Halfway there! I’ve had some serious ups and downs in motivation, but I’ve been getting my runs done (except for one 12-miler that turned into 7). I shifted things around a little bit because I raced that half marathon two weeks ago, but now I’m right back on schedule and [...]
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This was a really hard race for me, from start to finish. But I’m absolutely THRILLED with my shiny new half marathon PR, so I’ll try and tone down the complaints. The weather could not have been better: It was 58 and foggy for the entire race! After going [...] This week was pretty much perfect as far as training goes. I made these muffins on Saturday and ate 2 as fuel before my long run Sunday morning, and it was the best long run I’ve gone on in WEEKS! The recipe came from Dorie Greenspan, the baker genius. Mon [...] I knew this week wouldn’t go as written, and I’m okay with that. And since the majority of my runs were spent staring at the news at the gym, I’ll just include another picture from the camping trip. So ridiculously beautiful. I want to go back now. Monday: REST Tuesday: [...] view from my long run in Alameda I felt really good about this week. I think only running 4 days a week (and cross training 2 days a week) is really helping keep my legs from feeling totally dead. Monday – REST Tuesday – was supposed to be 11 miles, [...] Well, I kind of knew this wasn’t going to be my day. I think a bunch of things contributed to a crappy race: hardly any sleep the past two nights thanks to Ellie’s disastrous sleep, WAY too much strong coffee on an empty stomach, 3+ hours standing in the [...] I signed up for this race SO long ago. I clearly remember sitting at my dining room table, ridiculously pregnant and sort of wondering if I’d ever run a marathon again. Fortunately, returning to running has been very easy and it was my weird hip issue, nothing related to being [...] Short version: 1:46:28; almost no hip pain! My running friends are the best. Long version: For the past 3 weeks, my nagging hip pain meant I was kind of thinking this race wouldn’t happen. Or it would happen but it would involve lots of walking. When the weather on Saturday [...] For 20 glorious hours, I thought I had won this race. I finished, they gave me an age-group medal, and then I consulted the results board and realized I’d won the whole thing, so they gave me a bigger medal and a water bottle! Keepin’ it classy with the plastic [...] I need to apologize in advance for three things: 1. I’m recycling photos. 2. It’s REALLY hard to write this without sounding like I’m bragging. That’s not my intention at all, and even though I’ve gotten fastER, it’s not like I’m anywhere near elite status. I’ve just set some new [...] |
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