In which I go on and on in an endorphin-fueled haze of happiness.
June 5, 2016: Switching gears and goals
I've been pretty introspective this week, following my craptacular performance at the Mountains2Beach marathon, my breathtaking, mid-race stumble and, of course, my painful hamstring. I'd taken this week off because I expected to be exhausted from what I'd hope would be an all out effort. Instead, I've been sitting on the couch with ice on my …
March 7, 2016: Sorta long (run)
March 6, 2016: 12 weeks and counting
Training Log for 2/28 to 3/5 - 44+ miles Sunday: Pacer for Hot Chocolate 15k (9.3 miles) Monday: 7 miles Tuesday: 3 miles Wednesday: 4.24 miles (5x800 plus warm up/cool down) Thursday: Rest Friday: 7 miles - 3 miles at GMP Saturday: 14 miles - with 4 short fartlek interval I won't lie - …
February 22, 2016: Jumping back into beast mode
Training log: 6 miles: 1 mile at HMP pace: Today is Day 2 of Mountains2Beach "Boston-or-Bust" marathon training. After what seems like a super quick recovery week last week from my very slow LA Marathon journey, I'm back in the marathon training craziness. I have 14 weeks until race day - 90 more days! …
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January 24, 2016: Tapering and what happens after
Miles run today: 0 Miles run 2016: 135.5 January has been busy yet I feel I've accomplished very little. Without getting into the boring minutia of my life, let's just say I'm very grateful to be in a taper period for the next three weeks. It's definitely a time to start planning for the rest …
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January 2, 2016: Trippin’
January 2, 2016 Training Log: Type: Fast Finish Long Run (fast finish didn't happen) Miles: 10ish Time: 1:41ish What's with the "ish?" Just past mile 9 of this morning's run, we were crossing a street and I tripped and fell. Okay, let me flesh out some details there; we did not cross the street at the intersection …
