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in Friday Five, Injuries, Return to Running · July 14, 2017

5 Things I’ve Learned During a Year of Injury

summer running amnesia: 2017

Over the past year there have been many ups and downs related to my running and my injury. There have been times when I was very hopeful. Other times I wanted to completely give up. I've had to learn to let go of running a bit, and as hard as that has been it was an important lesson for me.  There are a few other things I've learned during a year of injury. I think it's important to reflect on the things we learn ... Read the Post...

in Running, Running Clothes, Running Gear and Accessories, Running Tips · July 11, 2017

Some Practical Alternative Uses for Running Gear

Looking to get some extra use out of your running gear? Here are some ways you can use your running items for other purposes!

As runners we tend to justify spending quite a bit of money on running gear. To us this is pretty normal, but to others it may seem odd. Did you know that some of your running gear can be put to use for activities other than running? I don't know about you, but this makes me feel better about my running gear purchases. Let's go over some alternative uses for running gear, besides just running! This post contains ... Read the Post...

in Injuries, Running, Weekly Wrap · July 10, 2017

Every Day is a Good Day for a Run

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As I said on Instagram the other day: Every day is a good day for a run. Some days are definitely better than others. I truly appreciate each step I take and feel gratitude for every run. After my run went well on Saturday, I was thinking about how it was a good day for a run (I was feeling good, no blister issues, weather was cooperating...). But then I remembered that even when things don't go right, I'm still happy to ... Read the Post...

in Friday Five, Running · July 7, 2017

5 Friday Things

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It's hard to believe it's Friday already, but I guess that's what happens when you have Tuesday off from work! Although the busyness of the rest of the week certainly made up for that. By the end of the day Wednesday my day off was a long, distant, memory! Overall it's been a pretty good week around here, so I thought I would share some of the good things that have happened lately.  5 Friday Things to ... 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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