Hi everyone! I have 4 weddings this summer and early fall — two are cocktail attire, two are formal. I recently gained weight and none of the dresses I have in my closet fit me except this one, that I bought a little while ago but was a bit big when I got it. I’m not in a financial place where I’d like to buy new dresses so my question is can this work for both cocktail and formal if dressed down or dressed up respectively? Thanks!
…but yesterday I got the flu. With a high fever and not being able to eat anything, I had to drop out of my race.
I was devastated but found that there’s another marathon in my city in exactly two weeks, so I signed up. My question is can I keep my fitness up enough to do it? I was on a beginner training plan with peak weeks being ~35 miles, but everything went well. I felt really good during my longest 18 and 20 mile runs. Will I be able to run a race two weeks after my original race date with such an extended taper and if so, does anyone have recommendations of how to keep my fitness up and how much I should be running?
Thanks in advance, and best of luck to everyone else in this sub!!
Hi everyone! I’m running my first marathon this Sunday. I’m feeling nervous because the expected high temp on my race day keeps climbing. It’s up to 74f, I think the highest I hit in training was around 68.
Based on my training runs, I was expecting to finish in around 4:45. Average HR on my longest runs (18 and 20 milers) has been in the low 160s and I’m very comfortable there, however I’m worried about my pace due to the heat. My course cutoff time is 6 hours. Any tips? Words of encouragement?