It’s Friday, Fr-Fr-Fr-Friday! Yay! This week has just seemed so very long. Thankfully, I’m mostly recovered from the Marine Corps Marathon. I’ve run twice and done a workout on the elliptical and my legs feel pretty good. I do have a couple of unhappy toes still, as apparently when you’ve already lost the toenail, there…
Marine Corps Marathon 2016 Race Recap
Marine Corps Marathon 2016 October 30, 2016 4:55:10 Temp: Low 60s and slightly overcast at the start, low 80s at the finish What I wore: hat, MRTT MCM tank, Skirt Sports Happy Girl Skirt(this is an affiliate link), Crazy Compression socks, , and Altra Running One 2.5 (affiliate link). I carried a handheld water bottle, one GUs, a cut up rice krispy…
Time for some cross training: winter is coming!
I confess, when I’m marathon training (even as poorly as I trained this year), I drop cross training like it’s a snake. I stop strength training, I don’t hit the gym, I don’t do yoga. Heck, most times I don’t even use my foam roller. Guess what? I can tell I’ve been doing nothing but…
DuClaw Hop Hammer Chocolate Mousse
Thank you DuClaw Brewing for sponsoring this post and sending me the DuClaw Hop Hammer IPA. All opinions and the mousse recipe are my own. Welcome to the October edition of “Cooking with Beer”! Each month DuClaw Brewing sends me a beer and a friend and I create a recipe. It’s a fun time to think outside the box…
Tips for Marathon Training on the Treadmill
I was provided the NordicTrack Commercial 1750 treadmill in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion in this sponsored post. Last winter, I did not have a treadmill. My old one died after 10 faithful years of service and my new NordicTrack Commercial 1250 had not arrived yet. Thankfully, I did not have a spring…
Final Countdown to MCM
Three more days until it’s time for my 3rd and final Marine Corps Marathon. (OK, I reserve the right to run the 50th in 9 years if I want to.) I’m as ready as one can get, but I swear I’m all over the place mentally. On the bright side, I did manage to vote…
Marine Corps Marathon Do Over
Last year was supposed to be my last marathon for a while and definitely was my last planned Marine Corps Marathon. Yet, here I sit, days away from running MCM again. While I’m still slightly unclear on how I moved from not wanting to run it to signed up, I know that once I signed…
Fending off the marathon taper crazies
I’m really good at tapering. I mean, like expert level. I love the added free time, the extra sleep, the reduced mileage. I try to eat healthy but I don’t stress about it. (Even when my current diet seems to consist of all carbs all the time.) I’m busy with all of the important things……
MCM Goals: The Elephant in the Room
The topic for this week’s Tuesdays on the Run is “goals”, specifically what goals do you have left for the year. Oddly, the main goal I have left for the year wasn’t even on my list of goals for the year. What goal is that? Finishing the Marine Corps Marathon. At the beginning of the…
So long and thanks for all the fish, err, fives
Today is the last official Friday Five with the DC Trifecta. This is not to say that I’ll never write a Friday Five again (I actually have a few almost finished posts…) or that someone else won’t start hosting a link up. But it does mean that three of my favorite running bloggers will be…
Running the last long run: Burke Lake Park
I’ve mentioned before that my MCM training did not go quite as I planned. My mojo was missing and life was just busier than it’s been when I’ve previously run a marathon. Somehow, I just never managed to make the training a priority. There’s really no one to blame but myself for the situation I…
Taper Quirks: I love a good taper!
Confession: Unlike most runners heading towards the Marine Corps Marathon, I am not yet in taper land. I have to do one more long training run before I head to taper. Instead of running long this weekend so I could start my taper, I was single parenting Shoo while he played in a soccer tournament…