I am participating in Tara’s accomplished August challenge. Unlike many challenges, this one leaves what is to be accomplished in this summer month to the individual. I have so many goals that I do not know where to start. My biggest area of concern is fitness. I am suffering from a rather painful case of… Continue reading Accomplished August
I thought I had it all figured out. I had to race schedule for July, August, and September that, with my training plan, would put me in good shape for my mid-October marathon. Unfortunately, my foot was still bothering me. First, the schedule. July 26th, the TCRC Women’s Distance Festival 5K. My 25 year old… Continue reading Summer Races
This weekend is the annual running of the Boilermaker 15K Road Race. The great part about the Boilermaker is the finish is at a huge party at the F.X.. Matt Brewery where Saranac beer is brewed. The two hour post-race party has a great band and free beer. No, this is not about the race… Continue reading Again and Again and Again
I have always used a training plan for my marathons that involved five days a week of running, one rest day and one cross-training day. This next marathon in October I wanted to try something different. Mainly for personal reasons – my youngest is having his last summer at home as he leaves for college… Continue reading Tempo? Pace?
My second marathon in 21 days. I frequently wondered what I was thinking when I made that goal. There has to, somewhere, be a more realistic goal for a 50 year old woman who has only been running since 2007. Evidently, if there is, I am unaware of it and just “keep chuggin’ along” towards… Continue reading @BuffaloMarathon Recap
I usually go with my gut feeling. Back when I first heard of the Runners World Run Streak challenge, my gut feeling was to ignore it. I retweeted the information, sure that someone in my timeline would be interested. Then, I received an email regarding the streak and I figured why not. I only had… Continue reading #RWRunStreak
As I have said before, I was hesitant at first to join the Runners World Summer Streak Challenge. While I love a challenge, I live by my plans (very rigid when it comes to most things). Second issue was it started the day after my second May marathon. I said screw it! How hard can… Continue reading Lessons from #RWRunStreak … So Far
As I trained for Sunday’s second marathon in a month, I started thinking to the training plan I had developed that would allow me to run fewer days of the week. Since that time, I have found out that my son moves into college on July 30th. I will have more of my summer to… Continue reading Summer Training and #RWRunStreak
Sometimes I think I set goals that are too lofty. That is probably what a lot would say of my starting with the 5 hour pace group in Pittsburgh. I think that goals need to be a stretch to keep a person trying to do better. Since Pittsburgh, I have been thinking non-stop about what… Continue reading Buffalo Goals
The second half of the Pittsburgh Marathon saw me with the 5:30 pace group. This time would still be a PR for me so I was okay with being here. I spent some of the time chatting with a pregnant woman who was talking about roller derby. I overheard her talking about teams from Central… Continue reading Pittsburgh Marathon – The Last 13.1
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