HALF a marathon

Only 6 weeks until the London marathon! Mami is running with the Nestle Pure Life team and has been training to make sure she makes it all the way.

This past weekend she ran the Silverstone Half Marathon - not a full one, but 13 miles instead of 26.2.

Ready to go

Papi and I couldn't go with her but we followed her tweets and she even called us when she was halfway done!

Her day went a little something like this:

2 hour bus ride to Silverstone from London

1.5 hour wait before the race and FREEZING because it was very very cold

At the start line mami wondered "why am I doing this?"

Reached mile 5 in under one hour

At miles 6- 9 she felt good and in control and called us to let us know she was ok

She made it to 10 miles in under two hours

Ran by a very orange lady named Katie Price (mami says Katie may be skinny, but mami can run faster)

Says she "hit a wall "at 10 miles and said "her legs wouldn't move"

At mile 11 mami realised she had gone out too fast in the beginning

Tried running through miles 11, 12 and 13 but struggled to push through it

Ran the last half mile because "you must cross the finish line at full speed"

FINSHED!

She didn't say it was easy

A personal best for mami, she ran it in 2 hours and 36 minutes and didn't break or hurt anything.

But at home papi and I were sad for her when we realised she had left her most important piece of running gear behind- her swiggies! They were on the kitchen counter full of her orange sports drink.

She forgot these

Next time papi and I will help her lay out her running gear the night before and make sure she takes her swiggies.

She is still finding it hard to run during the week, but I am here to make sure that she does!

Mami's marathon report

Uh oh. Bad week for mami. I didn't see her go run once. Or go to the gym.

As a matter of fact, she came home from work when I was in bed so I guess she had lots to do at her office. She is being sponsored by Nestle Pure Life for the London Marathon and she knows she had better get running or else!

But yesterday despite the cold rain, mami got up and got ready to go for a run. And papi was dressed in his running clothes too! I thought great, we are all going together. After all I have my special running buggy.

But then the doorbell rang and my friend and babysitter Sharon had come over! Yesssssss!

Two hours later, mami and papi came back home, cold, sweaty, and compleley wet! Mami looked miserable. Turns out she couldn't find her hat and gloves before the run so she paid for it big time.

Papi didn't look so bad, he had taken his hat and gloves.

However, even though she didn't train this week, she did complete her two hours. She has been drinking lots of agua, especially with the special delivery we had this week.

Even I'm drinking some of it!

So Karen, I hope you are proud of her!

Tip of the week:

Buy proper running shoes. No point in training if you are hurting your feet and legs in bad shoes.

Mami recently bought herself  pair of Asics Gel 1160. She says they are like running on pillows and have made running more more enjoyable.

Papi and I are on her case. She knows she has to run this week to be ready to go for the Silverstone Half Marathon and we will make sure she gets it done.

After all, a full marathon is 26.2 miles!