I’m a little thrown off this weekend with the extra day off, but I’m not complaining! We did groceries and meal prep on Sunday, along with some other cleaning and errands, so hopefully Monday can be nice and relaxing. Here’s what’s on the menu this week: Meal Plan Week of 9/1-9/6 Sunday: Salmon, sweet potatoes, asparagus Monday: Sundried tomato and onion stuffed chicken, butternut squash Tuesday: Paleo taco ... Read the Post...
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Philadelphia Marathon Training Week 2
With two weeks down that leaves 12 to go but so far I am feeling good…or great but I don’t want to jinx it. Here’s how week 2 looked: Philadelphia Marathon Training Week 2 (8/24-8/30): Sunday 8/24: Rest Monday 8/25: 4.7 miles with no garmin (I couldn’t get a satellite but later mapped my route on MapMyRun.) Tuesday 8/26: 6.2 miles with 3 miles at 7:58, 7:57, 7:52 and hill repeats. Overall average pace 8:17) ... Read the Post...
Back To School Strength Circuit
As I have started training for my next marathon I am still trying to incorporate strength workouts when I can. I’m no longer taking body pump classes because I feel like they are pretty tough on my body and take up a little more time than I would like. I’m trying to focus everything on running during this training cycle, which means cutting out some of the other stuff. On the day of a short run I have been doing some ... Read the Post...
Pre-Race Nerves
On Wednesday night I had my first dream about the Philadelphia Marathon. I say my first because I’m sure there will be many more to come. I mean, it's still 12+ weeks away so I was a little surprised that I had one so soon. I was always one to have dreams about going back to school and I still have dreams about work when I have something important coming up. You remember the back to school dreams? Being ... Read the Post...