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Week 21

Sunday – Rest day. Monday – I got up today with my legs still feeling sore. My intention was to do a run/walk for 30 minutes. Well, I did take one walk break but ended up just running 3 miles instead. I put on a knee brace thing I have, just in case. I gotta say, I’m feeling good. Plus , I got to see the sunrise — great start to the week. Tuesday – Full-body workout at the gym. Today was super hard, but I was proud to just show up and complete the workout. Looking forward

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Week 20

Sunday I woke up and felt a bit sick, so I decided it would be a good idea to rest. My stomach just was not good. Monday 8-mile run today. I started around 6:00 a.m. It was still pretty dark out for the first half of the run. Since I was alone, it was a bit scary in the dark. I wasn’t thinking about that when I left the house and didn’t bring a light, and the lights along the trail were out. The sunrise was absolutely beautiful though. I didn’t see any creatures on this run

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Week 19

Sunday I have 6 miles to run today, which sounds like nothing compared to the 19 from last week. I’m running alone today. My husband signed up for a run with a group of guys from his PT, so I’m looking forward to seeing how I do on my own. I packed water, electrolytes, and one fueling gel. I decided to do more running this time, so I only took two walk breaks. The plan was to run two miles and then walk two minutes. This has worked great for me in the past, and it worked gre

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Week 18

Sunday This started out like all the other runs — for the first 2–3 miles my calves were on fire, and my right ankle felt off. But from mile 4–10 I felt great. We took a different route today and hit up some neighborhoods close to home, which was really great. We took a refuel break at home, then ran down to where we usually run — and this is where things got really bad. From 10 miles on, it was a fight. I was in so much pain. My back and legs were hurting pretty bad. I broug

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