I’ll admit that before I started this adventure, I was pretty well convinced I’d end up injured or walking many miles or both. Amazingly, neither happened. Not sure if any of my “necessities” will work for you, but here’s how I held my body together for 5 races. Pre-race PB&J. Nuff said. Glide. Anywhere I…
Category: 5 in 5
Dust Bowl Series review
Many of you have asked questions about my adventure. I’ll try to answer those all here as well as give some (hopefully) useful information. There may be some changes in the future based on feedback from this year’s runners. Before I get into what I thought of this series, here are my final results: Dalhart,…
State #26: New Mexico – Half Marathon 5 of 5!
Short story: I finished and I finished STRONG! Long story: The fifth and final day of the Dust Bowl Series was being run at Clayton Lake State Park. The park was about 25 minutes outside of Clayton, New Mexico, so we had to get up seriously dark and early Friday morning. I made a PB&J…
What a pretty map!
A day of rest
I did it. Despite many moments of doubt and a few unexpected problems along the way, I finished all five races. I even ran the majority of the miles, which was a personal goal of mine. It was an amazing experience! Now, I’m going to take a few days and enjoy the rest of my…
And away we go!
By the time you read this, I’ll be at least partway through the first half marathon of the week. Our trip to Denver went mostly smoothly. We had a really full flight, so I ended up gate checking the bag with my running shoes and then spent the whole flight worried that I wouldn’t be…
I may be overpacking…
Last night I started packing for the trip. No, we don’t leave for a few days, but I need to be making progress. For the last 7 years, we haven’t gone on a vacation that didn’t involve at least a few nights at a house or condo with a washer and dryer. (I’m kind of…
Five Lessons High Mileage Taught Me
Training for five half marathons in five days was a huge step out of my running comfort zone. When I’m not injured, my usual weekly average is 20 miles. Prior to this adventure, I’d usually only barely make my 100 mile a month goal. During this training, I peaked at 50 miles and ran more…
The hay is in the barn
Yesterday, I went on my last “long” run. It was 6 miles with 2 extra miles of run/walk. 8.3 miles in 1:32 was not exactly where I thought my training would be at this point, but it ended an almost 30 mile week. Am I happy that my last double digit run was in the…
Cue the panic attack!
2 weeks! 14 day! OMG! Deep breath. In two weeks, I’ll be toeing the line at the first race of the Dust Bowl Series. I’ll be taking the first step to begin my highest mileage week ever – 65.5 miles. Holy crap! My mind is all over the place. I have A LOT going on…
DOMS and WIAW
Look! It’s Alphabet Day! Ok, maybe I haven’t had enough caffeine yet this morning and maybe I stayed up a little too late last night. (I have a problem. I can’t put down an unfinished book. Yawn.) So, we are 19 days out from my five half marathons in five days. I’ve got a lot…
Fast healing
I think my chiropractor was a bit shocked at how good my calf was today. No pain, very little soreness even when he was digging around, and he said it felt nice and loose. But, you know, my body didn’t want him to think his job was done, so it threw in some tightness in…