Is anyone else feeling like it is still March? Between the weather and being home for two months straight I sort of feel like time is standing still. How is Memorial Day in a few weeks? Shouldn't I be running in short and tanks tops every day now? Some years by this time I am already complaining about the heat and humidity. I might be enjoying this more if it didn't mean I was stuck inside most days with a toddler because ... Read the Post...
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Tips for Getting In Your Workout While Working From Home
Now that many of us have been working from home, or simply staying at home, for over 6 weeks, it has sort of become our new normal. Honestly I think it is going to feel really weird to go out again and start doing things. In some ways, falling into this new routine is good if it means we are settling in and adjusting. For the first few weeks we didn't necessarily know how long this would go on, so I think many people were ... Read the Post...
Can You Set a New PR in a Virtual Race?
Well, we made it through another week, and this one was better than last week! However, my workouts were kind of all over the place. More on that in a minute. I did another virtual race this week and ran my fastest 5k time. I've now "PRd" in the 5k, 10k, and half doing virtual races. This begs the question, can you set a new PR in a virtual race? I know many of you have been telling me "it totally counts!" and I ... Read the Post...
A Shift In My Running and Workout Focus
After 6 weeks of staying home, working from home, no longer following a training plan, and just winging it week after week, this week there was a shift in my focus. I took a cut back week after my virtual half-marathon last weekend, but in general everything just felt different. Reality started to hit that things were not going back to normal any time soon. Work somehow got busier. The weather was dreary and we couldn't ... Read the Post...