Summer is coming so I bought a couple of new things for training in the heat.
I like to wear hats when I train or race because they stop me from looking like a wild woman and it keeps the sun out of my eyes. But I have thick hair and I guess a big head [...]
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Had a couple of good runs this weekend. Still not quite hitting the pace I want but it is improving so I am happy and I know that I can push a little harder without keeling over and I definitely will on race day.
My Saturday “Long” run was interesting. Did 10 miles in 1 hour [...]
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Just a little blog post to say” thanks” to my twitter running buddies and blog followers. You guys are great. I don’t currently belong to a running group ( I joined one but they disbanded last week, never got to run with them) and I don’t have real life running friends. So my virtual running [...]
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So today I realized that I have not getting slower over the past month, it is just that my nike+ was very generous with my mileage and optimistic about my pace and my Garmin is a realist. The trail that is supposed to be 3 miles is only 2.65 so what I thought was a [...]
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Finally added some new music to my ipod and I had actually had great time running on the treadmill because of it. My 4 miles flew by, I kept my my speed at 6.5 and 7.5 miles per hour. It really felt great.
Went to spin class directly after my run. I was not sure if [...]
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Since today was a no running day, I decided I would add in a spinning class to get the blood flowing in my legs and prevent them from stiffening up. For the past two weeks the normal spin instructor has been ill, so every time I have gone there has been a sub. Today the [...]
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My performance this week was all over the place. Great interval workout, horrible tempo run, mediocre rest/recovery runs and a nice but very slow long run. With only two weeks of training left, I would really like to see some consistency so that I will have more confidence going into the race. During the next [...]
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Turtle pace all the way and enjoying my run were my goals today. Eighteen miles is a long way to go and I did not want to run out of steam or be in pain a mile or two before I was done. I was looking forward to being on my own for three hours, [...]
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Ugg. So today I was supposed to run 6 miles, 4 at tempo pace 8:12 min/mile. But I just couldn’t do it. I really thought I could, but when I started moving I just did not have the energy to go fast. My fastest tempo mile pace was 8:20 and they just got progressively [...]
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Today’s run reminded me of why I run. It made me feel strong, confident, fast and happy. I considered running at the gym, so that the kid’s could go into the Kid’s Zone and not be bored. But it was such a beautiful morning I decided to take them [...]
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