Traveling last week and over the weekend really put me behind in my personal pursuits, especially writing for this blog. It took everything I had just to get my runs in and get to work. I also had to feed myself and try to get my nutrition back on track after my traveling munchies. Returning to healthy eating is so hard after throwing caution to the wind and eating anything I felt like. Monday, Day…
Race Day! First and foremost, we made it to the race on time despite the one hour time difference. I’d gotten a great night’s sleep and woke up ready to run after two full days of sitting; first in the car on the way over and the day before just lounging around. Pre race prep Thankfully, we’d learned the day before that the travel trailer does not like my little travel toaster. I set off…
Technically, these two days are rest days before the Run Laughlin Half Marathon on Saturday. However, travel days are so fun, I just had to share. Leaving Southern California We got on the road with the travel trailer about an hour later than planned after grabbing some necessary coffee for the road. We had some excitement on the 215 freeway when the Lamborghini and Ferrari clubs decided to hit the road with the rest of…
I’m not real sure what I was thinking when I suggested we take my sister’s travel trailer to Nevada from California so I could participate in the Run Laughlin Half Marathon. A hotel would have been a lot easier. I not only need to make sure that I have all of my running gear and pre and post nutrition for the race but I also need to prep all of my other meals and snacks.…
Very rarely do I need more than one day of recovery after a long run. However, the 15 mile run two days ago with over 800 ft of overall elevation gain took a lot out of me and my legs. My Monday training schedule called for two, ½ mile hill repeats with a one mile warm up and one mile cool down, followed by kettlebell strength. However, I needed to pivot my training plan today…
It was a pivotal day today in my marathon training program. First, it was my longest training run to date at 15 miles. Second, it was the last long run of the first half of my training plan. Third, since I’m at the halfway point, then my half marathon race is next weekend during my cut back week. So, it was a pretty awesome day, to say the least. Unchartered distances I ran in my…
Today is Thanksgiving and I have so much to give thanks and gratitude for in my life. I woke up at my normal weekly time of 3:45 A.M. and was out the door and running by 6:00 A.M. It was cold as usual, in the low 40’s when I started but I realized within the first mile that I didn’t need all of the layers. I took a detour back toward my house and dropped…
These two midweek runs were rather uneventful. Some days running is just running. It always feels great once I get out there and I’m done like all types of exercise. However, midweek runs are where the work happens. They aren’t glamorous or have beautiful scenery or fun routes. They are miles on my feet, air in my lungs and endurance building workouts. They are the bread and vegan butter to any marathon training plan. Midweek…
I am counting down the days to when I no longer need to run this big a$$ hills every week. Running hills makes you stronger. I get this. However, I have come to the conclusion that I am just not going to be a fan of hills…ever. Changing it up Rather than listening to a podcast or Big Bang Theory audiobook, I decided to listen to my Spotify music playlist that I use when I…
Sunday cross training day got off to a bumpy start. I woke up to a dead phone that had been on the charger all night. It’s a fairly new phone so it was a real shock. The screen was black and it would not turn on no matter how many buttons I pushed or how many times I tapped (really hard) on the screen. I plugged the phone into a different charger and took the…