Weekly recap time! I’m linking up with Kimberly and Deborah for their weekly wrap, details at the end of this post. This was a tough week; I felt like so many factors were working against me and I had to work twice as hard to adhere to my training schedule. For example, Dustin was traveling all week for work, so I was a single dog mom (which is actually a lot of work with a puppy!) We had Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 2 Weeks Until the Antarctica Marathon
Antarctica is oh, so close! Keeping my fingers crossed that Dustin and I stay healthy all week and are safely en route to Argentina next weekend. Here's how training for the marathon went this past week: Monday: I ran after work this day: 2 miles easy, then 10 hill repeats of 0.20 miles each at 3-4% incline at 8 min/mile, recovery for 0.10, 1 mile cool-down. Hills are tough on the Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 3 Weeks Until the Antarctica Marathon
'Twas a good week! I got to run outside TWICE, including my 20 miler! Here's how training went this week for the Antarctica Marathon: Monday: President's Day! I had the day off of work. What's a girl to do? Head to an 8 am dentist appointment :) But after the dentist, I met my friend Vicki for a 7.25 mile run- OUTSIDE! After 50 miles on the treadmill last week, running outside in the Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 6 Weeks Until Antarctica!
Hello, hello! I'm here with my usual weekly recap, this time counting down to the Antarctica Marathon! I have to admit, I am a little superstitious about counting down to Antarctica after what happened last year. (If you're new here, I was 3 weeks out when I broke my leg and couldn't go.) It all feels very familiar to be counting down again to the same trip. I really hope I'm not setting myself Continue Reading
2018: A Year in Review
At the end of every year, I usually recap the year in running on the blog. Usually those recaps include multiple marathons. For example, in 2016, I ran FIVE full marathons in one year. But this year? Zero marathons. Running in 2018 was defined by one thing- a broken leg*. *And a cancelled trip to Antarctica. I'll go ahead and recap each month... January 2018: I was excitedly Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 4 Weeks Until the Houston Marathon
Happy Holidays! I hope you had an awesome week. I'm here with my weekly recap of training for the Houston Marathon, which is 4 weeks away! This was a big week in training, though I did take an unplanned (though much needed) rest day. Here's how things went this week: Monday: I ran to meet my friend Christie for a morning run; we did 5 together and I did 4 alone to get to 9 miles at a 9:20 Continue Reading
Weekly Recap: 5 Weeks Until the Houston Marathon
Five weeks until my 30th full marathon! I'm really starting to get excited to take on 26.2 miles again...I just love marathons and have missed them in 2018. Darn broken leg. 2019 is going to be a much better year! This week was a bit of a cutback week in training for Houston and I'm excited that I was able to fit in more non-running activities! Here's how things went: Monday: 9 easy miles on Continue Reading