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]
Friday Five
July 29, 2011 by 6 Comments
"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]
Trackwork and Shoe Questions
July 27, 2011 by 7 Comments
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]
Me and Mother Nature on a long run
July 24, 2011 by 8 Comments
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]
Heat-induced Randomness
July 20, 2011 by 8 Comments
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]
Monday Motivation & Compression Sleeve Winner!
July 18, 2011 by 2 Comments
"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]
A Good Morning
July 15, 2011 by 3 Comments
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
July 14, 2011 by 5 Comments
"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]
Week 7 – Half Training
July 11, 2011 by 3 Comments
Week 7 already! I feel like the weeks of this training plan are just flying by!I got some good feedback on my question about step-back weeks - and for the most part I ran the suggested distances on the plan. I did bump Friday's "long" run up to 6 … [Continue reading]
McDavid USA Compression Sleeves Review & Giveaway
July 6, 2011 by 56 Comments
Since I started training for my first half marathon back in March, I have quickly become a big fan of all things compression. So when the folks at McDavid USA contacted me and asked if I was interested in trying a pair of their new True Compression … [Continue reading]
