2016 Wild Horse Trail Half Marathon
Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue I was planning to run the San Diego Half Marathon a few weeks ago, but a friend’s wedding led me to change plans and
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Training Supplement – June 15, 2016
Clothing & Gear Shoes. I forgot to mention in last week’s supplemental post that I got a new pair of Mizuno Wave Rider 19s. First things first, I blinged them out with shoe charms! I’ve worn this shoe for at
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2016 Boston Marathon Training – Week 8
I thought endurance was missing in my last marathon cycle so I’ve been trying to run long and slow for my long runs. I started the week with a 22 miler and mid-week ran 14 miler. But, this was a
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2016 Boston Marathon Training – Week 7
I started the week with an absolutely brutal long run through a lot of snow packed rail-trails and ended the week with a hill repeat workout on dead legs. Yay! During both, I reminded myself I’m a Boston Marathoner and
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2016 Boston Marathon Training – Week 6
The mid-Atlantic was hit by a snow storm last Friday through Sunday. The roads and trails were snow and ice covered for days after. For this training week, I took Sunday and Monday off. By Tuesday, I drove to my
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I came off a recovery week that ended the base building phase of my training for the Boston Marathon. I embraced the adaptive training philosophy and departed from the back-of-the-book schedule in Hudson book and created my own plan for
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2016 Boston Marathon Training – Week 4
A recovery week! It was fantastic having a week of relative low mileage. I actually took today off. I didn’t sleep well a few nights, though, so it wasn’t as restful as it could have been. Still, by mid-week, I
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2016 Boston Marathon Training – Week 3
Winter made an abrupt appearance on Tuesday with air temperatures in the teens and 20s. I did my interval workout on the treadmill. By mid-week, the temperatures were back to normal. Running-wise, I went back to the basics and tried
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2016 Boston Marathon Training – Week 2
I’m trying to gradually build mileage even though my body is still trying to recover from the California International Marathon. Generally, I feel pretty good. I’ve been wearing a heart rate monitor during my runs to keep my easy paces
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2015 Year in Review
Most Memorable Races Ragnar Cape Cod. The camaraderie I have with this group of women is so special to me. And, we’re still asking one another, “Do you want a salt pill?” The Boston Marathon. The hills did not defeat
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