Another decent week in the books. Monday: Rest Tuesday: 3 miles (9:15 pace) Wednesday: 60 minutes personal training Thursday: rest Friday: 45 minutes strength Saturday: 6 miles (8:45 pace) Sunday: 15 miles (9:45 pace) Despite some challenges and time crunches, … Continue reading
Monday: Rest Tuesday: 2×3 miles (9:00 pace) Wednesday: 60 minutes personal training) Thursday: 3 miles of speed + 1 mile of hills (avg 9:00 pace) Friday: 60 minutes strength Saturday: Rest… also, SICK! Sunday: 12 miles SICK! This week started … Continue reading
Sigh. I don’t know what my deal has been these past 2 weeks. Monday: 60 minute strength Tuesday: 3 miles (tempo, 8:45 pace) Wednesday: 3 mile (recovery, pace), 60 minute strength Thursday: rest Friday: 3 miles (9:30 pace) Saturday: 60 … Continue reading
19 weeks ago, I started training for a marathon. Despite the setbacks I experienced early on, this training cycle turned out to be the best one of my short running career. I ran my highest mileage yet, gained some serious … Continue reading
Week 18 was my last full week of training before Marathon #2, and it was good! Technically, I ran 4 days, but only got 1 strength training session in, but I also did some IT band exercises on Friday and … Continue reading
After a few really stellar weeks of training, my first week of taper was just okay – not spectacular, but far from miserable. Like many other runners, taper time is rough for me. I’m really pretty horrible at resting – … Continue reading
Week 16 was a BIG week – in fact, it was the biggest week of training in my short running career – I finally hit a 40 mile week! Monday: 60 minute hip hop class Tuesday: 3 miles @ 10:47, 5.5 … Continue reading
Week 14 was taper week, week 15 was recovery week! I took it easy this week to let my body recover fully from Athens before tackling 20 miles this upcoming weekend. Life also threw me some obstacles, so a lighter … Continue reading
Training this week was pretty low key, thanks to THE BIG DAY on Sunday. Monday: 60 minute Hip Hop Class Tuesday: 5 speedy-ish miles @ 9:50 Wednesday: 3 miles @ 10:28, Solo strength session (details below!) Thursday: 3 miles @ … Continue reading
I went into week 13 knowing that it would be challenge – not because I had difficult workouts planned, but because I had gotten into a really great routine and that would be tested. Normally, my week looks like this: … Continue reading
Another solid week in the books! I’ve really gotten into a groove in these past few weeks – light cross training plus a couple stretch out miles on Monday, running on Tuesday, strength on Wednesday, cross/strength on Thursday, running on … Continue reading
Week 11 was my fourth week of focusing on quality strength training sessions, and I’m pleased to say that I’m seeing a HUGE difference in my running! A few weeks ago, my IT band was very unhappy. I started doing … Continue reading
The decision has been made. I won’t be running the Athens Marathon this year. But, I WILL be running the Athens Half Marathon this year. In the wake of my IT band issues and in the interests of coming back … Continue reading