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No run today. I’m resting up for my 13-15 miler tomorrow. Seems silly but my legs are tired from running yesterday and then walking all around SF (up lots of hills, like crazy steep hills).

Lots of bloggers do “Friday Favorites” where they list some of their favorite things (running and non-running related). I figured I’d give it a try and maybe break up the monotony of my non-stop running talk?! I’m sure running will weave its way into some of my favorite things.

So for the first edition of Friday Favorites, I’ll do it up San Fran style 🙂

1. Buena Vista Park – Matt and I stumbled upon this park back in 2005. It’s in the Haight-Ashbury section of the city. You walk up this winding hill to unbelievably spectacular views of the city. We went back on Wednesday for a visit (birthday girl’s request). These pictures do NOT do it justice.

2. Niketown – I’m definitely a Nike girl and the Nike store in SF is amazing. I stop in every time I’m here. We went there on Thursday and I made Matt feel completely awkward and asked him to take pictures (do it for the blog, Matt).

3. Golden Gate Bridge – Looking at this bridge never gets old. Running over it is amazing. Running along Crissy Field and coming just underneath it is amazing.

100_0048 — One of my favorite pics from our 2005 visit

Heading to Sausalito today!

2/1/11

7 miles tempo

1:01

8:43 avg pace

Splits:
M1 – 10:00
M2 to M5 – 8:06
M6 to M7 – 9:30

…and I felt great the whole time. Exactly 3 months to the NJ Marathon 🙂

Let’s talk motivation. My motivation for writing this post came from Elizabeth Waterstraat. Her blog is awesome, she’s hysterical. Her post yesterday was called No Excuses. Please read it because it’s very good!

It’s no secret that I love running. Running has become as habitual as brushing my teeth and (almost) as enjoyable as ice cream. I love to push myself and my body. I like to set goals and work hard. I find it extremely rewarding.

I don’t find myself lacking motivation to run too often..mostly due to my slight running addiction 🙂 My motivation is most likely to wane post-marathon. Maybe it’s burn out or my mind’s way of telling me to take it easy. So that’s what I do and then I start to crave running all over again.

Some days it’s hard to get out the door. I think of it this way: you always feel better after a run. I have never regretted a run. Never. But I sure as hell regretted skipping a run.

Stop making excuses! Elizabeth’s post talks a lot about this. My favorite part of her post is “the excuse is always the easy way out…bucking up and getting the work done, that’s the hard stuff”.

Or, in the words of Nike, Just Do It.