I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday! Rob and I got back from visiting his sister's family in Arkansas on Tuesday night, so we spent Thanksgiving here in Maryland with my family. It was nice to not deal with all the traveling during the holiday like we usually do! Since Sunday's race I have sat down to write my recap a few times, got some words out, left it alone, and then came back to it later. I ... Read the Post...
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Route 66 Marathon Training Week 16
I'm writing most of this post on Saturday, the day before my race, because I am sitting around with nothing else to do. After the race I'm planning to add in the results before this publishes. I feel like this week of training was kind of boring, and the actual race is the "important" part of this week, but I do think my runs this week were worth talking about. They were simple- 3 really easy 4 milers on ... Read the Post...
Training Reflections for the Route 66 Marathon
I really can't believe that I am two days away from marathon #6! Four years ago this weekend was when I toed the line for my first marathon ever, the Philadelphia Marathon. Sadly, I did not blog back then so there was no documentation of my personal experience, however, my friend Alli was blogging at the time and she came with me to the race and posted about it here! Today I am documenting from training reflections for ... Read the Post...
Route 66 Marathon Training Week 15
I can't believe race week is here! Oddly enough, I haven't been thinking a whole lot about the race, in the way I usually do (aka stressing out about it). So I think that's a good thing. I am hoping to get some thoughts together about this training cycle later this week. But for now, let's recap Route 66 Marathon Training Week 15. Route 66 Marathon Training Week 15 Monday: 4 miles easy, core and hip ... Read the Post...