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
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?
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
I put together a race schedule back in December. This projection was based on races I have previously run and those that I wanted to try this week. Most were local races but some were in other places and were new to me. Unfortunately, I did not get registered for all of those I wanted… Continue reading Races for 2012
Training runs are for more than training my legs for the marathon that is to come. I am also trying to test different nutritional plans for the run. I am not talking about what I eat pre-race. I have that down. I know just what is best for a 26.2 mile run. I am talking… Continue reading Race Day Nutrition Planning
I was sitting having dinner with a good friend on Thursday evening. Dinner was delicious – couscous, green pepper, onion, tilapia all together with a citrus vinaigrette. We each had a glass of cold chardonnay. It had been a long, hot day and it was nice to have adult conversation with dinner. My friend, in the… Continue reading Is There a Marathon in My Future?
Yes, the midpoint of the year has come and gone and I didn’t review my goals, my aspirations. To be totally honest, the only public aspiration I have is to run a race every month this year. The original goal – announced in a guest post at Motherese – was to do so for every… Continue reading Mid-Year Review
… runners. Or at least one runner I know. My good friend Steve is training for the Boston Marathon. He qualified at the 2008 Wineglass Marathon. One of his goals is to make his long run of the week not less than a half marathon during the training period. That may not sound like a… Continue reading Breakfast of …
I run by myself. I run for myself. I jokingly tell my friends, when asked why I run or what I am running from, I am running from all the heredity that my parents are trying to give me. This became even more true after my father’s death this past March. My friend Steve runs… Continue reading The Camaraderie of Runners
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