It's that time of the training cycle again. Time for my marathon training recap! What's the point of doing a training recap, you ask? Many marathons ago a running friend suggested that I do it as a way to prove to myself that I'm ready and that I CAN do this thing. He suggested that …
Continue reading Bring It! (Twin Cities Marathon 2011 Training Recap)
First, some shout outs: Good luck to my running twin Kristy (at Run The Long Road) who is running the Lehigh Valley Marathon tomorrow. Kristy is hoping to get a BQ tomorrow, which will be 3:45 for her. She is SO trained for this, having run her last 22 miler 4 seconds BELOW her goal …
First, a random thought: peanut butter cookies are Oh-So-Good when you throw 1/2 a bag of mini-chocolate chips in the dough. Yum! And an update on Meg: She wrote me from camp and said that they are letting her run every day, as long as a counselor goes with her. That's my girl! ******* Part …
Even though this new training plan has multiple workouts-from-hell each week involving hills and speed, I sort of feel like I'm slacking. Why? The total weekly mileage is significantly less than what I was doing for Grandma's training. For Grandma's I was logging 50 mile weeks in the first 3 weeks of training, then 6 …
Good news! I'm still alive and kicking after my first group track workout. And the best news of all: it wasn't as scary as I thought it was to run with a group of strangers. The runners were nice and normal. Most of them were super speedy. A couple were slower than me, but working …
Remember I told you that I had exciting news? Well, wait no more. Here it is: I joined a running club that is about 15 minutes from my house, at a local fitness center. It has a training program for Twin Cities, Chicago and Des Moines Marathons. And there is a coach who personalizes the …
