Yesterday was my longest run to date, 20 miles. There are many reasons this is important but the biggest thing is I learned some lessons I can apply to life in general. Plan your work and work your plan. I have been following a plan for marathon training. There are a few “ifs” or “buts” [...]
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Life Lessons from the Long Run
Posted in Fitness, Just my Thoughts, tagged Fitness, flexibility, planning, long run, life lessons on 28 August 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Race Recap – Catharine Valley Half Marathon
Posted in Fitness, Just my Thoughts, tagged running, Fitness, race, catharine valley half marathon, race recap on 25 August 2010 | 10 Comments »
This particular race was a challenge, not in the course but in the weather. If you look at the pavement we are on, it is very wet. We may have been in a slight sprinkling period as it was taken but there were torrential downpours throughout the race. I was thinking we would be on [...]
Post Run Recovery Smoothie
Posted in Fitness, Food and Recipes, Just my Thoughts, tagged smoothie, Oikos Greek Yogurt, recovery drink on 9 August 2010 | 18 Comments »
I have never been a smoothie fan until I started training for a half marathon. Now I am training for a full marathon and I am drinking, eating smoothies all the time. Sometimes, I have them pre-run but usually post run. So here is the one that freaks out all my friends. Undoubtedly, I get [...]
Distance Under My Feet
Posted in Fitness, Just my Thoughts, tagged Fitness, long run, FRS, Clif Shot, chews, water, G2, marathon training on 7 August 2010 | 13 Comments »
Today is Saturday, August 7th. I ran 17 (okay, the actual run figured to 16.95) miles today. It took some time but I felt really good running and after I was done. But let me take you back to the scenario this morning. I have spent a lot of time trying to figure out where [...]
Distance Dreamers
Posted in Fitness, Just my Thoughts, tagged running, wineglass marathon, distance, distance dreamers, higher miles on 5 August 2010 | 12 Comments »
Distance dreaming! Yes, I am. As I said a while back, I am running my first marathon this fall. The great thing is I have found a whole group of people who are also first time long distance runners. Abbi of Higher Miles decided that support is helpful to all of us. Abbi and I [...]
A Summer Evening Walk
Posted in Art, Family, Fitness, Just my Thoughts, tagged Family, summer, walk, fun, cross training, neighborhood on 29 July 2010 | 14 Comments »
Mondays are generally the day of my training schedule for cross training. Last week was week one of marathon training for me but in reality, it was week six. Yes, I started at week six. So last week, I did a DVD that included some cardio and some weight training. It was a good 30 [...]
Supplements
Posted in Fitness, Just my Thoughts, tagged Gatorade, supplements, FRS, GU, SportsBeans, multivitamin on 27 July 2010 | 16 Comments »
Supplements. As I get more and more into the fitness world and that of endurance running, I find more and more information about supplements is available. But do I want to take these items? While you may not think of it as a supplement, I even was hesitant on drinking Gatorade or a sports drink. [...]
The Long Solo Run
Posted in Fitness, Just my Thoughts, tagged Friends, marathon, wineglass marathon, accepting help, long run on 21 July 2010 | 19 Comments »
After my day at church on Sunday, I went with my fifth child to a live music festival. We both love live music and have somewhat similar tastes or can at least tolerate each other’s varied tastes in music. There will be more about the music in the near future. I saw a friend there [...]
Coconut Water – Product Review
Posted in Fitness, Food and Recipes, Just my Thoughts, tagged hydration, coconut water, Vita Coco, Runner Dude on 16 July 2010 | 4 Comments »
Okay, so not just any coconut water. I want to tell you a bit about Vita Coco Coconut Water. You are probably thinking I have lost my marbles. I have to tell you when I first read about coconut water on Runner Dude’s blog, I hesitated. I don’t like coconut. I don’t like it shredded [...]
Thank You Boilermaker 15K Volunteers
Posted in Fitness, Just my Thoughts, tagged volunteers, Boilermaker, Utica NY on 14 July 2010 | 2 Comments »
I want to take this opportunity to thank the thousands of volunteers that helped make the 33rd running of the Boilermaker 15K such a success. Those who were manning water stations – the most I have ever seen in a race – probably heard a thank you here and there as runners went by. Those [...]
Five for Ten Part II
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- Ran 5.36 miles in 1 hour and 4 mins and 6 secs and felt good. Felt good to run again after two days off... http://bit.ly/9nTuTa #fordironman 6 minutes ago
- @adamrisu That is fantastic!! I have six but only five pregnancies as I have twins. LOL! 11 minutes ago
- @Momalom I understand that feeling! I still have at least that much to get rid of! 13 minutes ago
- @adamrisu So cool! Is this your first? 14 minutes ago
- Well, back to the training schedule. I have the sun to look forward to as I go out for an easy five miles! 1 hour ago
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