The champions! Dundas had it’s first annual Doggie Dash 5k on Saturday, and Mesa and I couldn’t turn down the opportunity – her first 5k! The organizers of the race did a really great job with the event. They came with a pack of about 5-7 of their own or foster dogs so that people…
I’m alive and well. As well as could be hoped, I guess. Coming back to running has been harder than I would have thought. I don’t think I’ve ever run so few miles in a week… to the point where it’s scaring me a bit! But they are getting a little better each day, and…
My first week back post-Grandma’s (and with a plan!) went really well! I was giddily happy to be following a plan again. Here’s a week’s recap for this almost-third trimester mama! Sunday the 10th: 6 miles at night with Nathan and Greta. It was my first run “back” – and boy, did I feel slow!…
Wow… that’s crazy! I’m starting to get really excited!! This week will be a 50-60 mile week, and then I’ll taper to 20-27 the week of the marathon. In a way, that’s scary (I’m not strong enough! I haven’t worked hard enough! That’s what I always find myself saying during a taper), but in a…
The last week, I’ve been meaning to work backwards from G’ma’s marathon (June 18th) to see when I’d officially have to begin the Daniel’s marathon plan. Good thing I did… because turns out, I should be starting THIS WEEK. Oh, man. I still haven’t decided which of the Daniels’ marathon programs I’ll attempt: 1. stick…
I know after TCM there was some back and forth on this blog about the latest research behind carbo-loading. I decided to stick with what had worked for me with TCM: 3 days no carb (to completely deplete your body of carb stores), and then 3 days all-carb (your body over-compensates by packing in the…
