{"id":6418,"date":"2013-04-28T16:29:14","date_gmt":"2013-04-28T20:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=6418"},"modified":"2013-04-28T16:29:14","modified_gmt":"2013-04-28T20:29:14","slug":"six-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=6418","title":{"rendered":"Six Days…"},"content":{"rendered":"

My last half marathon of the spring season is 6 days from today.  The Cap City Half Marathon<\/a> will be my 3rd half this spring and 13th half overall.  I have learned a lot about myself and my body over the past 4-5 years of running, but there is always more to learn.  My current quest involves figuring out why I have been getting headaches after my longest runs and races.  After the Xenia Half Marathon<\/a> I thought it may have had to do with outside temperature and the speed at which I ran the race.  That theory was squashed when it was much cooler last week at the Earth Day Half Marathon<\/a> and the temperature was 20 degrees cooler.  I still felt like crap for the better part of the day despite all I did to try to prevent that.  <\/p>\n

It was mentioned to me that it could be caffeine withdrawal.  Most mornings I have 2 cups of coffee with breakfast.  I don\u2019t have coffee on race day until after my race, as it doesn\u2019t play nice with my GI system when I run.  So I am doing a little experiment.  I began to eliminate caffeine by drinking smaller cups of coffee and then yesterday by drinking 1 regular and 1 half caf.  Today I am completely free of caffeine. I made sure to have an enticing decaf option (Green Mountain Decaf Hazelnut K-Cups<\/a>) so that I wouldn\u2019t be tempted to cave.  Once my race is over and I get through the day, I can assess if the caffeine withdrawal has been the problem.  Wish me luck! <\/p>\n

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A few weeks back I shared<\/a> that I was a part of the Verizon Health & Fitness Voices<\/a> program and was just getting to learn all of the cool things my new devices could do.  In addition to having some pretty cool apps that I use while I am running or working out, I ordered some new sport headphones designed by athletes \u2013 yurbuds<\/a>*. <\/p>\n

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The yurbuds truly don\u2019t fall out, even in some pretty strong wind conditions!  I am very impressed with them<\/a> and wish I could have bought them sooner. They even have the microphone and 1-button track control right on the wire!   <\/p>\n

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FitBit<\/a> One \u2013 Easy to pull up and review my stats daily right on my Droid Razr HD.<\/p>\n

Pandora<\/a> \u2013 Music to keep me going and entertained during my runs and workouts.  <\/p>\n

Runtastic<\/a> \u2013 A simple way to track running and\/or walking.  Syncs with Facebook<\/a> when started and my friends can motivate me while I am running!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Even though I have a Garmin that tracks my runs, I like to run according to feel, as opposed to peeking at my watch every minute or so.  By using Runtastic I can accurately track my run and opt to hear updates or not hear updates as I run.  <\/p>\n

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*Disclosure: I am participating in the Verizon Health and Fitness Voices program and have been provided with a wireless device, FitBit One, Verizon Gift Card and six months of service in exchange for my honest opinions about the products.<\/font><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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