Happy Father’s Day and congrats to all of this weekend’s racers! It was sort of a recovery week for me after last weekend’s shenanigans in Utah. Here’s how week 4 of Berlin Marathon training went. Monday: Rest (looong day of travel home from Utah) Tuesday: More rest just because Wednesday: 800m repeats Thursday: Strength training [Read More]
Every Day is Running Day
Wednesday, June 7 is Global Running Day. In honor of that, this week’s Tuesdays on the run linkup is all about Global Running Day. How will you celebrate it? Run! I suppose the best and most obvious way to celebrate is to lace up and run That said, Global Running Day falls on a crosstraining [Read More]
Benefits of Optimal Running Cadence Featuring Mizuno #WaveSky
Since we’re nearing the end of the month we’re wrapping up May on the Tuesdays on the Run linkup but I’m going to stray today because I’ve got something exciting to share. Special thanks to Mizuno and Fitfluential for sponsoring this discussion. Mizuno has unveiled a brand new shoe: The Wave Sky, and I had [Read More]
MAYhem Continues: Peak Week, Minimal Miles
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say this was the toughest week of MAYhem. It’s going to be smooth(er) sailing from here on out. As a result, and because it’s triathlon week, the workouts were a little sparse. Monday: Rest (sick kiddo home from school) Tuesday: Unscheduled Rest (sick kiddo home) [Read More]
Mental Tips & Tricks for Running
This week’s Tuesdays on the Run Linkup is going over to the “other” side of running. Most of us obsess with the physical aspects of training for a race but may not pay enough attention to what’s going on upstairs in our head. The mental aspects of running are what we’re talking about this week [Read More]
Race Cheaters: What Are They Thinking?
Cheater Cheater Pumpkin Eater! Or something like that. Now that the 2017 Boston Marathon is history, out come the stories of all the cheaters. That’s this week’s Tuesdays on the Run topic. Derek over at Marathon Investigations is doing a great job of outing the offenders. Who are these cheaters? What drives one to cheat? [Read More]
April Progress Report
Is April flying by or what? This time next week it’ll be May, so that means it’s time to grade our month on this week’s Tuesdays on the Run Linkup. Let’s get started shall we? For consistency, I’m grading the goals I set back at the beginning of the year. Running: A I’ve got [Read More]
Racing Mistakes? I’ve Made a Few
Before I get to our Tuesdays on the Run Linkup topic, congrats to everyone who ran Boston yesterday! It was a Hottie McHotterson and you all rock! Moving on: This week we’re talking about racing mistakes. Gasp! What? I’ll be the first to tell you I am guilty as charged on the mistake making front. [Read More]
Training Lately and My First Stitch Fix
Spring break is over and I’m back on track this week with my workouts. Kids are back to school, Caveman is back from Dallas and I got in all of my workouts AND managed to elude the man bun for the win. Before I share my Stitch Fix goodness, here’s how my workouts shook out: [Read More]
Balancing Training and Life
Oh hiya is it Monday already? Just about. I runfess I’m exhausted. Things started going downhill midweek last week and I found myself flailing to stay afloat. Finding a balance between training and life has been a challenge to say the least. Here’s how the week in workouts shook out: Monday: Yoga Tuesday: Run 5 [Read More]
