Another week, another weekly recap of training for the Houston Marathon! Time is flying by and there are just 10 short weeks until I run my 30th marathon at the end of January. *Quick note- if you only check in here for my weekly recaps, be sure to check out this post, the 3rd post about our trip to Norway- this time recapping our time in Bergen! Winter arrived in full force this week in Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 16 Weeks Until the Houston Marathon
There are 16 weeks until the Houston Marathon, which will hopefully be my 30th full marathon! Generally most marathon training plans are 16 weeks long, so I guess this is the official kickoff to training. I'm excited and feeling cautiously optimistic. The gorgeous fall running weather this week definitely helped. This is seriously the best time of year to be a runner. I hope this weather Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 24 Weeks Until the Houston Marathon
Hello, hello! It's Sunday, which means I'm here with my weekly recap of training for the Chevron Houston Marathon! This marathon will be my 30th marathon- woo-hoo! It is 24 weeks away- January 20! Plenty of time to get into marathon shape, which is good, as I am building back after 5 months off of running due to a broken tibia/fibula from slipping on the ice in February. Read more here. If Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 9 Weeks Until the Antarctica Marathon
Hello! It's time for my weekly recap of training for the Antarctica Marathon (and life in general.) Here we go: Monday: New Year's Day! Like many of you, I had the day off of work, so I slept in and then headed down to the treadmill to run. 2 mile warm-up, 6x1200m repeats at a 7:25 pace with 1 minute recovery (I walked), 2 mile cool down. 9 miles total at an 8:40 min/mile pace. It was kind Continue Reading