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...
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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...
Month in Review: October 2017
When I looked back on my "Month in Review" post from September, I couldn't believe how much has happened in just a few weeks! When I wrote that post, the longest I had run since starting to run again was 6 miles. This month I ran a half-marathon! I feel like I made quite a bit of progress in a short time, making this one of my best months in a while. Baltimore Half-Marathon The highlight of October was ... Read the Post...
This is What Happens When I Don’t Have a Plan
For so long I was injured or coming back from injury, so I was slowly increasing each run very systematically. Then, I decided to do a half so I structured a couple of weeks of workouts to prepare for that. Now, I don't have any sort of plan. This week I had a hard time deciding how much to run and ended up doing more than I set out to do. (This is what happens when I don't have a plan.) I should really just make myself ... Read the Post...