This week’s stats: Running: 30.5 miCycling: 14.4 miBootcamp: 60 minStrength: 110 minYoga/Pilates/Barre: 90 minWarm up/Stretching: 60 minMeditation: 10 min I am linking up again for the Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah. I had a good week and I think I am finding my groove with marathon training. I like having my week pretty...
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Week 3 of marathon training and all went well. I had hill repeats on my training schedule mid-week and if you’ve been to Sacramento, you know it’s pretty flat here. Hill repeats outdoors are tricky. There are a couple of overpasses, which can be used in a pinch but they’re...
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In July, Jon and I participated in the Davis Moo-nlight Run again. This was our third year. You might recall that we did the 5K before in 2019. Then there was a bit of a gap during the pandemic when no races took place, but we went back last year and I was so...
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Week 2 of marathon training and I am feeling good. Transitioning to a 5-day run schedule has been seamless so far. I assume it has to do with the fact that I’ve already been working out daily for a while and I am just switching some of my cycling workouts...
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This week’s stats: Running: 27.7 miCycling: 26.1 miBootcamp: 30 minStrength: 100 minYoga/Pilates/Barre: 120 minWarm up/Stretching: 50 minMeditation: 35 min I am linking up again for the Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah. This was week 2 of my marathon training and I had a 5K trial run on the schedule to figure out my...
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Ok, here’s my marathon-specific training recap. I am not going into the details of each workout but focus more on documenting my mental state as the trainings progresses and the fuel techniques and gear trials and other miscellanious info (like weather or work out time). I am following the 18-week...
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This week’s stats: Running: 28.3 miCycling: 27.3 miBootcamp: 60 minStrength: 145 minYoga/Pilates/Barre: 95 minWarm up/Stretching: 80 minMeditation: 10 min I am linking up again for the Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah. Now that I told you that I started marathon training this week, my training will look slightly different going forward. I’ll be...
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Remember when I talked about mantras and motivational quotes on Engie’s blog the other day. Well, here’s another one. Acknowledge your fear and do it anyway. (Emma Lovewell, Peloton Instructor) Good one, eh? So I did just that; acknowledged my fear (and it is substantial, friends) and finally signed up...
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