The marathon is getting so close!! I can’t believe that it’s a little over two weeks away. I feels like we were just signing up for it! It’s getting real, people! 😯

A special box with all of our Team In Training gear arrived in the mail today.

Inside was our uniforms, t-shirts, emergency bracelets, dinner and party tickets, flight and hotel information, etc.

Wow, it’s really starting to hit me. In 17 short days, I’m going to run a 26.2 miles (in a row). I’m nervous, but so excited! We’ll be in Phoenix before I know it! 😀

Thanks for everyone’s music suggestions on this morning’s post. Check out the marathon mix that I created tonight:

• Whataya Want from Me    3:47    Adam Lambert  
• More Than A Feeling    4:47    Boston    Boston   
• Born to Run    4:30    Bruce Springsteen   
• Short Skirt, Long Jacket    3:28    Cake   
• Evacuate the Dancefloor    3:28    Cascada   
• Lost!    3:57    Coldplay   
• Made Up My Mind    3:44    David Gray  
• Hey Hey    3:06    The Elms   
• Whatcha Say    3:43    Jason Derülo   
• Run This Town    4:28    Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West
• Don’t Stop Believin’    4:11    Journey  
• Teenage Dream    3:48    Katy Perry   
• Firework    3:48    Katy Perry   
• Tik Tok    3:20    Ke$ha   
• We R Who We R    3:25    Ke$ha   
• Let It Rock    3:51    Kevin Rudolf & Lil Wayne  
• Bad Romance    4:54    Lady GaGa   
• Alejandro    4:34    Lady GaGa   
• Monster    4:09    Lady GaGa   
• Speechless    4:31    Lady GaGa   
• Dance In the Dark    4:49    Lady GaGa  
• Telephone (feat. Beyoncé)    3:41    Lady GaGa   
• So Happy I Could Die    3:55    Lady GaGa   
• Teeth    3:41    Lady GaGa   
• Just Dance (feat. Colby O’Donis)    4:02    Lady GaGa  
• LoveGame    3:36    Lady GaGa   
• Paparazzi    3:28    Lady GaGa   
• Poker Face    3:57    Lady GaGa   
• Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)    2:55    Lady GaGa   
• Beautiful, Dirty, Rich    2:52    Lady GaGa   
• The Fame    3:42    Lady GaGa   
• Money Honey    2:50    Lady GaGa   
• Starstruck (feat. Space Cowboy & Flo Rida)    3:37    Lady GaGa   
• Boys Boys Boys    3:21    Lady GaGa   
• Paper Gangsta    4:23    Lady GaGa   
• Brown Eyes    4:03    Lady GaGa   
• I Like It Rough    3:22    Lady GaGa   
• Summerboy    4:14    Lady GaGa   
• Disco Heaven    3:41    Lady GaGa  
• Bad Romance (Starsmith Remix)    4:56    Lady GaGa   
• Paper Planes    3:24    M.I.A.   
• Hung Up    5:38    Madonna   
• Man In the Mirror    5:19    Michael Jackson   
• P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)    3:46    Michael Jackson
• All the Right Moves    3:58    OneRepublic   
• Raise Your Glass    3:23    P!nk   
• Disturbia    3:59    Rihanna   
• Only Girl (In the World)    3:55    Rihanna  
• Dynamite    3:24    Taio Cruz   
• You Belong With Me    3:51    Taylor Swift   

My marathon mix includes 50 songs (heavy on the Gaga) and lasts 3.2 hours. I’ll hear songs more than once, but there’s enough variety that I won’t get sick of listening to them.

Dinner

Tonight’s dinner was a romaine salad with leftover quinoa, roasted brussels sprouts, baked tofu chunks, homemade croutons, tomatoes, and balsamic vinegar.

On the side, I had a serving with parsnip chips.

Dessert

I did it!  I went all day without any sweets, so I enjoyed two small bowls of Half Baked FroYo and a pint of coffee-chocolate porter. (The beer was my husband’s idea!) Both treats were totally worth the wait!

I’m actually surprised how ”˜easy’ it was to hold off those sugar cravings throughout the day. I definitely experienced them, but knowing that I could enjoy a special something at the end of the day was really all of the motivation that I needed. (Who knew?!) Tomorrow’s another day. Let’s hope that I can do it again!

Mal and I are running 10 miles with our team tomorrow morning. It’s the last run with the people training for the Disney Marathon & Half Marathon, which is NEXT weekend!!