My training this week has gone pretty well. I had two stress workouts and I was able execute both on pace despite pretty rough weather conditions. I’ve been making time for all the little things – like dynamic warm-ups, core, strength workouts and yoga and have the soreness to …
Here there! I hope that you had a great New Year’s Eve and Day. Ours was pretty laid back and relaxing. Wednesday we had family over for pizza and games. We were all surprised when we made it to midnight but the party broke up …
Seeing as it’s the last day of 2014 today seemed like the perfect time to take some time and chat about my hopes and dreams for my running this coming year. I’ve started to write this post many times but for some reason I’ve found that I have trouble putting …
Before I look ahead and set goals for 2015 I wanted to take a moment to look back at the goals that I set last January for 2014 and see how well I did at accomplishing what I started the year hoping to do! Here’s …
Training Summary: 12/22/2014-12/28/2014 Monday – dynamic warm-up + 8.10 miles around the lake loop near my parents’ house @ 7:35 pace Tuesday – Hill workout on the treadmill in the dark before work [2 mile warm-up, 12x 400m hills @ tempo pace w/ 400m jogging rest, 1 …
Merry (day after) Christmas Everyone! I hope you had a great day celebrating with your loved ones. Our Christmas was great – full of lots of food, family, laughter and love. Here’s a look at our last two days – a few words per picture …
Happy Christmas week everyone! Can you believe that Christmas is only 3 days away?? I don’t know what it is but I’ve had a hard time getting in the Christmas spirit this year. Over the weekend I came across this 12 Days of Christmas Survey that Jen posted …
Training Summary: 12/15/2014-12/21/2014 Monday – AM: dynamic warm-up + 7 miles easy @ 7:30 pace PM: 30 mins core + push-ups Tuesday – AM: 8 miles easy @ 7:30 pace PM: 30 mins yoga/stretching Wednesday – 11 mile workout [2 mile warm-up, 6x 1 mile repeats around the loop road with 2 mins …
Just about one year ago I started coaching my first runner (a big shout out to Cori for trusting and believing in me as her coach!) and since then I’ve fallen in love with helping others reach their running goals! There is nothing better than …
I can’t believe that 2015 is only a little over two weeks away! A new year means new looking forward and setting new goals but before I get ahead of myself I like make sure to look back at the past year and soak up all …