Here’s a look at my no pressure, cut-back, “off-season” training: Miles Run: 17 Miles on bike: 12 Monday: Run 4 miles Tuesday: Strength + Yoga Wednesday: rest Thursday: 5 miles Friday: Strength Training (I’m still sore) Saturday: Bike 12 miles Sunday: Run 8 miles (hilly) Mother Nature has been outdoing herself here lately. We’ve had [Read More]
Apres NYCM Randoms and a Winner
4 days post race, I’m still feeling giddy about the whole weekend. It was everything I’d hoped for and more (well not the wind, but in a warped way, conquering that without letting it ruin my attitude kind of rocked). As much as I complained about my NYRR training plan being “too easy” in retrospect, [Read More]
New York City Marathon Recap
Where do I even start? If you hung with me here awhile, you know I’ve been dreaming about this one for longer than any other marathon. Boston came quickly, before I had a chance to even think it was a possibility. But NYC? I watched that iconic start on the Verrazano Narrows Bridge for longer [Read More]
NYCM Race Essentials and a Giveaway
We all know to bring running shoes to a race….and something to wear….maybe the Garmin….or a playlist. But why is it so stressful to pack for a destination race? Honestly I’ve been throwing stuff on a heap all week so I don’t feel like I’m behind the 8-ball. Here are a few of the things [Read More]
It’s Race Week
First things first: Week 15 of NYCM training went like this: Total Miles: 21 Monday: Yoga Tuesday: 4 miles Wednesday: Strength/core Thursday: 6 miles with 1.5 and 1 mile tempo intervals Friday: 4 miles and strength for legs Saturday: Rest Sunday: 7 miles hilly So yeah, it’s race week and I’m feeling remarkably calm. I [Read More]
Runfessions
I usually do these on the last Friday of the month but since I’ll be in the final throes of NYCM stuff, and Halloween (and I volunteered in Thing 2’s class Friday, what? I hope they don’t mind when I put my feet up, snack and hydrate all morning) I thought it better to runfess [Read More]
5 Stages of Taper Madness
Just like grief or relationship loss, marathon taper has its own special phases and stages. You’ve done the work. The proverbial hay is in the barn. But somehow, cutting back mileage during the final weeks of marathon training plays tricks on many of us. Let’s take a little Kubler Ross-esque look at the stages of [Read More]
NYCM Week 14 Training
Miles: 26 Monday: Yoga Tuesday: Rest (giving wonky knee some healing time) Wednesday: 8 miles upper body strength/core Thursday: 3 miles (plyo intervals) Friday: Rest Saturday: 5k Race Sunday: 12.1 miles Except for the extra rest day, the first week of taper didn’t feel very tapery. Sunday’s 12 at half marathon pace felt like plenty [Read More]
NYCM Training Week 13
First: Huge congrats to our weekend racers. It was SO much fun to watch my FB and IG feed. The Chicago Marathon weather could not have been more perfect and I am so very proud of all of my runners who threw down one stellar performance after another. Seriously you made this coach very proud. [Read More]