So, I’ve managed to keep up my weight workouts for two weeks. I’m seeing a bit of muscle in my shoulders and back and my legs feel a bit stronger. If I keep it up for two more weeks, I get to buy some new running tights. Hopefully that will be enough incentive to keep…
Category: running
Balancing life and running
Before we had kids, I had a challenging job and a long commute. If I wanted to work out on a weekday, I had to do it during lunch. Thankfully, the gym was on the same floor as my office and I could schedule my day so that I didn’t have many afternoon meetings (I’m…
Hill hell
I ran the same hilly road tonight as I did last Friday, just a wee bit faster. My legs hurt! Is it normal for your inner thighs to feel it the most? Seems like a weird muscle to be feeling it in, but when I was pushing hard up the steepest parts, I was totally…
I am SO hardcore
I went running today in the snow. OK, so it was just flurries and well, there was no snow actually on the ground. And really, it was 36 degrees out, but still, I’m hardcore, right? (I can hear you northern girls snickering from here.) After two days of 33 degree rain, it was dry and…
This run powered by caffeine
Shoo decided last night that sleep was for the weak. And apparently he’s not weak. I didn’t go to bed until my usual way too late bedtime and then he woke up before 2:00am and was up for over an hour. Since Jones is back in school, I had to get up at 6:30am. Needless…
994 miles to go; 994 miles*
Ok, I jest. I don’t actually have a mileage goal this year. I would like to run at least 15 miles a week, but I plan to do some cross training this year. I won’t worry about total mileage until November. Then I’m likely to set a “stretch” goal so that I run a lot…
Goals for 2009
I don’t have my 2008 goals on the blog, as I didn’t start blogging until May, but I wrote some on my livejournal account. I wanted to run a half marathon and a marathon. I don’t think I realized at the time what I was getting in to, but I did accomplish both. So for…
1000 miles in the bag!
Woot! I did it and I still have a week of running left in 2008! Today I did 8.4 miles on the hamster wheel. Thank goodness for the Today show. Everything on there is perfect for someone who isn’t paying close attention. I averaged a 9:15 mile, which is a great pace for me for…
Single digits
It’s 3 degrees outside and that’s a huge warm up from yesterday’s -8 with -30 windchill. Needless to say, I’ve been doing all my running on a treadmill. I only have 8.4 miles to go to my 1000 mile goal! If the weather was decent, I’d knock it out in one run, but I’m not…
Puke threshold
Beer Geek had a holiday event this evening, so I only had about 45 minutes to run between when he came home and when he was planning to leave. I decided to run a three mile loop and then run in the neighborhood until the 45 minutes was up. As I’m desperate to get this…
50 by 50
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about my goal of racing in 5o states. The combination of a few hours awake with Shoo the other night and two fairly long runs recently has given me plenty of time to think. I’ve followed that up with a fair amount of research late at night (when…
Lookin’ for races
I love to research. All of my friends know that if they need an electrician or a particular baby product or want to vacation in a certain spot, all they have to do is ask. If I don’t already have an answer because we’ve needed the information, I’m likely to be willing to do their…