It was pouring rain when I woke up yesterday so I decided to switch up my workouts and do an easy 3 and strength training yesterday and save the track work for this morning. (It's funny I don't mind running on the road in the rain, but I find the … [Continue reading]
Me and Mother Nature on a long run
July 24, 2011 by 8 Comments
After seeing the forecast for Friday, with temps in the 90s in the early morning and climbing to 100+, I decided to do a tempo run and shift my long run to Sunday. I'm all for training in it if you're gonna race in it...but there are limits!While the … [Continue reading]
Heat-induced Randomness
July 20, 2011 by 8 Comments
I think this heat & humidity is turning my brain to mush. I can't put a coherent thought together...but then, this is why then invented bullet points (isn't it?) I blew my streak of early morning runs today - slept through my alarm and then it was … [Continue reading]
Monday Motivation & Compression Sleeve Winner!
July 18, 2011 by 2 Comments
"Don't bother to just be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself." -- William Faulkner Love this quote - it's a great reminder that we're really only in competition with ourselves! And, the winner of the … [Continue reading]
A Good Morning
July 15, 2011 by 3 Comments
Ran 10.25 miles this morning. It was a perfect summer morning - still cool, a slight breeze, the sun bright but not intense yet. There were lots of runners out taking advantage of the break in the humidity -- everyone I passed seemed to be … [Continue reading]
Comfortably hard
July 14, 2011 by 5 Comments
"Comfortably hard" - if you look up the definition of a tempo run, you will inevitably find these words to help define the effort to put forward for these steady pace runs. Well, the truth is comfortably hard is a moving target...depending on the … [Continue reading]
Week 7 – Half Training
July 11, 2011 by 3 Comments
Week 7 already! I feel like the weeks of this training plan are just flying by!I got some good feedback on my question about step-back weeks - and for the most part I ran the suggested distances on the plan. I did bump Friday's "long" run up to 6 … [Continue reading]
McDavid USA Compression Sleeves Review & Giveaway
July 6, 2011 by 56 Comments
Since I started training for my first half marathon back in March, I have quickly become a big fan of all things compression. So when the folks at McDavid USA contacted me and asked if I was interested in trying a pair of their new True Compression … [Continue reading]
Do you want cheese with that whine?
July 5, 2011 by 6 Comments
This morning was one of those runs where I was seriously questioning the sanity of planning to run a half marathon in August!Despite getting out by 6, the lovely bank display showed the temp was already 70 degrees. Mercifully, it doesn't give the … [Continue reading]
Happy 4th!
July 4, 2011 by 3 Comments
Just hanging here on my back deck with an iced coffee in hand enjoying a very lazy morning.After going almost non-stop since Friday, including a double-digit run, lots of much needed weeding and mulching my very neglected garden, cooking and … [Continue reading]
