Happy Thanksgiving week, my friends! I can’t believe how quickly 2015 has flown by. Seriously. It both seems like eons ago, and like just yesterday, that I was training for my first full marathon. That was back in January. And […]
Disclaimer: I’m not a doctor — mental health or otherwise. Proceed with caution, but this is very sound advice as I’ve experienced this myself… One of my athletes recently approached me and told me she’s got a lot of anxiety […]
I know I’ve been focusing a lot on my injury and recovery for the last couple weeks, but let’s face it — it’s a big part of my life right now. Sure, I’ve had a lot of other things going […]
Wow, I had a crazy busy week last week. As I mentioned in my last rehab recap, I was planning on doing an activity every day to keep my fitness up while I rest and recover. I didn’t keep up […]
I spent a lot of time cross training last week. You see, it turns out I’m injured. Like, really injured. I stepped up my fitness game by incorporating a lot of yoga and strength training, plus I recently acquired a […]
It’s a big weekend here in the CLE, folks. After 14 weeks of training, strengthening, and proving themselves over and over again, my team of 5K participants will be taking on their first official race. I’m beyond proud of these […]
The news came on Wednesday morning. The 2016 Boston Marathon qualifying times are 2 minutes and 28 seconds faster than the qualifying standard for age groups. I quickly saw my social media feeds turn to the Boston Marathon. Some folks […]
I have been in training since January 2015. That’s almost 10 months. What started as full marathon training has since warped into half marathon training part I, and now culminating with half marathon part II. To say I’m looking forward […]
Happy Hump Day! Confession: the term “hump day” used to really irritate me to no end. I don’t know why I use it so much now, but apparently I’ve made my peace with it. So hopefully it doesn’t irritate you. […]
Last week was a really great week in terms of training. Thanks to lower temperatures and less humidity, I felt fantastic and nailed almost every run. I witnessed so many amazing sunrises. I ended up with almost 37 miles for […]