As much as I loved the Marine Corps Marathon, I’ve longed for this star-crossed training cycle to end. As I struggled with injury I knew I had to change things up once the race was behind me. I want to shift my focus from distance running to short but intense, strength building workouts. But how? [Read More]
Archives for 2012
Marine Corps Marathon: Race Report
Expo Friday Mega security getting in the DC Armory. Crowded, loud and hot. Selection was good but not great. Needed more drinks! Thing 2 was enamored with the Flying Pig Marathon medal. Touring Saturday Toured the White House (holy wow) Flopped down on a double decker tour bus and saw the sights with as little [Read More]
Post MCM: Home, Alive and Well
Thanks everyone for your concern and good wishes! Our Monday night flight out of Washington DC was cancelled for obvious reasons so, after finishing MCM Sunday, we got out of dodge by car, finally arriving home yesterday evening. The race was an incredible experience I will attempt to put into words as soon as I [Read More]
5 Coping Strategies for Inadequate Race Training
My over-dramatization of the impending Marine Corps Marathon is on the downswing. It’s been almost 24 hours now since the last (hopefully final, but no guarantee) crying jag. I went to one final spin class yesterday and our previously demeaning instructor seems to have gotten the memo and was much more encouraging–she went so far [Read More]
Exorcising Marathon Demons
I thought I was handling this whole pre-marathon injury fiasco fairly well until I found myself in tears in the middle of a spin class the other day. I think it’s part of the process of letting go. Of grieving the loss of the marathon I might have run had things been different. Ok so [Read More]
Race Report: Zooma Great Lakes
I was delighted when I was invited to be an Ambassador for Zooma Great Lakes. The Chicago Running Bloggers did it up right and made this race a weekend bonanza. We all rented a house…a fabulous one I might add, in Fontana, WI for the festivities. I picked up Kim and headed out of town [Read More]
Busy Race Weekend
It’s Zooma Great Lakes Weekend! I’ll be road tripping up to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin this afternoon with some of my fellow Zooma Race Ambassadors. There’s a whole bunch of fun stuff planned for tonight and the half marathon and 5k will be tomorrow. Can’t wait! Colton’s Army Virtual Race: My Zooma Great Lakes race will be [Read More]
Negative Motivation?
Yesterday I hit up a spin class, which I’m doing more and more these days since running and I are on a break. It was a hill interval class. For once I really cranked the intensity because I wasn’t saving my legs for a run. Apparently everyone was not doing the same because the instructor [Read More]
Race Bling and the Runners Who Love It
Janelle over at Mile Twenty Eight’s question of the week is about bling. She asks: “What has been your favorite race award?” Other than the usual medals, trophies, plaques, gift certificates and even cash, I can’t say I’ve ever gotten anything truly unique. I’m still holding out for a pint glass! And I want that [Read More]
Runfession
What do you do when you have an injury that just won’t quit? Last fall I took a DNS at not one but two fall marathons. Fast forward to this year: My strained tensor fascia seemed to be healing up nicely: 9/16: I celebrated a pain-free 16 mile long run 9/22: I ran a slow but [Read More]
