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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FEELING | tired. I think “cumulative fatigue” from marathon training has set in and it’s a necessary and normal part of the training for long-distance races, but man do I want to hit the snooze button right now. The fact that it’s dark in the morning is not helping. And...
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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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Around the Interwebs Restaurant math isn’t working. Why restaurants feel so expensive right now. I feel like this article explains things a little bit (and yes, we do want quality food), but it’s not helping with the fact that a lot of people just don’t have the money to spend...
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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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Five Things Friday: just five things I’m thinking about or things that made my week, or things that I otherwise feel like sharing. I got not one, but TWO items of Cool Blogger mail this week. One came in the form of a postcard from Birchie and Kyria’s meetup in...
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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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photo credit: @markusspiske via Unsplash It’s been (quite) a while since I took stock. The months are just flying by. I honestly don’t know how it’s September. Where did this year go? Demerits Feedly. It’s been on and off again. I have no logical explanation for why it’s working for a while and...
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