Wow. It's that time of the training cycle again already. Time to look back on the training, reflect and do a recap, in order to remind myself just how prepared I am for the race (and to keep track of things in one handy place, because I'm anal like that). So how did the training for …
Category: Chicago Marathon training
Marathon Race Strategy: No F-Bombs
I admit it. I checked the Boston Entry list again this morning. 🙂 Just to make sure I didn't dream the whole thing up and that I really AM running in the Boston Marathon in April. And my name was still really there. 🙂 Ok - who's sick of me talking about Boston already? Well …
Chicago Marathon Training, Week #14 recap
Chicago Marathon Training, Week 14 recap Miles run: 44.5 Pilates: 3 times Core: 3 times The details: M: 7 miles (8:03 w/ 4 miles faster 7:46, 7:33, 7:24, 7:19) T: 8 miles (8:42) W: rest Th: 8 miles (w/ 10 x 400m intervals) F: 5.5 miles (8:42); pilates Sa: 16 miles (8:18) Su: pilates 13 …
Chicago Marathon Training, Week #13 recap
Chicago Marathon Training, Week #13 Recap Got through peak training week. And still feeling really good about where I'm at - physically and mentally - for Chicago. So now it's taper time! Summary: Miles run: 61.9 Miles biked: zero (no time; crazy busy!) Pilates: 2 times Core: 3 times The Details: M: 7.6 miles (8:10 …
Chicago Marathon Training, Week #12 recap
I feel really good about training this week. Mileage was back up there and I hit all my paces on the quality workouts (and was smart about making the miles slow during recovery miles). I am SO excited for the actual marathon weekend itself - we started making travel plans, dinner plans, post-race party plans, …
The Most Brilliant Combination Ever
I hate to be one of those people that tweet and blog about food that they eat. But I need to do it here. Because I just ate the most delicious, brilliant thing that has ever existed. Those aren't just sliders that you are looking at. They are PEANUT BUTTER & BACON sliders. Yep. …
