I am definitely having mixed feelings about fall this year. I am excited for cooler temps and fall activities, but not quite ready to say goodbye to summer. How about an update on some things going on this week, thinking out loud style? Labor Day may have come and gone but I just can't give up my white jeans. They were my go-to pants all summer and I am going to be really sad when it's too cold to wear them. I usually ... Read the Post...
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Long Run Day Eats
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...
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...