Ok, I’ll admit it. I wasn’t even planning to train for Ragnar. I mean, I’ve run 14 half marathons this year and I have another one in August. I looked at the distances for most of the runners for Ragnar DC and they fell around 13-16 miles. Given that I’ve run several half marathons 24…
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5 Photos Friday – Highs and Lows
The last seven days have been filled with some major highs and lows. It was hot, it was cold. I ran fast for 13.1, I barely made it through 10 miles. I worked, I ran, I shopped, I ran some more, I shoveled snow, I ran again. The one thing I didn’t do was sleep. …
Taper? I’m supposed to taper?
My first half marathon for 2014 is in less than two weeks. I’m running the Rock N Roll USA half with 1000s of my closest friends. Or 15 or so moms from Moms Run This Town. Whichever. The big discussion lately has been about tapering. How much? How long? Should you really do it? Personally,…
Five for Friday: Step back week
By Sunday, I will have run 42 miles this week, the majority of them between Monday and Thursday. Given that I also ran Saturday and Sunday last week, I ran 6 days in a row for a total of 52 miles. I had planned to run today, but realized that it was just too many…
Running like it’s my job
I ran 40 miles last week with almost 17 of them happening during the weekend. I have 44 as my goal this week. Do you have any idea how much time that takes? According to my log on Running Ahead, I ran for 7 hours and 27 minutes last week! And that time does not…
#beautifulrun and Treadmill Tell-All
Yesterday, I ran a half marathon. Not a race. Not even a virtual race. I just ran 13.1 miles because I could and because the sun was shining. In fact, the sun was shining so nicely and the temp was so balmy that I was horribly overdressed. Until mile 9 when the cold front started…
6 down, 12 to go…
Training weeks, that is… Yesterday, I may have had my worst run ever. And today I am paying for it. I ran 8.2 no good, very bad miles on a beautiful sunny day. My left calf was so tight that it made my foot go numb. Seriously. I stretched it about every half mile and…
Building on my successes
So, if you had told me on Sunday before the race started, that I was capable of 8.5 sub-10 minute miles, I would have said you were crazy. I’ve been really struggling lately with my speed and feel like I’m just getting slower and slower. I’ve also had issues with pain in my right ankle…
Dreading the long run
I love to run. I particularly love to run when it takes me less than an hour. And I love to run races, particularly half marathons. But for some reason, I dread the “long run.” I do an absolutely amazing job of psyching myself out about it. “I can’t go that far”. “It’s going to…
Not fun, but done
Sunday night the weather guys were calling for icy rain for the Monday morning rush hour. The federal government offered a two hour delayed arrival. District of Columbia schools called for a delayed opening. But when I went to bed at midnight, our school system still hadn’t made their call. I assumed I’d wake up…
Halfway there!
Yesterday I hit an important number. Since I started training for the five half marathons in five days, I’ve run 369 miles. That’s 369 miles in 11 weeks. I have 7 weeks of training left and, you guessed it, 369 more miles to run. This has been an interesting experience for me. I’ve learned that…
An “energizer bunny” run
You know those commercials with the Energizer bunny? He just “keeps going and going”… There’s no claim that he goes fast or that he looks spectacular while doing it, just that he will keep going and going. Today’s run was a lot like that. My legs had no bounce and I was kind of hungry. …