If you follow me on social media, you know that I had an excellent 12 mile run this past Saturday. I ran with a friend from my running group and we ran the majority of the time on the Crescent Trail. It was my first time running on this particular trail and it was absolutely […]
Richmond Marathon Training Recap 9/9-9/15
This was another extremely busy week. I had both a bachelorette party AND a wedding…oh and I threw in a trip to Portland, ME in the middle of that for fun (not really, it was for work). It was tough to get in my runs but I’m pretty proud of my week. Monday: Nike Training […]
5 Tips for Runners on Business Travel
As I was preparing my bag for my first business trip of the fall, I began thinking that this will be my first travel season while I’m in the midst of heavy training. I have about two months left until my very first marathon and during that two month period, I will be traveling at […]
2 Months Left!
There are just over two months left before I will run my very first marathon (I’m running the Richmond Marathon November 16th). I’ve decided instead of just posting all my training recaps each week (although I’ll still do that some as well) that I will highlight some exciting running stuff for the upcoming week on […]
Road ID Giveaway!
To celebrate 400 likes on my Facebook page, I decided to do a giveaway of a product I believe in. Today’s giveaway is a Road ID. Before we get to the giveaway, a little background… A while back, I was chatting with a good friend of mine who I hadn’t seen in awhile. As we […]
Annapolis 10 Miler Recap
I gave a bit of a preview of the race in yesterday’s training recap post, but as promised, here is the full recap. Warning: it’s a long one, so if you just want the quick and dirty, scroll all the way down. 🙂 I initially signed up for the race at the encouragement of my friend, […]
A hiccup and a PR: Marathon Training Recap Aug 19-25
Well, this was an interesting week. I mentioned in last week’s recap that I’d been experiencing some odd ankle pain. Unfortunately, it had to get worse before it could get better. The wheels fell off on Wednesday and I spent most of the week trying to heal my weak ankles. I purchased resistance bands and […]
Marathon Training Recap Aug 12-18
This week was a really solid week in terms of training. I was happy with my times and for the most part felt good during each run. I’ve been experiencing some odd ankle pain, but hopefully that is on its way out. Here’s how the week went… Monday: Rest day. Tuesday: 4 miles steady. 41:05 […]
Speedwork on the treadmill
I created a workout aimed at increasing speed and eliminating boredom on the dreadmill treadmill. I usually do my runs outside because I loathe the treadmill. But sometimes you just have to take it indoors. Give this 40 minute workout a shot when you need to be inside but want to do some speedwork! I […]
Marathon Training Recap Aug 5-11
As promised, I’m going to start recapping my marathon training workouts each week. I’ve been building my base for awhile, but last week was the first week of actual “real” training so here we go! Monday: 4 miles in Rock Creek Park. This was a great run because the park is full of little hills […]