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. Now that I am back to training, I will […]
Final Base Building Training Recap
Happy February! As I shared in an earlier post, I have started working with a running coach. I am getting back in shape and gearing up for a June marathon – Grandma’s in Duluth, Minnesota. Now that I am back to training, I will share my training recap every other week. This is my final base […]
Base Building Training Recap
New year, new training plan! As I shared in an earlier post, I have started working with a running coach. I am getting back in shape and gearing up for a June marathon – Grandma’s in Duluth, Minnesota. Now that I am back to training, I will share my training recap every other week. Once I […]
Why (and how) I Chose a Running Coach
I have decided that as I work towards my next marathon, I will be working with a running coach. I’ve gotten some questions about my decision so thought that I would share why I chose to work with a running coach and how I chose my coach. After one real attempt and one kind of […]
Berlin Marathon Training Recap – One Week to Go!
Hi friends! This time next week I will have finished my 8th marathon and hopefully have a sub-4 marathon finish under my belt! I have a couple of more blog posts coming this week – one on mental doubts and another on my goals for Berlin but I will not be taking my computer with […]
Berlin Marathon Training Recap – Week 16
We are getting so close, y’all. As I write this, I only have two workouts left. Taper starts on Thursday. I am feeling strong and ready. I had some mental doubts I dealt with this week (I will write about this in a separate post), but I was able to speak positivity into my running and […]
Berlin Marathon Training Recap – Three Weeks To Go!
We are getting so close, y’all. This weekend is my last long run (I’ll be running a half marathon as a marathon day simulation) and I only have a handful of workouts left. Taper starts at the end of next week – I can’t believe it’s almost here. This training cycle has felt long but […]
Berlin Marathon Training Recap: Week 13
This week was an off week because I took the week off of workouts to let my calf heal. The good news is that I visited my PT and got the clear to go back to my regular schedule. I also had a really solid 20k race (that I didn’t actually race, I just ran […]
Berlin Marathon Training Recap – Week 11
I can not believe that the Berlin Marathon is just 7 weeks away, but it is! This is the part of the training where the cumulative fatigue really begins to set in. I’m basically super tired on a daily basis and I know that this is part of the plan. I try to nap on […]
Marathon Training During a Heat Advisory
The weather was the biggest challenge this past week. DC was under a heat advisory much of the week, with high temps and high humidity. It was terrible. I had a couple of really rough runs but then was able to move on, because that’s simply what you have to do to make it through […]
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