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YES – great last tempo workout!
The legs are coming around! I met up with Brenden today for a 2×2 mile tempo workout and felt like my typical starting-to-taper self. What a fun feeling. We came through in 11:33 and 11:38 and I felt strong, efficient, and my feet were slapping the pavement & bouncing up quickly, snappily. I could have…
Pregnancy Weeks 11-12
The great: My blog WON the 2014 Best Women’s Running Blog competition!! Thank you to EVERYONE who voted! It’s a huge honor (and a huge surprise!)! I went in for a massage with Lynn at Massage Geek this week. It was painful, but amazing. I’m trying to get at that pesky hip/hamstring issue so that…
TNC Training Camp
The 1st annual TNC training camp was held this weekend at my in-laws’ cabin this weekend. This was such a memorable weekend. I can’t even begin to recap it 🙂 We had individuals from age 19-49 at the camp, at varying speeds and goals. Some are hoping for a 2:40 full marathon, some hoping for…
Remember when I did my first VO2 max test?
Chris Lundstrom, now the Team USA MN coach, saw the results from my first test and said, “Hmm, I don’t think you really maxed out, either.” Results and commentary on that test are here. This summer I had the opportunity to do two tests as part of a PhD student’s study. The first was sometime…
Spring back in my step!
Tuesday my head-cold came back. Pretty sure it’s the same bug I had before, I never really got over it. I’ve been blowing my nose for the last two weeks. Just as it was getting better, I could tell it moved into my sinuses. Ugh. Please go away! I’m hoping it leaves quickly… but I…
Circle the Lake Races are this Weekend!
Is anyone looking ahead to your weekend training schedule and thinking either that it would be fun to race, or that a race would help you to get through a long/hard workout? I know I posted earlier about these races, but I wanted to plug them one more time. It’s a challenging race, well run,…