Two weeks to go before EndorphinGirl™ and EndorphinGirl™’s
daughter (aka EndorphinDaughter) run the Long Branch Half Marathon.  EndorphinGirl™  has increased her training to pretty much twice a day.  This includes mornings on the elliptical trainer and evenings running on the treadmill, if she can't get to the track.  It’s going quite well, it’s push, push, push time. 

She is excited that she will again be training with her daughter in a week’s time.  EndorphinDaughter will be home from college then - after her first successful college year!  Way to go!

Meanwhile, on the matter of the treadmill running, she has begun to become more acquainted with the treadmill.  In fact they are getting to like each other more and more.  It’s a mildly forced relationship because she must push, push, push yet it’s going well.  In fact during this evening’s run while listening to a Van Morrison playlist and watching herself reflected in the floor-to-ceiling mirror facing the treadmills lined up at the gym, she decided to practice her running moves.  Yes, that’s right.  Running moves.  In fact she would even go as far as to call them poses?!!  The purpose of this ‘pose practice’ during a long run or moreso a treadmill run aside from simply amusing herself, is to ensure she is leaning out, protecting her posture, and stretching her arms.

First pose, the ‘chicken-arm pose run'.  With this pose she pulls her elbows up into her chest and continues to run in this pose holding the pose on and off for 15-second intervals.

Second pose, the ‘funky-arm pose run’.  With this pose she extends her elbows up and out and continues to run in this pose holding the pose on and off for 15-second intervals.

Third pose, the ‘shimmy pose run’.  With this pose she is in standard running pose and shimmies while running.  It is a shimmy to the left and a shimmy to the right over and over.  It’s such a subtle pose move that it’s hard to notice, but the marathon spectator surely notices something different about the runner who does the shimmy pose, but they can't quite put a finger on it.  This pose generally continues for 60-second intervals.

Fourth and final pose, the ‘Rocky pose run’.  With this pose she extends her arms up in a ‘hold-up' position and runs; naturally the Rocky movie theme music is stuck in her head during this pose and overtakes anything playing on the iPod, even a favorite Van song.  This pose of course comes during the last few minutes of the run!

She suspects she will try each pose while running the half marathon to shake things up a bit, keep herself amused during the long run, and mostly to protect her posture!

Today’s picture is courtesy of EndorphinGirl™’s daughter showing yeah, they are just about race ready!

Until next time, comments are welcome in guestbook and keep on endorphin’.

EndorphinGirl™

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