Hello friends! As I shared in an earlier post, I have been working with a running coach this cycle and it has gone pretty well. I am training for a June marathon – Grandma’s in Duluth, Minnesota. My goal is to go sub-4 and now I’m less than two weeks out from race day. Time is flying and […]
How I Stayed Injury Free Running 100+ Mile Months
As a hobby runner who isn’t getting any younger, I am constantly concerned about injury. At the same time, however, I frequently am too lazy to anything other than run. However, I really wanted to give my all for Grandma’s Marathon, so decided I would do some of the little things that might help me. […]
Cherry Blossom Ten Miler 2018 Race Recap
This year was my 6th running of the Cherry Blossom Ten Miler (see last year’s recap here) and I was using the race as a speed check and workout while training for Grandma’s Marathon. My plan for the race was to run pretty fast – I was hoping for an average pace around 8:2o which […]
Grandma’s Marathon Training Recap – Weeks 13 & 14
Hello friends! As I shared in an earlier post, I have started working with a running coach. I am training for a June marathon – Grandma’s in Duluth, Minnesota. My goal is to go sub-4 and now I’m less than a month out from race day. Time is flying and I’m getting excited! I share my training recap every […]
Traveling Solo as a Black Woman
Before I left for Europe in the fall of 2017, I scoured the internet for posts about traveling solo as a black woman. I found a few here and there, but honestly I couldn’t find much that helped me feel comfortable. Now, I felt pretty comfortable to begin with because I knew the places I […]
Grandma’s Marathon Training Recap – Three Months Down!
Hello friends! As I shared in an earlier post, I have started working with a running coach. I am training for a June marathon – Grandma’s in Duluth, Minnesota. My goal is to go sub-4 and now I’m just over one month out from race day. Time is flying and I’m getting excited! Now that I am back to […]
Grandma’s Marathon Training Recap – Weeks 9/10
Hello friends! As I shared in an earlier post, I have started working with a running coach. I am training for a June marathon – Grandma’s in Duluth, Minnesota. My goal is to go sub-4 and now I’m about two months out from race day. Time is flying and I’m getting excited! Now that I am back to training, […]
Theory of Relativity
In the early 1900s, Albert Einstein published his theory of relativity. Now, I am not a scientist, but in general, here’s the idea: space and time are interwoven into a single continuum known as space-time. Events that occur at the same time for one observer could occur at different times for another. It is this last […]
Grandma’s Marathon Training Recap – Two Months Down
Hello friends! As I shared in an earlier post, I have started working with a running coach. I am training for a June marathon – Grandma’s in Duluth, Minnesota. My goal is to go sub-4 and I’ve been building up mileage and now am officially in marathon training mode. I can’t believe I’m two months into training and […]
Running Back to Back Marathons
If you’ve been hanging around these parts for awhile you know that I have actually run a few back to back marathons. I even wrote a post about back a couple years back. In that post (which you can read here), I share some tips on how to handle running back to back marathons. I […]