1. I’m having a bit of a crisis of confidence. I’ve run four days in a row and my legs are feeling pretty trashed. I was pleasantly surprised on my Wednesday run that my speed wasn’t bad. I did find that my heart rate went up when I had to race a few lights and…
Tag: training
Changing gears
Today I should be talking about picking up the speedwork to go for a PR at the Army 10 miler. However, based on a lot of stuff that’s going on + my major lack of mileage at this point, I’m feeling really “meh” about the race. So “meh” in fact that a DNS is pretty…
How do you train for THAT?!?
You may remember my crazy post from a few days ago about the five half marathons in five days? You know, this… I realize it’s 7 months away, but there’s been a lot of discussion about it in our house. I mean, the cost and logistics of getting four people from DC to Amarillo, TX,…
Random thoughts from a 12 mile run
The boys and I are in Wisconsin visiting my parents for spring break. I took advantage of having extra hands to go for a 12 mile run today. I was pretty happy with the run overall as I finished it with a 10:38 average pace (my last mile was even under a 10 minute pace)….
Something I haven’t done in a while
I went out for a “long” run today. I planned to take it slow and easy and aimed for a minimum of 4 miles and a goal of 6 miles. Not only did I finish the 6 miles, I added on more mile and negative split the run!!! This was only the second time I’ve…
Maybe, just maybe
I think I may have found my legs again. My tempo run on Friday was more of a progressive run for the first five miles and then two easy miles, but it felt pretty good. It was darned cold out though. It “felt like” 10 degrees. I wore running tights and running pants and still…
10 miles of hell and the next marathon
OK, maybe it was just purgatory. Last night I hit the treadmill at 8:30pm for a 10 mile run. I watched “27 Dresses” while I ran. I purposely ran it slow so I could actually watch the movie, so I ended up averaging a 10:30 pace. After I got done, I could not settle down….
Fab Four for Reese
I ran my four miles for Reese’s Run (there’s still time to sign up!) today because I won’t run tomorrow or Saturday in preparation for the GW Parkway 10 miler on Sunday. I planned to take it really slow and easy, but apparently I suck at pacing myself. The first mile was 9:05. A little fast,…
Apparently Beer IS good food!
I just totally rocked my 13 mile run – 2:04:30! That’s a 9:35 pace, people! I even did negative splits with the second half of the run being about 40 seconds faster than the first half. I did 13.1 in 2:05:24 and finished my 13.25 miles in a total of 2:07:10. My first mile was…