Mel On...Well, That's Not Good...

I thought I was pretty much over the sickness I had last week; however, this cough WILL NOT go away.  My body feels fine now, chest is still a little tight and I'll get a headache from coughing, but for the most part I feel good.  Yesterday's run was a little crappy but I thought it was just because I was on a dreadmill.  But, today's 4-miler was no better...

Mel On...Getting Excited!!!

There are not enough exclamation points for the end of that sentence!!!  I have been reading and looking at articles all day about yesterday's NYC Marathon and it is getting me super stoked for mine!

Largest marathon in the world...would love to run this one day!

Mel On...My First Torch Run!

 Last night I ran the 34th Annual Torch Run in Rodenbach.  This was a local 7K that I've wanted to run since we first moved here; however, life happens and I missed the last two.  So, even though I was still a little sick and it was raining all day, this was my last shot to run it and I'm so glad I did!

Mel On....Legs, Lungs, Head, Heart...(and coming a long, long way)

I went on my first run since being sick the other day, yay!  It was a short, quick 2 miler with my friend, Bri, around our village.  The foggy/cold weather coupled with the pile of bricks sitting on my chest didn't make it the easiest run on my poor lungs but my little, ole legs felt awesome! 

Mel On...History of the Marathon

From the First Modern Olympic Games:

"Starting in the town of Marathon itself and following the original route laid out in 1896 for the first ever marathon race, the Athens Classic Marathon also follows the route run by the legendary Athenian soldier who, over 2,500 years ago, raced back from the Marathon battlefield, where the Athenian army had just won a great victory over the invading Persians, in order to let the people of Athens know that they were safe. Legend tells of him collapsing into the arms of citizens at the base of the Acropolis and gasping news of the victory before dying from exhaustion. The organizers of the first ever modern Olympic Games, in 1896, decided to build a running event around this legend, and hence our marathon race was born...