Alright, peeps :)
I booked my flight tonight. 2 weeks, let’s get after this!
The last three weeks of pregnancy: Ab Ripper X, a 5k “race”, and a lot of house projects/baby room prep! Pregnancy: Ab Ripper X, anyone? About every 3-4 days, I swear I go through Tony Horton’s Ab Ripper X routine. Except, instead of strengthening my core, I’m tearing it apart. It’s not terribly painful, unless…
I can feel my legs/body adapting to my current mileage & training regimen – yeah! It took longer than I would have thought to get back into the routine of daily mileage, not exactly sure why. Perhaps I was overly optimistic about my ability to get back into it. [I was running ~80-85/week for Grandma’s,…
What an absolutely beautiful marathon! Wow. Wish I could have taken pictures during the run! I ran very smart, starting in about 7:30 pace and warming into sub-7s. It was hard to judge paces since there is about 1200ft of elevation change. Two of the hills are literally 1.5 miles long and average 3.3% and…
I have agonized over the decision to still do the Maple Syrup 50k this upcoming Saturday. It was supposed to be my first ultra marathon. I was really looking forward to testing myself over the distance, especially at a race close to home and with fairly easy trail terrain. Once I found out I was…
There was a dead bird on the side of the track today. A very pretty bird, really. Black and white patterned. Smaller in size. A couple of feathers were strewn a few inches from his (or her) body. I wondered how he died. I mean, really, that’s a pretty odd place to find your end. …
I’ve tried to prioritize sleep this week. I’ve been doing much better (most nights at 8+ hours!), but what I’ve found is that I’m actually more tired. Much more. My brain sometimes has a hard time concentrating. So, guess that means that more sleep is needed. Good thing a weekend is coming up (one where…