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Sometimes you fall off the wagon for months. Sometimes you tell yourself you’re gonna start fresh on Monday and by Wednesday you’ve already fallen back off. Sometimes you have to restart a 100 times and it’s frustrating. But it will be okay. You can do this. One day at a time

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okay, so here’s an update on how my marathon training is going, or not going i guess, i feel like crying, i think i’m gonna start crying right this fucking second because it’s all so unfair. ughh i’m so fucking dramatic

I think nothing’s lost yet, since i’ve been training for 4 weeks and still have 22 weeks till my race, but i really feel like crying, because yesterday, i was carying groceries and sudenly the bag rips and guess which one it is? yes, it’s the one with 2 2Litres bottles of water, and they both fall right on my ankle before hitting the ground, so i’m pretty sure i sprained my ankle, i iced it and bandaged it

but i’ll need some rest, which means skipping some runs ,maybe a week, maybe a little more, ‘cause i don’t wanna risk injuring myself more, this is the worst thing ever, but thank god it happened now and not like, 4weeks before my race, because that would’ve sucked.

i know it’s gonna pass and everything will be okay, and i’ll be back on track before i know it and i’ll go see a doctor as soon as possible because i don’t wanna gamble rn, i mean if i weren’t training for a marathon i’d just let it be but i need my feet rn so seeing a doctor it is.

and since this is the first post about my marathon training journey since i decided to do it. i’ll talk a little bit about how it’s been going till now and i’ll review everything and stuff.

so, first things first: running shoes, i bought these nike shoes. i already have a pair of asics shoes that i might post a picture of.

i don’t know their name and idc i just know they’re pretty, not that expensive and comfortable, yaay me, no splinters, i mean i do my best to prevent splinters, i moisturize my feet every night, and before going on a run i lubricate my feet with non petrolium jelly based lubricant and wear two pairs of socks to keep friction on my feet to a minimum.

now, onto nutrution, i don’t know if i already said that or not but i was a low-carber for a little more than 8 months last year, and even after i stopped my carb restriction, i just didn’t eat that many carbs, i mean the only carbs i’d eat were from fruint and veggies, and i’d stop eating fruit at 4pm.  but everybody knows that runners are carbers, so i started incorporating more carbs into my diet, and i’m still adjusting, and by that i mean that once my brain got the, carbs are okay message, i just eat all kinds of carbs, bad and good, so sometimes (every other day) i’d eat like french fries, or cookies or ice cream or potato chips or crap like that, not in huge amounts, but i still eat them, so im working on that and on telling myself that just because runners are carbers doesn’t mean that runners eat processed and deep friend junk, so i’ll keep you (myself, this is more ike a journal entry than a post in blog) updated on that.

I found that if i eat less than 45 min before a run i feel sluggish and like there’s something dragging me back idk how to explain it but it’s like i’m carrying a huge backpack or something like that with me, it slows me down and i don’t like it. also, if i drink lots of water (more than 1litre) half an hour to 40 minutes before running i feel very thirsty and dehydrated very quickly. so i try to drink 2 cups every 30 minutes 2hours before my run. my fav pre-jog breakfast is barley with cinnamon, figs and raisins and my fav snack is hazelnut/peanut butter banana cinnamon toast both of them accompanied by a cup of coffee and 2 cups of water.

i ran a total of 31.2 miles these past 4 weeks, i know that it’s nothing impressive but that’s still 31.2 miles more than last month so i’m damn proud of myself. im taking my training relatively slow so i don’t crash and burn and it’s working very well, and the sense of achievement i get whenever i finish a run is like nothing else i’ve ever felt, i see now why people get addicted.

Oh, and also, endomondo is a pretty great app for mileage tracking and the gps works perfectly and it never bugged on me and it doesn’t take up much space, so im pretty satisfied with it.

as you can see im just getting started, so all and every advice/tip/hack concerning proper nutrition, foot care, running gear or anything really is more than welcome

i guess this is all for now and if i there’s anything else i’d like to add i’ll make another post.

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When you see two posts that are pretty much the same but are posted by different blogs

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when you look at two posts that are very much alike but have been produced by two different blogs

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OKAY GUYS LISTEN UP so there’s this website called slader.com and it has EVERY FUCKING ANSWER TO EVERY TEXTBOOK EVER. It has answers AND shows you ALL the work so you can understand it (or be a slacker). This website has literately saved my calculus grade. It even has free tutors if you need the extra help. Guys, it’s free to register and it will save your life

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Okay,  today i decided that i am going to run a marathon, so i just wanted to tell somebody about it. Also, i think that it’s some kind of sign that when i went to the site marathonrookie, they had like 2 training schedules for the marathon, one for runners and the other for beginners and the beginner one is a 26 weeks plan and when i went to check i found that the “marathon international de rabat is on the 13th march which is in 26 weeks and 2 days and if this isn’t a sign from up there, i don’t know what is. Please note that the “marathon international de rabat” is the only marathon in my city, we have other events but they’re all like walks for charity and stuff like that, like that’s the only marathon and it’s in 26 weeks and that’s exactly how much i need to train for a marathon.

i also think that i’m going to blog about it, pretty frequently but i’m not sure about that, if you guys don’t wanna hear about it, ill be blogging under the tags ‘marathon’ , ‘marathon training’ or ‘runblr’.

I dowloaded the app endomondo and i’d really appreciate it if someone would tell me if it’s any good to keep track of everything, bc i’ll be running a lot and i’ll need to count my milleage, will endomondo be enough or do i need to get something else? it would be preferable if the tracker is free, since i’m already investing on a good pair of running shoes (or three) and some good quality running gear, as well as warmer workout clothes (i’ve always worked out indoors during the winter so i never needed warm clothes) but the toughest part of training will be during december, january and february and those are really cold months. so, i really don’t want to spend money on a tracker if it’s not necessary but if the free apps are no good i will invest in a tracker.

Also, do i need a heart rate monitor?? i read that i need to run at 70% to 80% of my maximal Heart Rate so that my heart will get stronger and my runs easier but do i need to have one?? i mean i don’t even know where to buy one, and i’m pretty sure i won’t find one in any of the workout gear shops in the city so i’ll have to get one online and the shipping will take forever, so i won’t buy it unless it’s really really needed.

And when i told dad he was so supportive and so happy that he decided he will take the 10k, just to give you guys an idea a marathon is 41.2 kilometres (or 26.2 mile) and 10k is 10kilometres so yaay me, also, yay dad.

I think that’s all, wish me uck, guys cause i know i’m going to die but im going to have so much fun during the actual race , so yeah! i’ll do it, i’ll run a marathon

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Natural Eye Color Chart

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I think i looked very cute this morning

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So, fuck anyone who has ever told you you’re not good enough because you are. You are fucking gold and they are rusted copper.

4:51am (via bl-ossomed)

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Derek: [in a crowd and can't find Stiles] "this calls for drastic measures."

Derek: [uses his hands as a megaphone] "DEREK IS A TERRIBLE ALPHA"

Stiles: [from across the street] "what the fUCK DID YOU JUST SAY?!"

Derek: "there he is."

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We come in every shade known to man.

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I am thoroughly enjoying my hair tbh

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The person I reblogged this from matters.

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okay, so this picture right here, blew my mind, because this is the picture that made me see that i did lose weight. like, everyone has been telling me that i lost so much weight and how i just kept losing weight, slowly but surely and my answer was always somthing like, okay........ sounds fake but okay. but look at this, i barely recognize myself , i look like a different person, like oh my god!!!

and just so you guys can see, not that i’m expecting anyone to see this because i don’t think i have any folowers left since i haven’t been on tumblr for like a year or something, but still, here’s a picture of bikini clad me that i took last summer.

like, look at that!!!! and i was actually bigger than this, bacause i found a picture of me the day i realised that the way i was living couldn’t be healthy and that it wasn’t what i wanted for myself  and i was huge.

so i’m 99% sure that no one is going to see this but i just wanted to share this and tumblr has always been my safe place so i want to say that i’m proud of myself on so many levels. like, my life has changed completely during these past 2 years and now i’m really satisfied and pleased with my life.

and when i say my life has completely changed, i don’t mean just my eating habits and being more active and working out,no , i mean lots of things have changed, like my career path changed (bc i left med school, and i think that school was the biggest problem for me), my religious views, my overall view of the world, my friends, my relationship with my parents and i don’t have to lie anymore when i say that i shower everyday or at least every other day when it’s super cold, so i really am proud of myself.