Now that I'm back to marathon training and my mileage is building, I've been focusing a bit more again on what I eat. However, one thing I've realized is that on my long run days my appetite is a little pickier, so I just go with what I am craving to make sure I'm refueling from my run. I thought last Saturday would be a good day to document what I ate since it was one of those days that I just went with what sounded ... Read the Post...
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Using Fitness Trackers to Think Outside the Run
Today I wanted to talk a little bit about fitness trackers, really to share some thoughts I have had about mine lately. No, it's not Thursday but who says I can't think out loud on a Tuesday, right?:) It also happens to be this week's topic for Tuesdays on the Run. So back in December I won a Garmin Vivofit from Lindsay's blog. Of course I was thrilled to win such an awesome giveaway, and really excited to try out a ... Read the Post...
Route 66 Marathon Training Week 6
This was the first week I really felt like I was "marathon training". I was tired from a race the previous weekend, had some harder workouts on the schedule, and bumped up my long run to 15 miles. If you read my recap from last week, you'd see that I ran a 12 mile race on Saturday and an easy 5 miles on Sunday. This meant I was moving into this week already having semi-tired legs without my usual Sunday rest ... Read the Post...
5 Things On My Home Gym Wish List
Lately I have been thinking about how I would like to begin adding some things to my "home gym", so I thought I would share some items that I am looking at for this week's "Friday Five". I probably won't get most of these for quite some time, but it's more of a long-term wish list. Check out these 5 things on my home gym wish list! This post contains affiliate links. 5 Things On My Home Gym Wish List I actually ... Read the Post...