(so I KNOW this is a late post as I am starting the blog posts for our post-wedding updates. I just realized I never finalized the content on this one with Mark and had him post. Ratz..... But I think it's still worth posting and stay tuned for our post-race posts that should be up in the next few days)
Kris: Again I have gone much too long since I've posted anything so a quick recap to get you caught up. Weight loss has been going pretty good. Kind of hitting another plateau lately at 140-141 but that means I'm down 15 lbs from the beginning of the year.
Mark:"
As for training.......below is a picture from the Monster Dash 10-mile (Oct 30th)
And here is a picture of our backyard, two weeks later, Saturday Nov 13th
Kris: So how do you think training have been going. Shitty, shitty.... 1) because of the slippery, snowy trail conditions and 2) because my IT band has been giving me serious trouble, especially when slipping or trudging through snow. Mark has been amazing trying to keep me from freaking out but.....I'm still freaking out. I've been taping, stretching, rolling, Adviling and havent run more than like 5 miles in two weeks. Yesterday we went out for a 12 and I thought everything was feeling pretty good. But again, mile 5 my IT started to freak out. Inside my head I was just pissed but we continued the 12 miles, stopping about every mile for a very quick stretch since it was really cold out and we didn't want to cool down. And now this morning my entire IT band is on fire. Treatment....no running until Vegas :( :( :( I don't want to further injure myself and I have done enough training that I have the endurance. I don't want to hobble through my wedding so it's off running until Vegas. I'm a runner, take away the run in me and I'm miserable but I know it's the smart thing to do. It's potentially going to cause me to slow my overall pace and probably struggle a bit more through the last few miles but I'm counting on adrenaline to carry me though and the ultimate goal for me is to successfully finish my first marathon as Mrs. Kuhn, hand in hand with my husband, and celebrate our new life together (not on crutches ;)
WEDDING TRIP ITEMS OF NOTE:
Kris: Here's what I have so far and THANK YOU!!!!! to our animal babysitters while we are gone, Marks' brother Michael and good friend, Steve.
- Just found out we get to be part of a series of LIVE segments that will be done the Friday morning before the race for the local FOX news :) All I know so far is that we need to be in our wedding attire and show up by 6:45am at the Venetian. Fun!! I did ask and I will get the links so I can post them here for you all to see after the race. But for any of my Vegas readers we may have.....get your morning coffee and watch for us! :)
- Finally get to meet our blogger/runner friends Brandon and Theresa! They will be running the half marathon. Kick tail you two! :D
- Thanks to a generous wedding gift from my boss, we will be having a really nice dinner out together one night.
- Saturday evening we will likely be spending with the videographers
- Sunday - RACE DAY! We only know so far that the marriage couples will be in Wave 14 and you can sign up to "track" us here: https://www.competitorwireless.com/. Keep in mind our first split time will look really slow since we will be stopped for the ceremony :)
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