Starting off this post with a gratuitous picture of Matilda the vizsla. You guys said you wanted more, right? Actually, thanks for all your comments on my naysayers post. I am glad that there are people who find value here! And I definitely don't want to discourage commenters from sharing their opinions- I do welcome a 'healthy' debate, I swear. But it felt good to put it all out there and Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Happy New Year!
Happy Sunday and happy new year! Just a short and sweet recap today. I have a few fun posts drafted for later this week, so definitely stop back in. The Phoenix Marathon is 55 days away (just under 8 weeks!) At least 2 weeks of that time will be the taper, so that leaves 6 weeks of hard work. I can handle that! Here's how this week of training went: Monday: Easy 7 miles in the morning Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 9 Weeks Until the Phoenix Marathon!
Wow, only 9 weeks until my next marathon... What was I thinking, signing up for another marathon so quickly after Richmond? Well, I know what I was thinking- I was thinking I want to qualify for Boston! Fingers crossed that my legs hold up for another race. Here's how my training went last week: Monday: Last run in Phoenix. 8 x 1200m at a 7:40 pace. Once again, this was a hard workout Continue Reading
Weekly Recap is BACK!
Weekly training recaps are BACK...why? Because I registered for the Phoenix Marathon! Not to be confused with the Rock n Roll marathon that is also in Phoenix, the Phoenix Marathon is a small marathon on Saturday, February 27th. Yay for Saturday marathons! It's also a (mostly) downhill course and hopefully will be my Boston Qualifier opportunity. I have a few running friends who ran it in Continue Reading
Fitting Remarks: Top 10 Worst People to Run Next to on a Treadmill
In my weekly recap from yesterday, you probably noticed that there was a lot of treadmill miles...in fact, all 45 miles of last week's running were on a treadmill- eeks! Not fun.Though I started to get kind of used to the ol’ treadmill, I can't say I have learned to love it. I definitely prefer to run outside. It was a lot of time indoors pounding out the miles, but it did give me a lot of time to Continue Reading