Hi there! I'm here with my weekly recap; I'm still linking up with Jess from Jess Runs ATL. Join us- details below! So, this week was good because I'm back to running. After a week without it, it felt great to get back to normal. My normal. :) Monday: Easy 4 miles after work around 9:20 min/mile. Yay for running and fall weather! Tuesday: Easy 6 miles before work around 9:20 min/mile. Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Recovering From Big Cottonwood
It's been a week since the Big Cottonwood Marathon. If you missed my recap, you can catch up here! It was a tough marathon, but fortunately I qualified for Boston! I'll register tomorrow (9/19) and will hopefully receive confirmation that I'm in sometime later this week Fingers crossed that 4 minutes and 27 seconds is enough. I always take a full week off of running and this marathon was no Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Tapering..and a Marathon!
I often forget to recap the week of my marathon because I'm too caught up in the actual marathon. But reading how the last week went is just as helpful as the rest of the training recaps, right? Here's my weekly recap of THE WEEK of the Big Cottonwood Marathon. Monday: Labor Day. 1 mile warm-up, 3x1 mile at goal marathon pace (8:12) with 2 minute recovery in between each mile, 1 mile cool Continue Reading
Bring on the Taper for the Big Cottonwood Marathon!
The Big Cottonwood marathon is two weeks away! It’s TAPER TIME! What does that mean? After several months of hard work, the taper is the weeks before a key race where you cut back your mileage and let your muscles repair. Your body recovers from all the hard work you have been putting it through during training. You focus on replenishing all your glycogen stores in preparation for race day. Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: Three Weeks Until the Big Cottonwood Canyon Marathon
I’m linking up with Jess at Jess Runs Atlanta again for my weekly recap! Join the link-up at the bottom of the post and your blog will be posted on both Jess's and my blogs. Looking forward to linking up with you! On to my weekly recap: I have THREE weeks until the Big Cottonwood Marathon. Man, this training just flew by. I can’t believe I’m heading into my last big week of training. So Continue Reading
Introducing a Weekly Link-up!
I’m excited to share that I am teaming with Jess at Jess Run Atlanta to host a weekly link-up for training recaps! Jess and I connected last year when we were training for and then ran the Richmond Marathon (<--I loved that marathon, highly recommend it!) I have continued to follow her journey on her blog since then. We thought it would be fun to team up, as we both enjoy following other Continue Reading
Weekly Recap & Linking Up With the Jess’s!
I love sharing my weekly recaps of training here on the blog and a lot of you do the same on your blogs! I feel like it keeps me accountable and is a helpful journal of sorts to use when reflecting on a training season. I hope that the recaps are helpful to any readers who are also training for a race and find value in other athlete's training plans, challenges, and (hopefully) successes! I have Continue Reading