There wasn't anything too exciting about my week of workouts, but I wanted to talk a little bit about my long run workout. Whenever I'm not training for a race but running decent mileage, I love adding in long run workouts to change things up. It can be boring and repetitive to do long runs week after week with no real purpose! The workout I did on Saturday seriously made the run fly by. I was always thinking ... Read the Post...
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5 Reasons to Give Thanks for Running
If you have been following along my running journey for a little while, you probably know that I've had my share of setbacks over the years. Each of these has made me even more grateful for the times when I can run. Unfortunately I have learned that I may do everything right and still have issues pop up. While I am hoping to be on the right track to avoid any future injuries, you just never know when running can be taken ... Read the Post...
Just Keep Running
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...
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...