{"id":1798,"date":"2013-02-16T19:32:08","date_gmt":"2013-02-17T00:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=1798"},"modified":"2013-03-08T00:11:11","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T05:11:11","slug":"what-does-it-take-for-a-successful-long-training-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2013\/02\/what-does-it-take-for-a-successful-long-training-run\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does it Take for a Successful Long Training Run?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Just before the Gulf Coast Half Marathon, Pensacola Beach, FL, April 2011. There are many things I had to do before I was ready to take this run.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ve discussed before how my brain goes through some pretty funky thought exercises when I’m taking long training runs<\/a> (as well as long drives by myself<\/a>).<\/p>\n

On Friday I took my last training run before the Disney Princess 1\/2 Marathon next weekend. \u00a0This last run was somewhat delayed because the week prior I threw out my back somehow and I had to rest it for a week.<\/p>\n

For this last run, I had to turn around after about 1\/3 of a mile because I had forgotten something. This got me thinking about everything I have to do before taking a long run.*** I tend to get a bit Princess-and-the-Pea-ish about making sure everything is perfect, otherwise I could get miserable in a hurry.<\/p>\n

***Much of this doesn’t apply in official races, since water is provided and I’m not by myself for long stretches.<\/em><\/p>\n

The night before:<\/p>\n