We arrived in beautiful Canandaigua Lake yesterday - visiting J's family and enjoying the last hurrah of summer before the madness of school and sports schedules take over once again. I woke up to this beautiful view this morning...seriously my … [Continue reading]
Source I love getting in an early morning run on a Monday - love the feeling of accomplishment and it's not even 8:30 yet! Sets a good tone for the week ahead.After a rough night of sleep (I have bouts of insomnia), that 5:15 alarm sounded like nails … [Continue reading]
It's Thursday so its week 2 of my new hill workouts. I got some quizzical looks from a couple of people putting out their trash this morning as I barreled up and down their street. I don't know if it was the fact that I was running the hill over and … [Continue reading]
When focusing on a goal or upcoming race - it is very easy to want to keep pushing. But rest days should not be overlooked. Rest days, in my opinion, are as vital a component of your training as long runs, tempo runs and speed work. Rest days … [Continue reading]
It's Friday! And my legs are toast!It has been a good week for workouts - my runs have felt good, though yesterday's hill work was killer hard and did leave me wondering - "How will I do this for the next 5 weeks?!" The plan called 8 x 250 meter hill … [Continue reading]
This past weekend I wrapped up the first 6 weeks of my training plan. Some observations so far? I'm learning to be comfortable with being uncomfortable! With past training, I have been training within my comfort zone -- working hard, but within my … [Continue reading]
10 -- Miles I ran Saturday (it was suppose to be 11...see below) 1 -- coyotes (changed my route after he showed up...so it was 10 and not 11) 8 -- miles with a friend, and her first time going that far! 46 -- years I celebrated with … [Continue reading]
Good things for the month: 88 miles - haven't had this kind of mileage since March! Started working with running coach Bennett Cohen "Yoga for Runners" class Eased in some miles with my new Merrell Pace Gloves Things I could do … [Continue reading]
In some ways it's hard to believe I'm already on week 5 of my training plan. I started over-thinking (read criticizing) my runs last week, but after a good conversation with my coach on Friday, I politely told that negative voice to stuff it and went … [Continue reading]
I had my bi-weekly call with Coach Bennett this morning and as he listened to me recount my runs of the past two weeks he made the observation that he sensed that I have a "strong inner critic" He felt I wasn't giving myself enough credit for the … [Continue reading]
