A marathon is a 26.2 mile race. And most people, when discussing a marathon fixate on the distance. "I could never run that far, I can't even drive that far." "Why would you want to do that to your body?" But the other day I ran into a principal at my son's school and as we …
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Hop On the Training Train
Let's say you are encouraged to register for a race. Yay! Races are fun, right? Your friends high-five you, they tag you on social media with super-cool hashtags (#awesome, #thisgirlruns) and then it's on. Sooo, now what? Right?! Training for a race or event takes three things. A training plan. Some jiggering of your schedule …
The Reach
Goals are important to me. They are tangible things I can work towards and that really suits my personality. I don't do well when I'm not pointed in a direction. Besides, I'm a validation-whore who needs to have these accomplishments in my memory bank. Or posted on Facebook. No surprise there. I've got some …
Race Ready
By the time I step to the starting line this Sunday morning I will have logged close to 500 miles in training. I've never actually tracked my training mileage before so it was kind of a surprise when I tallied it up. In the beginning of my training I ran with friends who helped me …
An Even Dozen
Week 12 is in the books. And now I have slightly less than 30 days to go until race day. Gulp. Sh*t is getting real. The Plan In a nutshell; there was a lot of running goin' on last week! My old pal, Yasso was back and I have to say I had a fun …
Following the Plan
Today was a really rainy day in my neck o' the woods. Luckily I don't mind the rain. And even if I did, it wouldn't matter because I don't have a back up plan for my training runs. So into the dark and rainy morning I went and 8.42 miles later I sloshed back …
