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Hi all!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So fun to see the Pink House with so many smiling faces!  You ladies are really getting this stuff DONE!
This week is just a small increase – 95 minutes or 7.5 miles.   We have one more week of building and then next week we get a break to let your body rest.  But you will still need to get in your 3 runs\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next week \u2013 ASL break week<\/strong>
Next week is a rest week to let your body recover from the work it has been doing to build up your muscles.  The schedule has you running 60 minutes on Thursday. of that week  You\u2019re also supposed to now be running 60 minutes on Tuesday.  I assume that those of you who are in London now will still be here over break so we will just keep on matching you up with coaches and continuing as usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sport beans\/gels<\/strong>
I know many of you are feeling exhausted at the end of the run and that is totally normal.  After break, we will start to introduce the concept of sport gels that we will use on our longer runs which may help this a bit.  However, for the run this week, you might want to consider bringing along some candy that can give you a little pick-me-up when you\u2019re starting to feel tired.  I\u2019m not talking a big chocolate bar (sorry!) but maybe some Starbursts or a hard candy of some sort that will wake up your mouth and give you a little sugar.  Runners often use sport jelly beans – a common brand is Jelly Belly.  You can usually get them on Amazon.  You might be able to get them at Holland & Barrett (a Google search shows they have them on their website).  You can pop a couple in your mouth and it makes your body pay attention and \u201cwake up\u201d a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keeping Yourself Engaged During Long Runs<\/strong>
For those of you not able to run with coaches for your long runs, or even for those 60 minute runs, it can be hard to keep yourself motivated and engaged.  For me personally, I start to get tired of my playlists after a while.  So I turn to audiobooks or podcasts to try to make the runs feel a little less long.  Micki recently put a call out for podcast recommendations from the MWF group so I thought I\u2019d share those here if you\u2019re interested.  For audiobooks, I find that a good mystery or thriller keeps me wanting to keep running a bit more to find out what happens\u2026
If anyone has other podcast or audiobook recommendations, please share!<\/p>\n\n\n\n