Week 2 of the Race Across Maryland is complete, and these miles sure do add up quickly when you're running and walking all the time! It's been interesting to track my walking and to also be more mindful of how much I'm walking. Some days having this challenge has been my motivation to go for a walk when we are running out of things to do in the house. Other days I realize how much time I've spent on my feet and opt to ... Read the Post...
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Race Across Maryland Week 1 (Miles 0-39)
This week I started the Race Across Maryland. The goal is to run 250 miles across Maryland in 60 days. I'm hoping to mostly run the distance, but I am tracking my walks too. This week I ran 30.2 miles and walked 8.8 miles. I hadn't been tracking my walks prior to this week so it was interesting to look at how far I walk each day when I go on stroller walks with Grayson! This was a pretty good week of workouts. Towards ... Read the Post...