I could not be happier with how this went! So I save you the scrolling, I finished the indoor 5k in 19:56. Congrats to Matt H, a high school XC teammate, who guessed 19:58, and a 2nd place guessing finish by Michelle, a TNC athlete, with her 19:53. Sara and I showing off our numbers…
Shirley J contacted me a while back and asked me to try out their “Timeless grains-cranberry almond cereal“. Since I absolutely love oatmeal, I didn’t hesitate! It’s a hot flavored grain cereal, sort of like oatmeal, but with 18 different grains (as well as cranberries and almonds – if you didn’t get that from the…
Wa-hoo! Long run of the week tonight, through the cemetery. There is no flat in Red Wing — even the cemetery, which I consider “flat” here is continually rolling small hills. No wonder I felt so strong this spring after training on this stuff! My legs are really chaffed, but all in all, it went…
Training is going well! Week 12 to go: 120 miles! Woot, woot! Best part? I nailed my workouts (and they were tough!) – first one here and the second one was: 4 miles T – 6:07 pace 3 miles T- 6:15 pace for first 1.5 miles, felt awful, not smooth. Took 30 secs rest. Then…
I woke up this morning and my first thought was: I’d be an hour into NYC marathon at this point. It felt so weird to wake up and get dressed for a training run. It wasn’t a regular training run. I was meeting 4 very fast women – Amy Hastings and Kim Smith (Olympians in…
Running isn’t an option yet. Bummer. I was PRAYING that today would go better. But, alas, I can’t even run a minute. I limp pretty badly & am not doing myself any favors by trying to run. So… gee… what should I do? I actually think the hip/spine are in place now. Small success today:…