I may be crazy, or just extremely motivated, but 3 weeks after my first full marathon, I’m planning on running a challenging half marathon. The Lake Health Half Marathon is being held on Sunday, June 7th in Kirtland, Ohio. The […]
Sh*t’s getting real, folks. My marathon training plan is 18 weeks. You’ll notice this is the recap of week 15. That means I have two more weekend runs and then it’s race day. I am freaking out. Week 15 went […]
Last week was fantastic in terms of training. I didn’t run inside ONCE! It was glorious. And I had running buddies for every run. It was really fun. PLUS, I got to run with my gal pal, Eugenia, who I […]
I’m starting to realize I’ll be running 26.2 miles sooner rather than later, which seems both daunting and unequivocally terrifying. My last two weeks in training have been low in terms of mileage volume. My last more difficult run was […]
My head is still spinning from the weekend. As I mentioned yesterday, I ran 7 miles, then drove 6 hours on Friday. I was up super early both Saturday and Sunday and didn’t sleep well either night (mostly because I […]
This week’s weather has been up and down. There were two days that it was sufficiently beautiful. So beautiful that I would have rather run outside, but unfortunately could not. It’s the time of year when it’s sunny and warm […]
Almost halfway through marathon training. 10 weeks to go. It’s getting tough. I can’t sugarcoat it. I remember before I even registered for this race, a friend of mine warned me. He told me that marathon training has nothing on […]
Hey, hey, hey! What’s happenin’? It’s been a stressful, exciting, roller-coaster over the past several days. I feel like so much is going on that my head is going to explode. When the time is right, if it’s ever right, […]
Earlier this week I told y’all my dear friend Noemi would be featured as a guest on Friday to show her take on marathon training. We are training for the Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon together and have been doing most […]
Ah, marathon training. The activity I love to hate and hate to love. But mostly love. (Kinda like the treadmill, eh?) This week’s training recap is a bit of a special event. My friend Noemi has graciously offered to share […]