Here is the much anticipated Lansing Marathon training recap. I know. It's exciting. Control yourselves. I DO find it very helpful to put together a training recap though. Kind of corny, but it helps me to look back over my training cycle - both the details of the workouts and a more general picture. It …
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Lansing Marathon training, week #16 recap
Taper week! It's been an "ok" week. The runs haven't felt great, like I want them to. The good news is that nothing feels hurt though. Give me another week of rest and I should be good to go! Lansing Marathon training week #16 recap: Miles run: 28.8 Pilates: 3 Details: M: 6.7 miles (8:10) …
Relax!
Taking a break and relaxing is hard for me. I would rather be running. Biking (even falling off of it). Anything, really. But I get through taper by reminding myself that taking a break and relaxing is just as integral to success on race day as the hard workouts are. So today I forced myself …
Dessert! And Lansing Marathon training week #15 recap
Dessert anyone? Photo Credit: Brother Tom, testing out his new camera and the focus on the yummy/blur out the not so yummy (me!) effect. The lime bars and black forest cheesecake bites were both SO yummy! But I think I am officially done with desserts and red wine until after Lansing. Right. Let's see …
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Lansing Marathon Training, Week #14 Recap
First, random picture of Norah giving me some love: Week #14 of Lansing Marathon training went well. A decent amount of miles and pilates. Even managed a bit of cross (biking). Miles run: 47.4 Biking: 50 minutes Pilates: 4 times Details: M: 9 miles (8:05) w/ 1 mile at 6:54, 5 x 400m (paces: 6:15, …
Donut run!
Loved today's long run for a bunch of reasons: It was with the group and running with them is good for me. It motivates me to go faster/harder than I would on my own. It also forces me to get out and be social, which is desperately needed after months of focusing too much on …
Runnin' From The Law 