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One to always plan ahead, I ran mid-day on Monday in anticipation of Thursday’s annual turkey trot which my entire family has been running for years. I headed out for an easy five-mile run on the cool, beautiful day after training my morning clients. Once home, I showered, foam rolled, etc. and then did […]
After pounding the pavement hard last Sunday for just over two hours in my half marathon, I decided to let my body rest this week and didn’t run again until yesterday. With a 5K a week for the next three weeks, I’m going to let that suffice as my speedwork and enjoy easy conversation pace […]
And just like that, I completed week 16 of my 16-week Run Less Run Faster (affiliate link) training cycle for my OBX Half Marathon which means that my target race was this weekend! More on that later… Scheduled for my final track workout was 6 x 400-meter repeats at a 7:18 goal pace with 400 recoveries, bookended […]
This past week completed week 15 of my 16-week Run Less Run Faster (affiliate link) training cycle for my OBX Half Marathon which means that the race is one week from today! I’m certainly inspired as I write today’s post while watching the New York City Marathon. Shalane Flanagan just won the women’s division with a time […]
This past week completed week 14 of my 16-week Run Less Run Faster (affiliate link) training cycle for my OBX Half Marathon. We weren’t traveling for a game (more on that later) so I didn’t have to move around any of my workout days like I had to last week. Between injuries and other friends already finished […]
This past week completed week 13 of my 16-week Run Less Run Faster (affiliate link) training cycle for my OBX Half Marathon. Since we were traveling to visit my mom Wednesday evening through Saturday morning before heading to the Virginia Tech football game on Saturday afternoon, I mixed up my runs a bit so I wouldn’t compromise […]
This past week completed week 12 of my 16-week Run Less Run Faster (affiliate link) training cycle for my OBX Half Marathon. The week was to be all about getting back out on the trail as I eased back into running while getting a feel for how my leg was healing. Spoiler alert, my leg felt great […]
This past week completed week 11 of my 16-week Run Less Run Faster (affiliate link) training cycle for my OBX Half Marathon. The week was all about getting back out on the trail taking walks and working toward increasing the range of motion in my knee after last week’s surgery. I don’t think I’ve mentioned that the […]
This past week completed week 10 of my 16-week Run Less Run Faster (affiliate link) training cycle for my OBX Half Marathon. It was only a partial week of training because of Monday’s scheduled surgery on my knee, but not really my knee, just the rebellious skin above the knee. So I’d miss one less workout, I […]
This past week completed week 9 of my 16-week Run Less Run Faster (affiliate link) training cycle for my OBX Half Marathon. I was thrilled for cooler mornings even though the day temperatures heated up pretty high. The cooler mornings were just what I needed to finally hit my goal paces on my track repeats and tempo […]
This past week completed week 8 of my 16-week Run Less Run Faster (affiliate link) training cycle for my OBX Half Marathon which puts me half way home! I was thrilled to be back on track with my running friends, and even though my track repeats and tempo runs are more of a solo event, it’s nice […]
This past weekend marked the forth in a row that I wasn’t at home. In fact, I’ve only been home for five full days since August 18th. Having just finished the 7th week of my 16-week Run Less Run Faster (affiliate link) training cycle for my OBX Half Marathon, I’ve had to complete over half of my […]
I’m in the 6th week of my 16-week Run Less Run Faster (affiliate link) training cycle for my OBX Half Marathon, but with yesterday’s Shenandoah Half I feel like I should be wrapping it up. What I set out to run simply as an easy long training run, I ended up racing, but more on that later […]
Even on vacation, I managed to successfully completed the 5th week of my 16-week Run Less Run Faster (affiliate link) training cycle for my OBX Half Marathon. Managed… who am I kidding? When Bill and I go to the beach we put a capital C on the word chill so I have plenty of time to run, […]
It’s hard to believe that I just completed the 4th week of my 16-week Run Less Run Faster (affiliate link) training cycle for my OBX Half Marathon girls’ weekend getaway to celebrate my big birthday! Our week started with a 40-mile bike ride on Sunday, this time with our Cruiser friend, Joe. We’re signing them up – […]
This week marked the third week of my Run Less Run Faster (affiliate link) training cycle for my OBX Half Marathon, my focus race out of my seven remaining races for the year. My training week started on Sunday afternoon with a nice little 30-mile bike ride with my favorite training partner. We headed west on the […]
This week marked the second week of my Run Less Run Faster (affiliate link) training cycle for my OBX Half Marathon where I’m chasing a big goal of a half PR just in time for my 60th birthday. Unfortunately, I won’t move into the next age group until two days after my race, but that’s just the […]
Say what? Can this really be training cycle number thirty-nine for me? I suppose so, unofficially… I don’t really have an exact count, but since the fall of 1997 when I trained for my very first marathon, I’ve had at least one fall and one spring marathon, half marathon, or ten-mile race on my training […]
By the time you’re reading this, I will hopefully be well on my way home after a fun, busy, yet relaxing ten days visiting my mom. The plan is to get on the road early to avoid heavy traffic on Interstate-81 where I will spend the majority of my day – Virginia is a huge […]
Last Sunday I left you with a teaser about my longest bike ride to date, thirty-six miles with my Cruiser friend, Chuck… What had started out as a bike ride with Bill and Chuck, turned into just Chuck and me when the chain on Bill’s bike derailed and they couldn’t get it back on. Bill […]
