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Jerry wanted me to try some speed today. On the original plan was 6x1000m and a few 400s. He edited to 3x1000m and 2x400m. I pleaded to do more. As long as I’m going to make the achilles sore, why not get in a good quality workout? 3 repeats doesn’t exactly have that “hard-core workout”…
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3:01 at Chicago Marathon – Need I say more?
If you’ve followed me, you know the title says enough. I have not run a 3+ hour marathon since the beginning of 2009 when I ran a 3:03 in Houston off a horribly written plan. I had no idea what I was doing back then. But I will say that despite the craptastic finish time,…
Challenging Week
Wow… less than 1 week to go. The last week has been a little challenging, I think because of the heat. Rewind to last Saturday: we did a 1/2 marathon at MP effort. Luckily we started at 6:30, because by the last few miles, it was already getting uncomfortably warm. I felt good on the…
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Gustavus Alumni 5k – 18:35, 1st place
Today’s GAC alumni XC race went SO well. This training cycle for TCM has been really rocky. I’ve put in the miles, done the hard workouts that Jerry has written, but had no idea where that left me given the numerous workouts that I struggled through. Today I won the GAC alumni 5k in 18:35…
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TCM 2018: 2:52!
What a day! A new post-babies PR for me in 2:52:48.ย 15th place among 3,185 women. 10th place American. I had been battling a cold all week, so much so that I took an unplanned day off on Tuesday because my muscles felt achy. I started taking calcium, magnesium, and zinc (if that helps ward off…
Week In Review – Week 13
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