My work is sponsoring a race this weekend in Red Wing. There’s a 1/2 marathon and a 5K. I (along with many family members, including my husband, brother, and cousin) are signed up for the 1/2.
I’ve allowed myself to cut back my miles this week so I can actually “race” it well. I hope they respond to a little reprieve from the mileage — it’d be fun to see where I’m at!
The first couple days of this week were lower mileage, a sort of recovery half-week. The good news is that my legs have responded well (good sign that I haven’t been over-training). I’m a little concerned that they’re feeling too good. Today’s 15 miler felt effortless, and I was clicking off the miles at a…
A 24 second improvement over last week. Yeah! Still not quick, but guess I can’t complain since I’ve only been back running for 4 weeks. It was a lot harder than the last 5k — my legs are a little dead. Last week was 30 miles with 2 days off. This week was 40, with…
Thought it would be fun to open this up to questions about running, racing, training, nutrition, or any other topics people might be interested. Comment here & I’ll pick up to 10 to answer in a blog post next week! Fire away 🙂
I tend to only write about the great workouts and the great weeks… today was not one of those! Today was my first “progression run”, planned to be about a 20-22 mile total run. First, though, MERRY CHRISTMAS, everyone!!! Hope you were able to celebrate it with family & friends & loved ones!! Back to…
What a great event! I love the home-town feel of this race. The race didn’t go great for me. Nate told me to start farther up than I normally would (2 rows, he said). So that’s what I did. Except that still put me really far back after the gun… I don’t think it’s as…
I am so in love. People told me that your definition of love changes when you have a child, but until I held her perfect little self in my arms for the first time, watching her every facial expression and pouring over every detail about her, I didn’t really know what they meant. I do…