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in Injuries, Monthly Goal Check-In, Running, Tuesdays on the Run · September 12, 2017

Summer Running: The Good, The Bad, and the 6 Week Break

Summer running the good, the bad, and the 6 week break

Between my time off running this summer and my little break from blogging, I've gotten out of the habit of doing monthly check-ins. This week's topic for Tuesday's on the Run is "Best and Worst of Summer".  I thought I would recap my summer all in one post. Don't worry, it won't be too long since there wasn't much running happening this summer! June I was pretty optimistic in June as I finally got my ... Read the Post...

in Running, Weekly Wrap · September 11, 2017

The Weekly Wrap: Making Progress

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This was the first week that I really felt like I was making progress with my return to running. It definitely helped that we had perfect running weather throughout most of the week. I feel bad to even say that, knowing what other states are dealing with right now. I hope everyone in Irma's path has evacuated or is safely enduring the storm. My in-laws have a house and boat in Cape Coral so we are waiting to hear about ... Read the Post...

in Life, Thinking Out Loud · September 7, 2017

Goodbyes, Our Pet, and My Fingers are Crossed

car

Today I have a few random things to share with you about goodbyes, our "pet", and why I have my fingers crossed. Does it feel like a strange week to anyone else? I love having Monday off but I felt like the weekend was so busy that I don't know how I would have gotten everything done without a 3 day weekend! Now we start the long stretch with no breaks until Thanksgiving. It's weird to think about because it really should ... Read the Post...

in Injuries, Running, Weekly Wrap · September 5, 2017

Enjoying The Runner’s High

thursday treadmill run

Last week's workouts bought a whole lot of up and downs. Isn't that sort of expected when returning to running after an injury? Luckily, I got to spend most of Sunday morning enjoying the runner's high that I've missed for so long. Even though last week's runs went pretty well, for some reason this week my whole body decided to freak out. Some of you may remember I have had on and off issues with my right low back ... Read the Post...

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Spent almost every step of this 21 mile run questi Spent almost every step of this 21 mile run questioning my life choices. Like waking up at 3am to run 12 miles on the treadmill and 9 outside. This was a crazy week with a kid that wasn’t sleeping great and fighting a cold and super busy days at work. My legs were just tired the whole time today. It was really hard to run outside after so many treadmill miles and my pace was much slower than inside.

I reminded myself that this is peak week. It’s supposed to feel hard. If it was easy everyone would do it. I ran 53 miles this week and am not injured. The weather is perfect. I’ve gotten in every planned run of this training cycle so far.  I get to do this. 

And I managed to finish strong with my last 3 miles the fastest of the (outside) run. I owe that to a solid fueling plan and taking all my gels even when I really didn’t want to.

3 weeks to go until race day!

#running #marathontraining #longrun
Yesterday’s long run was followed immediately by Yesterday’s long run was followed immediately by back to back kid activities, so there was no time to post about it. (I ate breakfast in the car and lunch at soccer practice- it was that kind of a day.) I was kind of nervous going in to this run, especially now that I’m getting down to last few key long runs. I had 16 miles with 4 x 2 miles on the plan, which sounded manageable but also challenging. The weather was perfect and I hit all my paces. At the end I got a little confused- thinking I was at 15 miles but I was actually at 14 🙃 Got home and realized I chafed really bad. Another long run down, and another week closer to race day.

Do you ever psych yourself out before long runs?

#running #marathontraining #longrun
1 month to go! Who else is just trying to survive 1 month to go! Who else is just trying to survive the peak weeks of marathon training? #running #marathontraining
You don’t know the life of a runnergirl, babe. J You don’t know the life of a runnergirl, babe. Just living that 3:30am alarm clock life and chugging gels like it’s my job. #longrun #marathontraining #lifeofashowgirl
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