The theme of this week was "just keep running". With unpredictable temps that fluctuated all over the place, I had no idea what to expect from one day to the next. I also broke my own rule of running 3 days per week- oops! I added in a short run on Friday because I "needed it" (you know what I mean, right?) and then I was planning to do a much shorter run on Saturday (like 6 miles or so). Somehow I ended up doing 10 and ... Read the Post...
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Celebrating Five Years of Marriage
Well it's Friday (finally!) and today's theme for the Friday 5 link-up is "ways to celebrate". Plus, today is our 5 year wedding anniversary! So I thought it would be appropriate to look back on the past 5 years and share some highlights. 1. Year 1: We waited a few months after our wedding to go on our Honeymoon, so in January 2013 we went to Hawaii. On our way there we stopped in Houston to run a marathon. This ... Read the Post...
Review of the Running For Real Strength Training Program: An Individualized Workout Plan for Runners
Well let's see, its November, and I have been following the Running For Real Strength Training Plan since May...so, it took me 6 months to finally sit down and write a full post about it. The good news is that now I can give some real, in-depth feedback. Plus, I am back to running! It wouldn't have been very helpful if I tried to write about a strength training plan for runners when I wasn't actually ... Read the Post...
Workouts, Wedding Weekend, and Treadmill Tempo Run
Thanks to the time change, a few days off from work, and a busy wedding weekend, I am all thrown off about what day it is. I'm just popping in to share my workouts from last week as well as a treadmill tempo run that I followed on Monday. Monday: 5 mile tempo run We had some crazy winds on Sunday night so I decided to go to the gym on Monday morning. This was my first real treadmill run in a while, so I ... Read the Post...