This week’s stats: Running: 26.9 miCycling: 5 miStrength: 60 minYoga/Pilates/Barre: 70 minWarm up/Stretching: 35 minMeditation: 10 min I am linking up again for the Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah. We’re officially one week away from race day. Aaah! I am nervous, but excited. This week felt nice. The runs were easy runs, the...
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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 of what that means: Race Day is near! Eek! I am a bit nervous but...
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This week’s stats: Running: 37.5 miCycling: 15.4 miStrength: 60 minYoga/Pilates/Barre: 80 minWarm up/Stretching: 60 minMeditation: 20 min I am linking up again for the Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah. This week was a pretty normal week. I only had to switch two days (Monday and Tuesday) because of my mammogram appointment and was...
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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, training continued this week. I was pretty tired on Monday and a little sore, so...
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This week’s stats: Running: 41 miCycling: 5.8 miBootcamp: 30 minStrength: 60 minYoga/Pilates/Barre: 70 minWarm up/Stretching: 45 minMeditation: 50 min I am linking up again for the Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah. Usually, I take a week off running after a race, but since the 20-miler last weekend was “part of the training”...
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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 would run the marathon at CIM, so we could practice our goal pace. I was...
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This week’s stats: Running: 31.4 miStrength: 30 minYoga/Pilates/Barre: 50 minWarm up/Stretching: 30 minMeditation: 55 min I am linking up again for the Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah. I was gone on a work trip from Tuesday to Friday this week and I was about to ask my coach again to rearrange my...
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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 my training plan, but my motivation has been a bit down and discipline is getting...
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