I muttered my usual “why do I do this?” when I got up at 3:40 to begin the trek into the city for this race. I tell myself no more city races, yet I keep finding myself running them. I had a special guest star today. I was picking up Wendy, the voice behind Taking [Read More]
April Wrap Up and Giveaway Winner
First let’s close out April. A week late is better than never, right? Run: 80 miles. I could’ve sworn I ran more than this. It sure felt like it. Maybe my accounting is off. Bike: 57 miles. Yay! Swims: 2. Pretty pathetic. Heavy Lifting Sessions: 2. Meh. Races: 3: Lincoln Presidential Half Eggshell Shuffle Loop [Read More]
Flying Pig 3-Way Part II: Half Marathon Day
If you’re just joining us, look here for the 5k and 10k action that preceeded this half. I woke Sunday morning in the wee hours to loud voices in our hotel hallway. A prom the night before apparently partied on in the hallway. At 3am. Ugh. I never got fully back to sleep, so at [Read More]
Weekend Rewind
Here’s how training went last week: When I strayed from the plan, what I actually did is shown in blue. Total Mileage: 30 run, 20 bike Monday: Yoga Tuesday: 3 miles easy trail run, upper body strength Wednesday: 6 miles pace ladder Thursday: 8 miles w/2×1.5 miles @tempo pace Friday: Rest Saturday: Running drills 5k race [Read More]
Getting Stuff Done
I’m linking up with Amanda’s Best Foot initiative and sharing a peek at my workouts last week: Where I strayed from the plan, stuff in blue is what I actually did. Total miles: 20. Monday: Rest Tuesday: 6x400m. 4x400m. Oh these were hard on my race-weary legs. Wednesday: Pace ladder; strength training. Ragged fartleks; strength [Read More]
Lincoln Presidential Race Report
On Friday my ‘runtourage’ and I headed to Springfield, IL for the 50th running of the Lincoln Presidential Half Marathon. 50 years=wow. We stayed at the Hilton which was the race’s host hotel so packet pickup was nice and easy. 75 cent parking? Toto we are not in Chicago anymore! The expo was nothing special. [Read More]
Loving/Not Loving
Loving the longer daylight Not loving the lingering polar temps Not Loving that the Olympics are over Loving there were no terrorist attacks and the athletes get to go home to clean water and Bob Costas’ eye can make a full recovery. Loving that spring break is fast approaching Not loving that my body isn’t [Read More]
Who Inspires You?
Before we get to the inspiring stuff, here’s how week 7 of my training for the Lincoln Presidential Half Marathon panned out: Total Miles: 27 Monday: Yoga Tuesday: 6 mile pace run Wednesday: 1 hour easy run Thursday: Strength/Drills, Pear Sports HIIT workout Friday: 8xHill repeats Saturday: Rest Sunday: 11 miles (cold, windy, hilly course) Everyday: Pushups and [Read More]
February Runfessions
I had to take a degree of incline off to finish my last 2 pace intervals yesterday. Arghhh. Can you say pansy? I still had it at 1 so maybe a smallish pansy? I fear the Brooks trail shoes I was so happy to get such a good deal on will not be able to [Read More]
