#road2cim Week 18 – I AM A MARATHONER!
What can I say? I did it. Last weekend, I became a marathoner and joined the club of roughly 0.01% of the world’s population (0.05% of the US population) that has completed a marathon. It’s...
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#Road2CIM Marathon Training: Week 17
I can’t believe we’ve arrived at the end of this 18-week training plan. The marathon is next weekend and only a few short (taper) runs are left this week before the rubber (literally) meets the...
27: #Road2CIM Marathon Training: Week 16
This week was the last week of structured training runs (intervals and tempo) and we’re slowly reducing the length of the long run. I am welcoming the taper phase but I am also acutely aware...
19: #Road2CIM Marathon Training: Week 15
And the training continues. Usually, I’d take a week off from running after a race, but because the 20-miler last weekend was part of the training and only a “test race” for the main event,...
12: #Road2CIM Marathon Training: Week 14 + Run the Parkway (Test) Race Recap
On Sunday, I ran the Run the Parkway 20-miler, the official training race of the CIM (California International Marathon). The pacers were going to run the full 20-mile distance at the same pace as they...
7: #Road2CIM Marathon Training: Week 12 + 13
I am catching up again on the last two weeks of marathon training. These weeks are flying by now and there are only 5 more weeks until race day. I have been keeping up with...
#Road2CIM Marathon Training: Week 10 + 11
I am catching up on the last two weeks of marathon training. Let’s just say: it’s not ideal to travel for work and move (homes) during two weeks back-to-back AND throw in a PeloFondo for...
#Road2CIM Marathon Training: Week 9
This week, we hit the halfway point in the 18-week training plan. Phew. I cannot believe there are only two months left until race day. There was another mileage increase this week. We only added...