11 weeks until the Indianapolis Marathon! Time is flying. This was a big week mileage-wise and a busy one with life. Here's my weekly recap! Monday: 9.6 hilly miles. My coach said "seek out all the hills!" I ran to the Kenwood Parkway hills and repeated a hill there a few times. Discover Strength group class after work. Tuesday: 7 miles with strides. Wednesday: 4 miles easy, 5 Continue Reading
13 Weeks Until the Indianapolis Marathon
I am officially 13 weeks away from the Indianapolis Marathon, my 33rd full marathon! I excited to really focus for the next 3 months on this goal race; I have high hopes that if I work hard, I can get back to where I was pre-broken leg. As a refresh, since the broken leg, I have run Houston, Antarctica, and Brookings, South Dakota. Houston was my 'comeback' race- the first marathon after Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 14 Weeks Until the Indianapolis Marathon
Happy Sunday! I hope you had an amazing week and weekend! I'm here to recap my training for the Indianapolis Marathon, which is 14 weeks away. Here's how things went in fitness this week! Monday: 9 miles easy before work, 9:24 min/mile average, Discover Strength over lunch Tuesday: Workout Day! 3 miles easy, 1 mile at moderate tempo (7:37), 3 minute recovery, 4x400m around 7 min/mile Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 16 Weeks Until the Indianapolis Marathon
The big news of my week is obvious from my header photo- we got a puppy! We've been talking about adding another dog to the house for awhile now and have just been waiting for the right time. In my opinion, Matilda has been lonely since our two cats passed away a few years ago. She's 10 years old and we are really hopeful that she and the new pup will become the best of friends. So far? Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 17 Weeks Until the Indianapolis Marathon
Well, this was a bit of an interesting week in training due to my work trip/offsite meeting in Montauk. Here's how things went: Monday: I was up and running before 5 am to fit in 6 miles before my uber picked me up to head to the airport. I flew into LGA; the drive from the airport to our hotel (Guerney's on Star Island in Montauk) was about 3 hours. We arrived in time to check-in and shower Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 18 Weeks Until the Indianapolis Marathon!
Hello and welcome to July! Summer is in full swing over here. Here's how training for the Indianapolis Marathon went this holiday week. Monday: Total rest. I woke up to lightning and thunder. The treadmill did not sound appealing. I had a dr. appt after work so wasn't able to run. Unplanned rest day. Tuesday: I was feeling super anxious this week about work, so I just could not Continue Reading
20 Weeks Until the Indianapolis Marathon
Another week, another weekly recap! Here's how this past week went in training for the Indianapolis Marathon: Monday: 8 solo miles before work, 9:15 min/mile, Discover Strength after work. Tuesday: 7 miles before work with Christie, 9 min/mile. Wednesday: Workout Wednesday! 3 mile warm-up, 5x600m with 70 second recovery, then 5x400m repeat with 400m recovery, 1 mile Continue Reading