Jeff, one of Craig's friends, changed his work schedule around so that he is able to drive down to Northfield every Friday to do a workout. How lucky am I?!? Once the ski season is over, we should be able to have a pretty good sized/fast group training here in Northfield Friday ...
Tempo Workout
Great workout!
Yeah!!! I was not excited for this workout, not going to lie. It's one of the hardest of the cycle, both physically and mentally. 4x2miles at sub-marathon pace. Good thing I had recruited Pat (bike) and Craig (running) to help, and Craig had recruited Anders (running) to run ...
Watchless! And a “No Freaking Way!” Exclamation!
My training partners don't let me wear a watch on my hard workouts anymore. Rightly so. Since I've been without it, I've slowly built more confidence and paces have been - dare I say it - getting darn close to goal :). Today's workout: 3x1 mile at tempo, 10 miles easy, 3x1 mile ...
Training update
Another week in the right direction! This week I had two hard tempo efforts planned. The first workout: 2x4 miles with 2 miles easy in between. Long WU and CD. Goal is 5:55-6:00. Actual: workout as above with 30 sec "catch your breath" rest halfway into each segment, to help ...
First long tempo – brutal as normal!
Workout: 19 miles with 2x2 miles @5:40 at beginning, 3 miles @whatever I can muster (eventual goal is to hold 5:40s - but I've done enough marathon training cycles to know that type of strength doesn't come until about 3-4 weeks to race day!). Actual: 19 miles ...
Yikes! Great last workout!!
Oh, man - that was downright fun! I wasn't really looking forward to this workout, even though it's my last and I know it isn't that taxing. (I can tell I'm at the end of a very long training cycle... this is NOT like me at all) I didn't have a training partner due ...
![Well, Grandmas marathon did not go as I hoped. My legs felt awful from the gun - which makes for a long 26.6 mile trek! 3:07 long, to be exact (goal was sub 2:50). I don’t know if I was fighting off Anna’s bug or what (she was home with me on Tuesday because of a fever) - but my legs have never felt like that.
Despite that, the experience in Duluth is second to none, and made even more fun by all of my TNC Endurance athletes competing. I could gush about how proud I am of them all day! Their accomplishments outshine mine any day - I love my job as a coach 💕. Congrats to all, and like I’ve been known to say: let’s start scheming about those fall goals! [It’s a really good thing I love the process of marathon training. Seriously. Make training and all of the little things hard, make scheduling time for it tough, make my mind and body ache through training runs — there’s just something about the daily discipline it takes! A special kind of crazy? Probably 🤪] #tncendurance #marathonsareabeast #teamucan #generationucan #sevensundaysmuesli #runhappy #stillaftersub250 #lifegoals](http://scontent-dfw5-2.cdninstagram.com/vp/9c399c2cff55a8be530784fd64307929/5DC813BA/t51.2885-15/e35/s320x320/65176881_2314513095269533_4011964799912730788_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.cdninstagram.com "Well, Grandmas marathon did not go as I hoped. My legs felt awful from the gun - which makes for a long 26.6 mile trek! 3:07 long, to be exact (goal was sub 2:50). I don’t know if I was fighting off Anna’s bug or what (she was home with me on Tuesday because of a fever) - but my legs have never felt like that.
Despite that, the experience in Duluth is second to none, and made even more fun by all of my TNC Endurance athletes competing. I could gush about how proud I am of them all day! Their accomplishments outshine mine any day - I love my job as a coach 💕. Congrats to all, and like I’ve been known to say: let’s start scheming about those fall goals! [It’s a really good thing I love the process of marathon training. Seriously. Make training and all of the little things hard, make scheduling time for it tough, make my mind and body ache through training runs — there’s just something about the daily discipline it takes! A special kind of crazy? Probably 🤪] #tncendurance #marathonsareabeast #teamucan #generationucan #sevensundaysmuesli #runhappy #stillaftersub250 #lifegoals")
