Gina Aliotti recently ran a marathon and she’s sharing ten things she learned from the experience. Any one else run a marathon?
1. You can bring anything you want with you to the starting line because a sweat bus is available to take all your unnecessary belongings back to the finish line for you! I was wondering what people were doing with their duffel bags!!
2. At mile 7, things were easy. At mile 13 things got harder. At mile 16 you start to question yourself. From mile 16.25-25 you want to quit. From mile 25-26.2 you regain your high and discover energy you thought you never had.
3. You can do ANYTHING you set your mind to but you must take the initial steps!
4. When you think your legs wont move, just move them because they WILL!
5. When your body has had enough, it is time to dig into your mental strength and find it within you to just keep going. Mind over matter.
6. You can run an entire marathon wearing a jacket and without an ipod!!
7. One foot in front of the other WILL take you to the finish line!
8. Gatorade, sliced bananas, oranges can be ingested while you are running!
9. It is possible to finish your first marathon in under 4 hours!
10. After 4 hours of running and 3,000 calories later, Pizza and wine had never tasted better! 🙂
Gina Aliotti-Silva
Nutrition, Fitness & Lifestyle Consultant
www.ginaaliotti.com
