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
Weekly Recap: 10 Weeks Until the Antarctica Marathon
Happy New Year everyone! Big plans tonight? We are going out to dinner with Dustin's family, but I have a feeling we will be home and in bed before midnight. Just the way this old lady likes it! :) Tilda wanted me to share a photo of her new cozy cove bed she received from Santa (see above photo). She loves it! Vizslas love to be under a blanket; in fact, she sleeps in our bed, but curls up Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Recovering from the 3 Bridges Marathon
Happy Holidays! I hope everyone had a great long weekend. I'm a little behind in my weekly recap, since I was focused on publishing my 3 Bridges Marathon recap- check it out! As I mentioned in that recap of the 3 Bridges Marathon, Jess and I will no longer be hosting our link-up, so today I'm just linking up with HoHo Runs/Mississippi Piddlin to share my training details. I'm not technically Continue Reading
Holiday Celebrations & 1 Week Until the 3 Bridges Marathon
Hello there! How are things? I'd say that things are a bit busy over here, and I've been slacking a bit on my blogging. But I'm happy to have these weekly recap posts to keep me accountable! I'm still settling in at my new job and the holidays are always busy. I'm sure things will slow down and I'll be writing more here again soon. Until then, I'll still be linking up with Jess from Jess Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 4 Weeks Until the Three Bridges Marathon!
Happy Sunday! I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. I'm here with my weekly recap as usual, linking up with Jess from Jess Runs ATL. Details below. Join us! (I am also linking up with HoHo Runs/Mississippi Piddlin, who host similar link-ups to Jess and mine. Check them out!) This week, I started ramping up a bit for the Three Bridges Marathon in Little Rock (December 15). Here's how Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Recovering from NYC.
Hi all! Did you read my recap of the 2017 TCS New York City Marathon? Catch up here! I'm linking up as usual with Jess from Jess Runs ATL. Join us! (I am also linking up with HoHo Runs/Mississippi Piddlin, who host similar link-ups to Jess and mine. Check them out!) Monday: Total rest. We flew back from NYC this day. Tuesday: [solidcore] class. It felt great to do some Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: The Week of the New York City Marathon
Hello there! I'm late with my weekly recap, but I have an excuse, i.e. the New York City Marathon! As you may know, my co-host of the link-up, Jess, also ran the New York City Marathon, and we both didn't have time to set up the formal link-up site, but I still wanted to share my recap of the week leading up to the marathon yesterday. And then I will share a full recap of the marathon as soon as Continue Reading