:)))
Today was Strength and Stretch day… Did a home workout followed by yoga
I went to the gym today and did 20 minute stairclimber and 25 minute elliptical with 10 minutes of ab work.
Ran 6 miles on a wonderful fall day
Rest day for me!!
I’m hoping to do yoga and some get a little running in.
Lots of walking and a 75 minute yoga class!
My knee is still in pain, so I did an upper body strength workout today and will replace my run tomorrow with some stationary bike.
Today was a total rest day! My legs are a little hungover from yesterday’s 19.8 mile run!
No actual run or workout but work was busy enough to count as a good workout.
I ran s 5k for #RunEvanIn today. And the best thing was the jalapeño chicken burger with guacamole I made for dinner. It was yum!
Plans for the week = less wine and more miles (or a spin class or two) ;o)
Had a nice 2 mile jog! Yay for November.
I ran a half marathon a week ago and took a full week off to recover, so I’m back at it tomorrow! So all that to say…today I didn’t do anything! My legs feel rested though and that was the point 🙂
10 mile run in the BEAUTIFUL Bay Area sunshine! 🙂 Happy happy run!
Ran my fastest 5 miles in a long time.
No running g for today since I was in the road for quite a few hours. So taking a rest day. Tomorrow though I am excited to hit the pavement. 🙂
Day 2: elliptical and a quick burpee, push-up, sit up circuit. Physical therapy tomorrow…hoping to be back running soon!
Took the dog for a 2 mile walk, and then did some PiYo before dinner. Didn’t technically make 10,000 steps, but Iwould still consider it a success!
Day 2, this was planned as a rest day because I worked 15 hours doing a floor set but I was on my feet moving for those whole 15 hours, thank god for compression socks!!
day 2..sunday is my rest day. but still going strong with the daily stretching!! best thing i ate this weekend was roasted butternut squash…first of the season 🙂
No running again today, but I did spend 4 hours training at the climbing gym! I’m about to do some yoga before bed too.
i did the elliptical for 45 minutes and did my pt exercises.
This week will be at least 4 runs… And hopefully I’ll be moving, so done extra strength training :-).
i walked 2.5 miles
Today I did a 15min warm up jog, then did my first NROLFW Stage 2 strength training workout. It was tough, but good 🙂
My favourite eat this weekend was some super fresh turkish pide with parmesan and spinach dip from a local market. YUM!
Yoga and a walk with the hubby and dog.
I ran four miles after work today BUT I just dropped my blowdryer on my foot while blowdrying so we’ll see about tomorrow’s run!
6.6 chilly/windy miles this afternoon.
I went a little crazy on mileage this week, so I’m planning on a couple days of yoga and probably 3 or 4 days of running. My goal is around 20 miles/week for November
I have a stroller run planned for Tuesday with a friend! The best thing I ate this weekend was pumpkin spice pancakes this morning.
2 miles on the treadmill Sunday morning. My goal is 60 miles for November so for the month I have 55 more miles. Woo hoo!
Day 2 – only one mile on the treadmill tonight, but it followed an hour of strength training, so I’m calling it good. This week’s plans involve lots of early mornings to get my runs in before work. I have some extra long days at work this week, so I know I won’t want to run at the end of the day.
The best think I ate or drank this week was a mimosa at work today (the benefits of working in theatre = encouraged drinking on the job) when the bar in the lobby had a bottle of champagne that needed to be finished.
Ran 6 miles today, 3 of which was a time trial to set my zones for the upcoming training. Balls out for 3 miles felt good. Need to do it more often.
Day 2: 2 mile run
Just over 3 miles today, chump change compared to your 26.2! way to go 🙂
day 2.. 4 mile walk this morning.
Ran 3 hilly miles today, woot!!