My first “hard” day back. I didn’t have much time to run on Saturday, so decided to make the most out of the time I had. I tried to put in a 2 mile all-out effort. It started out slower & gradually picked it up — first mile was 6:45 (I think I started out…
Nate is signed up to race Fargo this year. He held out on the marathon distance, but the combination of having to answer the question “Have you run a marathon” with “no”, (answer really was: well, I have run the marathon distance as a training run for skiing, but no, not technically… which is WAAAY…
It’s so cold and miserable out! Hope I can muster the dedication to stick to the plan (today is supposed to be 10-12 400s)… there’s nothing easier than staying in and skipping workouts than weather like this :(. One cool thing that happened yesterday: Gu sent me an entire bag of energy gels and chews!!!…
It’s been a while, eh? 🙂 Brief recap: GAC Alumni 5k: 17:27.22, a 9 second lifetime PR. Missed the stadium record by 9 seconds. Bummer. New Prague 1/2 marathon: 1:19.53. Done as a marathon pace workout (goal was 1:20-1:21). Happened to be a 2+ minute lifetime PR as well (only because my previous PR was from…
It’s just after 9:00 on Tuesday. I’ve had a cup of coffee, and I’m hoping that it just hasn’t kicked in yet. My brain is so tired it just hurts. I hate that feeling. Yesterday was just as bad. I went to bed around 9:45 last night (I vowed after yesterday that I’d get to…
I can’t run a marathon on this leg. I’m calling the doctor tomorrow & will wait to see what she has to say. There’s no pain anymore and I don’t feel out of place any more — the leg just doesn’t fire like it used to. So, does that mean I’m making progress? Is it…
