As I approach the final few days of training/tapering for the New York City Marathon, I thought it would be fun to look back on the training, week by week. I started "training" for the NYC marathon 18 weeks out, which was 2 weeks after I paced my sister Erin at Grandma's Marathon (if you missed that post, read it here! Oh, how I love pacing friends and family!) 18 weeks- This week Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 3 Weeks Until the New York City Marathon
Three weeks until the New York City Marathon; it's so close! I'm linking up as always with Jess from Jess Runs ATL. Details below, join us! I'm also joining HoHo Runs/Mississippi Piddlin, who host similar link-ups. Check them out! I generally am a morning runner, but I really struggled this week getting up before work. I think part of it was that my normal morning running buddy Christie Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 8 Weeks Until the New York City Marathon
Happy Sunday! I'm here with my weekly recap of training for the New York City Marathon. Only 8 weeks to go! Jess and I are hosting our normal weekly link-up; details at the end of this post. I am also linking up with Courtney and HoHo Runs/Mississippi Piddlin, who host similar link-ups. Check them out! Monday: The Victory Labor Day 10k. After a 73 mile week last week, I didn't have high Continue Reading
Week 4 in India and 11 Weeks Until the New York City Marathon!
I made it through another week of marathon training while working in Mumbai! As usual, I'm sharing my weekly recap and linking up with Jess from Jess Runs ATL. Join us! Details below. Monday: After a weekend visiting the Taj Mahal, Dustin and I were back in Mumbai. He joined me for a run on the Worli Sea Face path; we tried to make our way past the primary 2.2km part of the path to a place Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 14 Weeks Until the New York City Marathon, a.k.a. My First Week in India
Hello from the tail-end of my first week in Mumbai! I feel like I have so much to share, but I don't want this post to be a novel. I'm going to try to focus on just my marathon training, and save more travel/India information for separate posts. (Actually I started writing this on Sunday night and literally fell asleep at my computer, so I'm finishing it up now on Monday night, beginning Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 16 Weeks Until the New York City Marathon!
Happy Sunday everyone! Thanks for stopping by. I'm here today with my weekly recap of training for the New York City Marathon on November 5th. If you're new to this blog, welcome! If you're a fellow blogger, join Jess from Jess Runs ATL and me for our weekly link-up of training recaps, a link-up for us to keep each other motivated! Details at the bottom of this post: Monday: I did my run Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 17 Weeks Until the New York City Marathon
Summer is in full swing over here! Today's weekly recap post is full of pictures of summer fun here at the Right Fits, mixed in with some training for the New York City Marathon. Monday: I ran 7 miles with Dustin at the cabin, 8:40 min/mile pace; he went on for another 7 for his long run and definitely negative split that run :) Tuesday: Still at the cabin and I had a workout to do: 2 mile Continue Reading