>What a great week!! With caffeine and sweets not clouding my vision or fitness, I felt really good this week.Monday: 3 mile recovery-ish run, strength trainingTuesday: 5 mile tempo run, strength training... this one felt great!! I love tempo runs.Wednesday: 4 mile runThursday and Friday: rest, did a little stretching.Saturday: 20-miler with Gabriela!!! Our pace … Continue reading >Marathon Training: Week 12
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>Marathon Training: Week 11, and Lent
>Monday: 4 miles at the gym, worked on arms/absTuesday: 7 miles at the gym, worked on legs/absWednesday: 3 miles at the gym, worked on arms/abs again.. decided to retire my first pair of Asics after an achy run that should not have been achyThursday: restFriday: yoga with a Yogamazing podcastSaturday: 18 miles allllll around Peoria. … Continue reading >Marathon Training: Week 11, and Lent
>Marathon Training: Week 8; and crossing the finish line
>I seriously can't believe training is halfway done. Only ten more weeks until the marathon! That means only nine weeks until my birthday. The next several weeks are crucial, as there is hard-core mid-week training as well as long runs on the weekends.Monday: I rested since I did 12 miles the day before.Tuesday: A difficult … Continue reading >Marathon Training: Week 8; and crossing the finish line
>My first trail "run", and Marathon Training: Week 7
>This week has been strange. I've really been missing Aaron. We haven't been able to talk on Skype or on Facebook chat, just the phone. Every couple minutes we lose the call. So incredibly frustrating. And after having three days off last week, it was challenging to get back into working eight hours a day … Continue reading >My first trail "run", and Marathon Training: Week 7
>Marathon Training: Week 6
>I really shouldn't kid myself - weeks 4 and 5 were nonexistent. Ah well. I jumped back on the running train anyway.Monday: 3 mi at the gym. Yuck.Tuesday: thought about the gym and didn't do yoga even though I said I would.Wednesday: actually wanted to workout, but dug my car out of 15" of snow … Continue reading >Marathon Training: Week 6
>What a Groundhog Day! and other things
>Snowpocalypse, Snowprah.. whatever you call it, it was a storm. Yesterday we had a snow day for the anticipated havoc. It started in the late morning and continued throughout the night. We even had thunder and lightning. It was bizarre. Luthor and I chilled all day. I was on the computer and sitting on my … Continue reading >What a Groundhog Day! and other things
MPM 2.0: mercy unmasked 