Back in 2015, when I was training for my very first marathon, I wrote a post filled with 17 things I learned through marathon training. As training for my third marathon comes to a close, I’d love to share 17 […]
Race week is upon us once more, my friends. I’ve spent the last six months in training for one race or another and it’s finally almost time for Grandma’s Marathon. Strangely enough, I’m feeling much less burnt out now than […]
Last week was a good week for running. We had some sunshine (which is SO MISSED — PLEASE COME BACK!) and warm days. Probably too warm for most runners. Perfect for me, though. I took my puppy, Trixie, for a […]
Happy Hump Day and welcome back to the Running Coaches’ Corner linkup! Since it’s race week and my city is abuzz with excitement and nerves, I thought I’d share a few words of wisdom to those of you tackling half or […]
Happy race week, Cleveland! In just a few short days we’ll toe the line of the 5K, 8K, 10K, half or full marathons. So many Cleveland races, such little time. I know so many people who have been training their booty’s […]
True or false: I had a terrible week of training last week. If you guessed true, you’d be right. I felt “off” pretty much all week. I struggled during almost every workout. And I didn’t even finish most of them. […]
Last week was the most unproductive training week I’ve had in a while. And I totally loved it. Not gonna lie — not training for a minute was pretty awesome. In my defense, it was 100% recovery week. I ran a […]
Happy Friday! Since it’s the last Friday of the month, it’s time for Friday Five 2.0 meets April Runfessions — one of my favorite posts of the month! (Sidenote: how on earth is it already almost May?!) What will you […]
There’s literally nothing worse than being an injured runner. I’ve been there, many times in fact, so I know this to be true. But what constitutes a true injury and how do they come about in the first place? Let’s […]
I’m happy to report that it’s officially race week for me! This has been a long training cycle (or so it seems) and I’m glad my race is finally coming up. I need to consciously work on the sleep front this […]