The weather people started predicting rain last Wednesday...and well let's just say there's rain and then there's R-A-I-N! After worrying for weeks about preparing for hazy, hot and humid - I got a super soaker! Mother Nature definitely has a sense … [Continue reading]
Yep it's my birthday and I started my morning nice and early with an easy 3-mile run. My kiddos thought I was going to sleep late this morning...and while tempting, this workout was my little gift to myself to start my 46th year right. Running's … [Continue reading]
Good things for the month: Reached another monthly high with 89 miles. Despite the heat, only missed one training run (opted for an extra rest day vs. short recovery run) Had some very strong workouts at the track and did a much better job of … [Continue reading]
"I wish Morgan Freeman could narrate my life" - saw that on a bumper sticker on my run this morning. It cracks me up what people will put on their cars! (though if I were to have someone narrate my life, Morgan is a good choice!) Worked on hills … [Continue reading]
It was pouring rain when I woke up yesterday so I decided to switch up my workouts and do an easy 3 and strength training yesterday and save the track work for this morning. (It's funny I don't mind running on the road in the rain, but I find the … [Continue reading]
After seeing the forecast for Friday, with temps in the 90s in the early morning and climbing to 100+, I decided to do a tempo run and shift my long run to Sunday. I'm all for training in it if you're gonna race in it...but there are limits!While the … [Continue reading]
I think this heat & humidity is turning my brain to mush. I can't put a coherent thought together...but then, this is why then invented bullet points (isn't it?) I blew my streak of early morning runs today - slept through my alarm and then it was … [Continue reading]
"Don't bother to just be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself." -- William Faulkner Love this quote - it's a great reminder that we're really only in competition with ourselves! And, the winner of the … [Continue reading]
Ran 10.25 miles this morning. It was a perfect summer morning - still cool, a slight breeze, the sun bright but not intense yet. There were lots of runners out taking advantage of the break in the humidity -- everyone I passed seemed to be … [Continue reading]
"Comfortably hard" - if you look up the definition of a tempo run, you will inevitably find these words to help define the effort to put forward for these steady pace runs. Well, the truth is comfortably hard is a moving target...depending on the … [Continue reading]
