This week’s stats: Running: 37.9 miCycling: 18.7 miBootcamp: 75 minStrength: 70 minYoga/Pilates/Barre: 80 minWarm up/Stretching: 40 minMeditation: 25 min I am linking up again for the Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah. I am keeping on track with my marathon training schedule. I know there is no harm in missing or modifying a...
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I can’t believe I already completed Week 8 of the 18-week training plan. We’re almost halfway through! There was no mileage increase this week but I had another opportunity to practice 15 miles. Part of my brain keeps thinking ‘you’re running a casual half marathon, and then some, on a...
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This week’s stats: Running: 36.3 miCycling: 13.2 miBootcamp: 30 minStrength: 60 minYoga/Pilates/Barre: 90 minWarm up/Stretching: 45 minMeditation: 20 min I am linking up again for the Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah. This week, there was no mileage increase but another opportunity to “practice” 15 miles on my long run. I felt a little...
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Week 7 had more hill repeats and increased mileage on the long run. It was my longest run yet. I had never run more miles than a half marathon before. I would be lying if I said that I wasn’t a little nervous after last week’s “bad” run, but since...
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This week’s stats: Running: 37.7 miCycling: 18.9 miBootcamp: 30 minStrength: 60 minYoga/Pilates/Barre: 100 minWarm up/Stretching: 65 minMeditation: 30 min I am linking up again for the Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah. I had a good week. I had another hill repeat workout on Wednesday and then ran my longest run to date on...
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Week 6 is in the books and I had my first “bad” run. I was on the struggle bus for my long run today. It all started out well enough, but I hit a wall around mile 8. I pushed through for another two miles but then had to take some...
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This week’s stats: Running: 34.4 miCycling: 13.6 miStrength: 60 minYoga/Pilates/Barre: 115 minWarm-up/Stretching: 55 minMeditation: 10 min I am linking up again for the Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah. This week went well overall, but I hit a little bit of a wall during my long run on Saturday. Not sure what the cause...
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Marathon training week 5 is done and dusted. I am waiting for a bad run, I expect it’s bound to happen, but so far it continues to go well. My long run was 12 miles this week. I don’t want you to get the false impression that I always get out...
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This week’s stats: Running: 33.9 miCycling: 11.4 miBootcamp: 30 minStrength: 85 minYoga/Pilates/Barre: 100 minWarm up/Stretching: 40 minMeditation: 10 min I am linking up again for the Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah. I had another great week of training and I am hoping this is going to stay this way. I am glad I...
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Marathon training week 4 is done and I am 22.22% through the training plan. I’ve been able to stick with my training schedule and completed all prescribed training sessions without hiccups. Mentally, I am feeling strong. The long runs are getting longer, but so far, the distances still feel familiar....
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