Miles Run: 75 Races: 0 Gym/Strength Days: 12 Unassisted pullups from hanging: For sure 1, usually 2, if I wear my #dianestrong tank? 3 Swim Days: 12 (can I get a boomshakalaka?) Days I wore my swim cap sideways: 12 Batches of chili made: 3 Cupcakes eaten: 2 (after that sawdust-like gluten-free one I needed [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 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]
July? It’s a Wrap
July has flown by once again. Camp is over, school is creeping up and I’m in the early phases of training for the New York City Marathon. Mileage for July: Running: 100. Not sure how I hit that one on the head when I wasn’t even aiming for it. Biking: 44. Swims: 4 (not counting [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]
Virtual Racing #WinterMiles and #5bythe5th
Not one but two virtual races happened here last week. I ran Run with Jess’ #WinterMiles Snowball Shuffle Virtual 8k on the mill. Ironically there were no snowballs in my running laboratory, I mean basement, and I did not shuffle either. To make sure I picked up the pace, I made my gut-busting 400m repeats [Read More]
Everyday I’m Shuffling
Ok I don’t shuffle every single day, but that’s the word that best describes my training week. The stuff in green was on my coaching plan. The stuff in red did not happen. Things in purple were added to compensate. Total Miles: 20 Monday: Rest Tuesday: Race Pace Intervals, Corework Wednesday Run 40 minutes easy. 1 [Read More]
Training Week 1: My New Plan
I mentioned last week I’m changing up my training this time around. For 14 weeks, I’ll train for the Lincoln Presidential Half Marathon using Race Ready Coaching. It’s an online program put together by a team of elite (read very badass) coaches. I was invited to test this plan free of charge, however one of [Read More]
November Recap and a Recipe
Miles Run: 62. This is fairly average for me this year without marathon training in the mix. A much-needed low pressure, run for fun kind of year. Miles Biked: 0. We had a cold snap and I fell out of the habit, what can I say? Strength/Plyo workouts: 2 weekly strength/core and 1 weekly plyo [Read More]
September by Number
Miles Run: 62 Mile on bike: 92 Miles walking: 8 Fitness: Plenty of leg and core workouts, but since I’m a schlock, I did not log so nothing official. Animal encounters: 2 dogs, 2 snakes (one dead, one very much alive. I am scarred for life). Races: Two 5ks Podium Finishes: 2. because I rock…and the grandmaster AG [Read More]
