Thinking sucks

So let me distract you with this amazing video while I talk about fundraising.  When you donate, you're supporting my journey to have some of these random thoughts along the Boston Marathon route.

Other thoughts will include:

This isn't so bad...
Man, I've totally got this in the bag...
I love Boston!
Yummy - Gu...
Fartlecking really helped me get faster...
Man, Boston is much flatter than San Francisco, I should KILL these charity runners...
2 hours, the Kenyans are about to finish.  Damn them (probably approaching mile 13 by now)...
Just keep running...
Why is that fat guy running faster than me?
I can't let the fat guy beat me - I've worked too hard for this...
Well, maybe he's an IronMan finisher wearing a fat suit for training?
I'll just keep him in my sights and pass him near the finish...
Why is this taking so long?
Oh, outskirts of Boston, should be there soon!
Wait, where am I?
Where's the fat guy?!?!?
COMMONWEALTH AVENUE!  Sweet baby Jesus - the finish must be near!!
Where the hell is the finish line?!?!?
OH, there it is!  I'm coming!!!
FINISH LINE!! OMG I JUST FINISHED THE BOSTON MARATHON!!!!
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I am hoping to raise $2,000 by the end of February and need YOUR help getting there.  Those who have donated thus far mean the world to me and I super appreciate their support!

If you have an extra $20 (or if you found a $50 bill on the ground) and want to be awesome sauce, please donate HERE - thank you in advance, I appreciate you too :)

Crossfit and Endurance

Oh, and BTW, my new fancy fundraising page for Boston is up!  I'm working on putting some final touches on the page, but it usually doesn't like letting me log in.  Check it out, please donate to this incredible cause, and look for some fun/interesting ways to participate soon!

One of my Crossfit trainers defined the concept perfectly:  Crossfit is meant to prepare your body to perform any activity at any time.

I've been with my gym Crossfit Pacific Coast for almost a year now.  I actually started a regular weight lifting routine because I noticed a difference between the amount of strength training I did and the amount of endurance and injuries I had.  I was able to increase my overall pace and virtually eliminate all the nagging injuries I had experienced when I first started running.  A friend turned me onto crossfit, and I've been hooked ever since.

My concern with my Crossfit training regimen has come with my current year of marathon training.  Here's my schedule to date:

• April 16: Boston
• May 12: Santa Ynez Wine Country Half
• June 10: Camp Pendelton Mud Run
• October 14: Nike Women's Marathon
• December 2: California International Marathon

That's a lot of endurance races and I wanted to make sure I am ready for every one of them without burning myself out.  Initially, my workout schedule consisted of:

Monday        Tuesday       Wednesday        Thursday      Friday       Saturday     Sunday

5 miles          Crossfit         Track Work      Crossfit        3-4 miles   Long Run    OFF

Needless to say, I was concerned about killing myself.  My coach encouraged me to focus on resting (uh, yes please), so we rearranged my schedule just a tad so I was doing two workouts on Monday and Thursday, but RESTING Tuesday and Friday.  Three days off a week?  Yes please!  I'm curious to see how this turns out - it's going to take a lot of focus to stay with this schedule.

Honestly, I can't tell if I'm lazy or a glutton for punishment with this schedule, but full days off sound awesome to me.