It's Friday! And my legs are toast!It has been a good week for workouts - my runs have felt good, though yesterday's hill work was killer hard and did leave me wondering - "How will I do this for the next 5 weeks?!" The plan called 8 x 250 meter hill … [Continue reading]
This past weekend I wrapped up the first 6 weeks of my training plan. Some observations so far? I'm learning to be comfortable with being uncomfortable! With past training, I have been training within my comfort zone -- working hard, but within my … [Continue reading]
10 -- Miles I ran Saturday (it was suppose to be 11...see below) 1 -- coyotes (changed my route after he showed up...so it was 10 and not 11) 8 -- miles with a friend, and her first time going that far! 46 -- years I celebrated with … [Continue reading]
Good things for the month: 88 miles - haven't had this kind of mileage since March! Started working with running coach Bennett Cohen "Yoga for Runners" class Eased in some miles with my new Merrell Pace Gloves Things I could do … [Continue reading]
In some ways it's hard to believe I'm already on week 5 of my training plan. I started over-thinking (read criticizing) my runs last week, but after a good conversation with my coach on Friday, I politely told that negative voice to stuff it and went … [Continue reading]
I had my bi-weekly call with Coach Bennett this morning and as he listened to me recount my runs of the past two weeks he made the observation that he sensed that I have a "strong inner critic" He felt I wasn't giving myself enough credit for the … [Continue reading]
Because I'm always looking to mix it up a little and keep things interesting, meet the newest addition to my workouts: Starting today I'm going to give Jillian Michaels Ripped in 30 for the next 30 days. The DVD is comprised of four 24-minute … [Continue reading]
I've heard from several of you, either on the blog or Twitter, that ZOOMA races sound like fun and you wished you lived closer so that you could run ZOOMA Cape Cod.Well ...did you know that ZOOMA is about to announce their newest race location? Check … [Continue reading]
The humidity finally broke last night following some crazy thunderstorms so this morning's run was the first really pleasant run of the week - a 3 mile Fartlek, run #3 in the Merrell Pace Gloves...I'm still very happy with them!I've got a massage … [Continue reading]
You know those runs where you feel like you're just flying...the wind is at your back, your legs are firing on all cylinders and you could just keep going long past your target miles for the day? Yeah...well this morning for me was NOT one of those … [Continue reading]
