Wa-hoo! Long run of the week tonight, through the cemetery. There is no flat in Red Wing — even the cemetery, which I consider “flat” here is continually rolling small hills. No wonder I felt so strong this spring after training on this stuff!
My legs are really chaffed, but all in all, it went great. I’m going to push for 30-35 miles this week. Hu-rah!
2 more days! I can’t wait! I’m just excited to race, lay it all out on the line, and see where I’m at. Can we fast forward to Saturday, please? Not sure if I’ve mentioned this here or not, but I’ll be running with Brenden Huber, the assistant Gustavus coach. I’m so lucky to have…
If I didn’t want this, it would be so (too) easy to take a LOT of days off. My training week starts on Monday. I knew this week had: 3 days x 12 mile doubles 18 mile long run 5x1000m repeats 10 miles with 10x100m surges/gear change practice 1 rest day You can see where…
I ran 7.3 miles tonight! Leg had a little trouble, but it was the best it’s been (during AND after) since I started having trouble!!
Oh, 5Ks :). They’re so short (and painful!) This was a great race. It was very well organized, a great course (right on for distance!), and really good competition. I wasn’t ready for a race yet, since I’ve only been training for about 2 weeks (and haven’t done a VO2 max workout since mid-May), but…
I’m back to following a plan. I still don’t know what the main goal will be for this winter/early spring (i.e. which race we’re going to exactly target), but it feels so good to be at least working hard toward something. Yesterday was the start of my strength plan and my first tempo run. Both…
What a better way to start out the week than with a giveaway, right? Have you been looking for a 5k or 10 mile race distance in Mid-August? August 20th, specifically? Well, well – look no further! The Mendota Bottoms 10 mile and 5k will be held August 20th this year. I am contemplating doing…