Marathon Monday #2

YouTube is not cooperating today, so Facebook gets the video and blog readers get the written post. =)

I walk/jogged a 5k at Lake Hefner on Saturday - gorgeous weather, and I was there right around 4pm so the view was perfect.  It felt great to be able to do 8:1 intervals without getting too winded.  I've started a dynamic stretch routine that I do before any run workouts, and I hope it will prove helpful!  My routine right now is a 10-minute walk and 10-minute core workout Monday-Friday morning before work... then following the training plan, which has 40-60 minutes of full body strength training Tues/Thurs and various run/walk distances and intervals on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, along with a 45-minute bike ride or walk on Fridays and a total rest day on Sunday.  I can switch the days up a bit as needed, but it feels like a pretty workable and well-rounded plan from what I can tell!

My new Brooks Hyperion shoes... these may be the magical Marathon shoes - so far so good, and I like that they're in theme with the Wicked colors!  #defyinggravity #unlimited

Saturday was winter solstice (the shortest daylight hours), and on 12-22, it gradually starts getting lighter.  I adore that reality and that metaphor!!

Light is coming!  P.S.  I feel like a lot of Lake Hefner Saturdays may be in my future!

This popped up on Facebook and made me laugh. =)

True story - in work changes and marathoning and more!!  Let's freaking grow! ;-)

I'm really determined to work the training plan and be consistent with it.  This was a good visual for why consistency matters with nutrition and with race training!

Another meme that made me laugh lately... I'm committed to the 20 weeks of Marathon Monday videos idea, and I think it'll be good to push myself and get better at that along the way!

Hopefully YouTube will un-pause the uploads soon, but for now, this works!  Merry Christmas Eve Eve to you!  Here's to moving on purpose, with purpose, and for a purpose!! (Which I talked about in my video, along with my job news).

Once again, I'll be adding multiple posts today to stay caught up with the amount of photos and fun events in December! ❤