OXY Distance Carnival: 10K Recap

OXY Distance Carnival: 10K Recap

For what feels like the first time in a while I’m surprised that it’s already Wednesday! This week is flying by and I couldn’t be more excited because this weekend we are heading down to San Diego for a little mini-racecation!! A few weeks ago 

Training Summary: 3/5-11/2018

Training Summary: 3/5-11/2018

Hello hello!  Anyone else feel like this most recent time change absolutely knocked them out? I don’t know if it’s because our Saturday night leading into the time change was all wonky or what but I have just been all out of sorts the past 

Thoughts on This Training Cycle: 11.5 Weeks In

Thoughts on This Training Cycle: 11.5 Weeks In

Hey guys, happy Wednesday! My morning was a little more eventful than planned – I woke up 1.5 hours after my alarm was supposed to go off and 15 minutes after I was supposed to be at work. I flew out of bed and was 

Training Summary: 2/26/2018-3/4/2018

Training Summary: 2/26/2018-3/4/2018

Happy Sunday Friends! The weekend is drawing to a close and it couldn’t have gone by faster. We’ve had an equally productive and lazy weekend over here and we’re excited to finish it off with some popcorn and Oscars viewing tonight – although we probably 

Balancing Family Planning + Running as an Elite Female Runner

Balancing Family Planning + Running as an Elite Female Runner

Happy Thursday friends! We’re almost to the weekend!! And there are no house construction plans on the agenda this weekend OR next so I’m looking forward to some quality family time. Yay! Today I have a really lengthy post on a topic that’s been weighing 

Training Summary: 2/19-25/2018

Training Summary: 2/19-25/2018

This week was the first week since November that I hit 70 miles! It’s been a long time coming but I’m thankful that my coach has built my mileage up slowly since CIM. Since I’m currently focusing on training for shorter distances my workouts have 

Time To Do It All Over Again: My Next Marathon

Time To Do It All Over Again: My Next Marathon

Hey guys! I did something a few weeks ago and I’m finally ready to let the cat out of the bag… I signed up for another marathon! Before I ran CIM in December the plan was to focus on shorter distance races this winter and 

Why You Should Race Even When You’re Not in Tip-Top Shape

Why You Should Race Even When You’re Not in Tip-Top Shape

Hey Friends! Happy Monday. I’m still riding the high of my rest day yesterday after 19 straight days of running and 3 hard workouts last week. Phew, that was hard! But I got stronger and faster so it was worth it! Today’s post is on 

Training Summary: 2/12-18/2018

Training Summary: 2/12-18/2018

Training Summary Monday: 8 miles easy @ 7:26 pace + mini-band exercises Tuesday: 11 mile workout [2 mile warm-up, 7 mile tempo @ 6:02 average pace, 3 mins rest, 2x 400m @ 73/73 with 1 mins rest, 1 mile cool-down] + core workout Wednesday: [AM] 

Stroller Running Tips

Stroller Running Tips

Happy Monday friends… why do the weekends always just FLY by?!? I swear it was just Friday and here we are back to work and starting another new week. We were supposed to have a busy weekend with Henri and his dad working on our