I passed my RRCA coaching certification test! Woohoo! Now I just need to finish my first aid class in early December and I’m officially a certified coach. I’m really glad that piece of stress is off my plate. I could have taken it last week and gotten the required 80%, but I’m a little bit…
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The good, the bad, and the overwhelming
This weekend was a rollercoaster ride. Some parts were really, really good. Some parts were really, really bad. The good: I won the new Sugoi Firewall jacket in magenta at Pacers on Sunday morning. Not only is it an awesome jacket that fits me really well (and the color is even more intense IRL), but…
Top 5 ways to run your slow runs on pace
Give blood a few days beforehand. Drink nothing but beer the night before (and a bit too much of that). Drink nothing but coffee that moring. Eat breakfast RIGHT before going out (thereby guaranteeing you’ll alternate between feeling like there is a bowling ball in your tummy and feeling like you might need to stop…
The mouse that broke the camel’s back
Back before we had kids when I worked full-time (for pay LOL), I would occasionally take a “mental health day”. Depending on the job and my mental state, sometimes it was planned, but every once in a while I’d have to do it spur of the moment. Once we had Jones and I was working…
Instead of running…
I gave blood today. I’m type O negative, which is the universal donor, so I’ve began giving blood on a regular basis as soon as I was old enough. I realized recently that I hadn’t given since the early part of training for my last marathon. Since I’ve become a stay at home mom, I…
How far? How fast?
No, this is not a blog post about a wonderfully fast speed workout or some kind of amazing long run. It’s about one of those runs I almost never do any more. You know, the ones without feedback in the form of garmin. Garmin needed charging, so I headed out on my three mile loop…
Vibram speedwork SUCCESS!
I had a pretty stressful week this week and part of that has been not having time to run much. So, this morning when Beer Geek suggested I run, despite having a HUGE to do list before the dinner, I took him up on it. I’m toying with the idea of running a local 5k…
Breakin’ the law
Ok, not really a “law”, but the rules I learned at my coaching class. Both Wednesday and Thursday I ran faster than I was supposed to. One was a mid-week “long” run, the other was supposed to be an easy run. Both should have been done at a 10:30ish speed. Neither were. Wednesday, I was…
Three Things Thursday
1. So far this week has been exhausting. Tuesday involved volunteering at Shoo’s preschool for picture day (OMG, I could have died from the cute!), a playdate with one of his friends, and the end of the season soccer party. I didn’t have time to run and I seriously thought my head was going to…
Rule of specificity
One aspect of the rule of specificity as we learned it in the class I took is that when you are training for a race, your speedwork for that race should be at the appropriate speed. Meaning, if you are training for a 5k, your speedwork should be at 5k pace, if you are training…
Listening to my body
The title of today’s post was supposed to be “The Rule of Specificity”, but my run didn’t go as planned, so I’ll talk about that more tomorrow. My plan Sunday was to do a bit of speedwork. Since I’m about three weeks out from a 5K, the plan was two one mile repeats at 5k…
Saturday randomness
Yesterday I thought I had lost my wedding ring. I was surprised at how upset I was when I thought it was gone. It has little monetary value, but I’ve worn it nearly constantly for 15.5 years (the only time I’ve taken it off was the latter part of both of my pregnancies when it…