Thursday, October 23, 2014

In Case of Emergency....and more exciting news!!!!

My training days begin early in the morning, long before the sun even thinks about rising and when most people are still asleep. Because of the time of day and the very nature of the world we live in, I have to take extra precautions for safety. In the beginning of my marathon training I threw caution to the wind a lot...

However, after a close (and relatively scary) encounter during a midweek morning running session I decided to arm myself with better protection, so I bought pepper spray (something is better than nothing right?). Running with pepper spray is tricky because I have to be careful not to spray myself...so I wear it on my arm...

A few months after my pepper spray purchase (after watching something on tv) I bought a personal alarm (the kind that issues a piercingly loud sound (so they claim) if you pull the "clip")...

And then a few weeks ago I signed up for Kitestring...
Kitestring (as their website tells you) is a way for you to notify family or friends that you are going out for a run and provide them with an approximate time that you will be back home...
After a pre-determined length of time the website will send you a message for you to "check in". If you do not check in (or check in with your "duress code") an alert will be sent to the people you identified as contacts on the website...

I plan to train and run marathons for a long time so it's important to be careful and prepared in case of an emergency. Marathon training is challenging enough...

On a lighter (and brighter) note....I am officially a Sweat Pink Ambassador!!!
Sweat Pink is a fitness community that celebrates both the strength and beauty of a healthy lifestyle. It is an awesome group of women and I can't wait to meet more ambassadors locally and across the country (in the future). You can check out my Sweat Pink profile here. Or click on the badge (on the right panel).

And finally...(It's been so hard to contain my excitement)....drumroll please......
It's my 100th Blog Post!!!

I hope to be blogging (and running) for years and years to come!

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