Today was so amazing! But to be honest Marathon Monday always is. I spent the day running/biking/driving around like a crazy person to cheer on all my favorites. More on the weekend tomorrow but I wanted to share my training from this past week really …
Henri and I just landed back in Boston from our whirlwind trip to San Francisco. We went for a friend’s wedding on Saturday but also had time to explore (and eat our way through) San Francisco on Friday and Sunday. I will do a more …
Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend and Easter! Ours was pretty low key but we had a great time at church, brunch and hanging out with family for the whole day. Our church service was amazing and the worship was especially wonderful. …
Monday – AM: dynamic warm-up, 5 miles easy @ 7:26 pace, 15 mins core work PM: 30 minutes yoga/stretching Tuesday – AM: dynamic warm-up, 7 miles easy on the treadmill @ 7:28 pace, 2x Post-Run Power Exercises PM: 3.25 miles @ 6:58 pace including 6x 75m strides …
First off – let me just say real quick that running in the wind is NO JOKE! Even after reading Cori’s post the other day about how much wind can slow you down during your runs I was stubborn (go figure) and still headed outside …
Training Summary: 2/23/2015-3/1/2015 Monday – dynamic warm-up + 5 miles easy on the treadmill @ 7:42 pace + 15 minutes core work Tuesday – dynamic warm-up + 8 miles easy on the treadmill w/ 10x 30-45 second pick-ups 7:25 average pace Wednesday – 7 miles easy on the treadmill @ 7:30 pace Thursday – 6 miles …
Well, my most recent half was a week ago so I guess it’s time to get to recapping it huh? When I first signed up for a half marathon in February (in New England) I wasn’t expecting much out of it except a solid tempo …
This week was one of the best training weeks I’ve had recently. I hit 70 miles for the first time in awhile and got in 3 great key workouts. Even though two of my workouts were on the treadmill I was able to hit my goal …
A few notes about how crazy this winter has really been… – 3 more inches of snow last night – not much but we are slowly and surely creeping towards that #1 snowfall record! – Buzzfeed put together an awesome list of pictures of all …
Whelp… it’s official. The Hyannis Marathon and Half Marathon this weekend has been cancelled. It’s a real bummer to have the race that I’ve been training for the past 3 months cancelled but I have so much respect for the race directors that in all …