2 Mile Repeats on the Treadmill
Wednesdays tend to be the toughest days for me to fit in a workout before I have to go to work. I attend a Bible Study that meets at the church where I work so I have to get in early to make up for the time …
Author: The Foodie Runner
New Sneakers and Practicing Mental Toughness
My new pair of Altra Provision 2‘s came in the mail last night so I made Henri take me to the gym so I come test them out. That’s a lie – we were planning on going to the gym anyways, but these bright sneaks …
Training Summary: 2/1/2015-2/8/2015
Week 2 of “do every run except the long run on the treadmill” was a success. A success in that I survived and managed to get in all of my mileage. 5 easy runs + 1 workout (12x 600m) + 20 mile long run On Saturday morning my …
CURRENTLY: February 2015
How is it already February 5th!? The only thing that’s great about time seeming to pass so quickly at this time of year is that it means spring is riiiiight around the corner! This month I’m CURRENTLY…. LONGING… for sunshine and warmth. Oh, what I would give …
Tips to Beating Treadmill Boredom
Another snow day over here for us yesterday. I was just about to head out the door when my boss texted me saying “I hope your not planning on going into the office today”. Twist my arm why don’t ya 😉 I did work on …
Training Summary: 1/26/2015-2/1/2015
I’m a Type A person, always have been and always will be, but since we moved home last year I’ve gotten wayyy better at going with the flow and being flexible. Both in life and with my running. A few years ago if you had …
Snow, Snow Go Away!
Snow, snow go away… I can’t stand another day {of treadmill running}! Yesterday morning I had a 3x 2 mile workout on the schedule and as much as I would have preferred to run outside there was no way that was possible with 2-3 inches …
Roasted Chickpeas
Whelp, we survived Snowmageddon 2015. After 3 feet of snow and not being able to leave the house for 24 hours (literally, there was a travel ban) I’m more than ready to get back to “business as usual” around here. I woke up to THIS… … …
Let It Snow
Happy Monday!!! We had some pretty good snowfall over the weekend! Saturday morning my running buddy and I were planning on beating the snowstorm and getting our long run in EARLLLLY but we woke up to 2 inches already at 5 am. So I headed back …
Training Summary 1/12/2015-1/25/2015
It’s been quite a good few weeks of training! Let’s get caught up 😉 1/12/2015-1/18/2015 Monday – 7 miles @ 7:34 pace on the treadmill + 20 mins core Tuesday – AM: 8 miles @ 7:31 pace PM: 3 miles easy + 30 mins strength circuit Wednesday …