I will be running my first half marathon is less than 7 days. It’s almost unimaginable. I have LOVED training for this half and hope to remain in half marathon ‘shape’. I’ve already checked the halfmarathon.com calendar and there are several races coming up in the next few months in my area (i.e. in around a 2 hour driving range). This may be superstitious to say, seeing as how I.. Read More
Sometimes, life just gets in the way of training. I had great expectations for training this week, but they all just fell short. I’m not ok with that, but I’m trying to be. Sunday night was a late one, which made it impossible for me to get up for an early morning run on Monday. Justin and I had several must-do errands to run after school/work, which led to dinner.. Read More
This has been my mantra for the week. After absolutely DRAGGING for the last month or so, I broke down and went to the doctor. My iron was extremely low, and the doctor recommended a supplement for me. She said it would take a week or so to build my levels back up, but I should start feeling the effects soon. Apparently, runner’s anemia, especially in women, is extremely common… Read More
I can’t believe my first half is less than a month away! This week, I took a little break from distance training and really focused on speedwork for my 5K on Saturday. The faculty winner who comes in first during the race wins a $50 gift card, and I was determined that I was getting that card!! 🙂 Monday: Speedwork. 0.5 warm-up, 4 x 0.25, 2 x 0.5, 0.5 cool.. Read More
Toray, the company who puts on this race, is our partner in education at school. This was my initial reason for running the race 4 years ago. I have continued to run it and it is definitely one of my favorites! The course is relatively flat and through a nice neighborhood. Plus, lots of my school people are there to cheer me on 🙂 I got to the race course.. Read More
This was a rough week for me. Around the middle of the week, I got some type of fever virus, so I had around a 100 degree fever and just felt plain yucky. I ended up taking extra rest days on Wednesday and Thursday. Then, on Friday, I brought Libby home from school with the stomach virus, and by Sunday, I had a touch of it myself. So here’s the.. Read More
This shirt. I need it. If you are family and you care nothing about my running, and are just here to check up on my girls, see my previous Week in the Life posts. If you are here for my awesome organization skills (ha!), check out this blog, especially her printable calendar that I will definitely be purchasing in 2014. If you are here for your daily inspiration, I’m so sorry read this post.. Read More
Half marathon training really kicked in this week. After weeks of running 3-4 miles, 4-5 times a week to build my ‘base’, I started stepping it up with distance and speedwork. If you care absolutely nothing about running, and don’t want to read about my training, go here and watch this video instead: Hello again to the two of you who stayed with me! 🙂 This week’s runs were a.. Read More
I have always been an athletic person. I started playing youth league softball before Kindergarten and didn’t stop organized sports until graduation. I did it all–softball, cheerleading, cross country, volleyball. My junior year in high school, I would have cheer practice from 2:00-5:00 and then do my 3-to-5 mile cross country workout after that. (Ironically, I was the biggest I have ever been at this point in my life. I.. Read More
Our whole family ran the annual Rebel Run 5K a few weeks ago. I was the first woman to cross the finish line, with a time of 24:50. Not my best time, but not too shabby either. Especially since Justin was eating my dust the whole way! Here I am, headed toward the finish line: And here’s Justin. BEHIND me, crossing the finish line 🙂 And as fun as that.. Read More