For those that haven’t seen it, my first guest blog for Brooks!
http://talk.brooksrunning.com/2012/10/09/guest-post-how-i-found-my-speed-later-in-life/
Dang… the last 3 days I’ve been completely knocked out by some sort of flu bug. I have honestly not been this sick in a very long time! Tuesday I literally did nothing except sleep and lie on the couch. (For those of you who know me know that I NEVER sit on the couch…
The capitalization of the subject represents my absolute JOY behind today’s workout. But, before we get to that, let’s back up a few days. I did a 7.5 mile run late last week where tightness crept into the Achilles at 4.5 miles. The pain didn’t worsen, so I kept running, gauging the tightness/pain level the…
Guess my finish time, folks! … … My 5ks progression since discovering sobriety: 1st 5k, done while at Beauterre, 8/16 – 24:01 2nd at the Frightening 5k on Halloween, 10/31 – 20:48 3rd at the Jingle Bell 5k, 12/19 – 19:05!!! *Just 4 months after my 24:01* I’m just as surprised as anyone. My goals…
Pain free run, swelling free evening. YEAH!!!!
I’m exhausted! I have no reason to be — I’ve been sleeping decently (well, decent by my weekday standards, which probably aren’t that decent) and haven’t been running or skiing hard. My only guess is that I came back after the marathon too quickly. Last Thursday I noticed that I was a little dizzy after…
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…