Earlier this week I was considering dropping to the half from the full. I wondered if maybe I was burned out and should keep running but do less mileage. Then I thought about how far I've come since June with a new 5K PR (26:49) and a long run pace that sometimes has me wondering … Continue reading The anatomy of a solo long run
Category: training
Run When: Transmountain Challenge recap.
Run when you haven't trained in awhile. When I signed up for the Transmountain training group, I was more hopeful than nervous that it would help push me over the mountain. Aaron had just left and I needed something to keep me accountable, especially for long runs. Every long run was hilly except for when … Continue reading Run When: Transmountain Challenge recap.
Ready to roll
A 15-week training plan sounded like a long time, but here we are, two weeks away from putting that mountain under our feet, literally. Today we had the last really long run (14 miles) before we do one more "normal" week, run 8 next Sunday, and then we have one week of taper. Just in … Continue reading Ready to roll
Tail end of summer
This summer flew by so fast. Tomorrow is three months down in this deployment, and that couldn't make me happier. I set out in the middle of May to kick butt in my class (check), do well with my research assistantship (check) and lesson plan for the fall (nope!). In May Leah and Benjamin came … Continue reading Tail end of summer
Still long distance
I don't know what's happened in my brain in the past couple weeks, but I want long distance running to be a way of life. I want to want to run most days of the week, and get antsy on the rest days. I want to challenge myself. I want to run an ultra. I have … Continue reading Still long distance
Bataan Training: Week 2
I started counting this week on Tuesday, since we did our long run on our day off on Monday. Wednesday: 3.13 miles Thursday: 4 miles Saturday: 7 miles Total: 14.13 miles It's hard to get up early. I hate it. I lay in bed like I'm paralyzed, not wanting to move. But I know as … Continue reading Bataan Training: Week 2
August 8-14 Training
Aaron and I are signing up for an 8K that we'll be racing on September 10. Other than that and my death march marathon happening at the end of March, I don't have any other races on the schedule. However, I'm still trying to stick with the 3plus2 idea of Run Less, Run Faster and do … Continue reading August 8-14 Training
>Week in review, June 6 – June 12
>This week, I'd say I was pretty active, adding in a couple different activities...Monday: restTuesday: ~3-mi hike with Megan and PatrickWednesday: 2.6 tempo run with Gabi, and then a 1 hr 45 min trail ride with Becca. We didn't bike that whole time.. see a previous post for a review on that. It was tons of fun.Thursday: rest, … Continue reading >Week in review, June 6 – June 12
>Week in review, May 30-June 5
>Here's a snip of my training for the week...Wednesday, I did a 3-mi interval run and then BodyFlow.. Friday was the 10-mile bike at the gym. Tomorrow I hope to tag on another 8 miles from an early-morning run.I can feel myself getting faster, but the work that goes into becoming faster is tough. Sometimes … Continue reading >Week in review, May 30-June 5
>Week in review
>This week has been a successful week for me.. I've been eating well most days and working out most days. Yesterday I went to the grocery store and went crazy in the produce section. Endive, avocado, tomato, strawberries, watermelon, onion, pineapple, carrots, snap peas, and leafy lettuce all found a place in my cart. I … Continue reading >Week in review
MPM 2.0: mercy unmasked 