Miles Run: 27 Miles Run in September: 135 highest in a year+ Monday: Upper body strength. This should’ve been yoga but I got to class late and didn’t want to be “that” disruptive late yogi I’m always complaining about. Tuesday: 6 miles Wednesday: Yoga/lower body strength/core Thursday: 4.1 miles Friday: Rest Saturday: 5k trail race [Read More]
NYCM Training and Racing
NYCM training week 11 is complete. Here’s how it went: Total miles: 38 Monday: Hot vinyasa flow yoga Tuesday: 4 miles Wednesday: 7 miles (10x800m) Thursday: 6.14 trail miles Friday: Rest Saturday: 18.15. It warmed up and this sucked after about 14 but it’s done. Sunday: 3.1 5k with kiddos This was a solid week [Read More]
NYCM Training and Week 2 Reset
Cutback week is complete! Here’s how it went: Monday: Hot vinyasa flow yoga Tuesday: Run 4 miles, upper body strength/core Wednesday: 7 miles, 4@tempo pace. Ouch. Thursday: Bike 20 miles. Lower body strength/core Friday: Run 3 miles. Saturday: Rest Sunday: 12 miles Overall a solid, uneventful week. The low mileage felt odd but good. Week [Read More]
NYCM Training Week 10
Total Mileage: 55 Monday: Yoga. This hot vinyasa flow class is so darn crowded and yet they continue to allow people to stroll in late and disrupt everyone to move their mats. Why. Just why? Seriously when the door closes and class starts, that’s it…or should be, IMO. Call me the yoga nazi. Tuesday: 4.12, [Read More]
August by Number
Miles Run: 123 Miles Biked: 40 Swims: 5 (not to be confused with pool days) Strength Workouts: 9 Yoga: 3 Books: 1. Finally finished The One and Only. Kind of good but not great. I blame my magazine habit for not finishing this sooner. Movies: 1. We saw The Giver over the weekend. Meh. Felt like they were [Read More]
NYCM Training Week 4
Four weeks of training are in the barn for New York. Here’s how week 4 shook out: Miles Run: 24 Miles Bike: 20 Monday: Rest Tuesday: 8x400m. Strength for legs Wednesday: Bike 20 miles, Upper body strength Thursday: Rest Friday: 6 miles Saturday: Swim Sunday: 12 miles, yoga This was a cutback week with only [Read More]
Are You Holding Yourself Back?
Total Miles Run: 24 Total Miles Biked: 15 Monday: Rest Tuesday: 4 miles+yoga Wednesday: Strength/core Thursday: 6 miles Friday: Bike 15 miles, strength/core Saturday: 4 miles easy+Swim Sunday: 10 miles+Golf This was the first official week of NYCM training with my coach. Overall it went really well. The intensity was not there, but it will [Read More]
NYC Marathon Training: What’s Staying/Going/Adding
Here’s how last week ended up: Running Miles: 21 Bike Miles: 20 Monday: Rest Tuesday: 5 miles speedwork, Strength for legs Wednesday: 20 on bike Thursday: 6 miles Friday: Yoga, Strength Saturday: Rest, well golf Sunday: 10 miles So. New York City Marathon training officially OFFICIALLY starts today. Although I’ve been hedging for weeks. Who [Read More]
NYC, OSC and 3 winners
Before I get into this week’s One Small Change, I need to tell you (If you hadn’t heard me screaming this all over Facebook already) that I’m officially IN for New York City Marathon on 11/2. Phew! That was a long time coming! When I logged onto the site, I half expected there to be [Read More]
Friday Odds and Ends
No NYCM for me. Which is perfect because I’m in for MCM the week before. MCM shares equal bucket-list status with NYCM so it’s all good. I really feel like I won’t be picked for NYC next year either and this is going to go to the 11th hour. Since I’m grandfathered in to the [Read More]