Today is the start of a 105 mile week… uff!
To be followed up by a 95 mile week. This is the highest 2-week average I’ll have in the build for the Trials.
I’m excited to work this hard, but also a little scared of the workouts scheduled. They’re crazy hard, even without all of the mileage!
Happenings lately: Indoor 5k: I was so excited to race! St. Olaf held an indoor invitational at the end of January. I was pumped to be able to see my progress since my 19:05 at the Jingle Bell Run in December. I was the slowest seed time in the race, (wow!) which meant great competition….
Getting ready at the start: And we’re off! Mile 9: Mile 12: Mile 16: Mile 20ish: Mile 25.5 – moving into 11th place! Charging for home: Almost there: Finish line video: HERE, results: HERE My reward – the chocolate shoe from our goodie bag 🙂
Week 29: Aug 1-7: 32.7 miles Another week bites the dust! It wasn’t the bigger week that I had planned on. Oh well. Friday got away from me as I went in to see the dentist (Nate!), then spent ~5 hours going to/from and at our first designer appointment for the house. We then picked…
Week 16 before NYC: Goal: 81 miles (down week) One hard workout: 6×1 mile at tempo One long run: 20 miles One day off 2 strength workouts Actual: 81 miles One hard workout: completely fell apart One 20 mile long run One day off One strength workout What a week! I traveled to Chicago for…
You’ve probably noticed my blog has been a little quieter as of late. Well, there’s good reason… and now, it’s likely to be updated a LOT more frequently! On Friday, February 28th, I woke up, and knowing that we had a convention to attend in the evening with an open bar, I decided to take…
As I was standing at the 26 mile mark at Grandma’s marathon, I kept checking my runner tracking updates. “Can this really happen?”, I wondered. No way, I thought to myself… could I really have all eight of my athletes PR? I wasn’t even looking at small PRs – most were on track for 10+…