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 great. I’m going to push for 30-35 miles this week. Hu-rah!
I’ve tried to remain really positive through this injury. Yesterday was my first breakdown. First, missing the Alumni 5k this weekend. I honestly had been picturing myself gunning for that stadium record for the last month, hugging my coach afterwards, etc. I’m not going to be able to race, but because Nate’s going to run…
Before I finish a training recap (long overdue!), I wanted to re-share this message I received yesterday from someone I worked with 10+ years ago.: “So totally random… I wanted to tell you is that you were in my dream last night. You ran to my house and when you came in you asked me…
I’m in the USATF Level 1 coaches certification course Monday and Tuesday. It’s been pretty interesting so far, although long. Today has been particularly long for me, as we’re spending 3 hours talking about throws… not anything I’ll ever touch or have an interest to touch. Although, I DID earn a ribbon in a junior…
This week’s 800s went really well, thanks to the help of my great training/biking partners! The workout: 8x800m in 2:40, 4x400m in 75. Same workout as two weeks ago. Except this time the dew point was 72. Tropical. At 7 in the morning. Pat met us on bike. I told him the goal times and…
We’re back from vacation! Yesterday we spent the day catching up with things around the house (so much mail to sort through, bills to pay/organize, laundry to do, things to unpack). It was very smart of us to schedule the flight back on Saturday to give ourselves a day to prep for the start of…
Through the craziness of last week, which included a 3rd week-long hospitalization at Children’s complete with an ambulance ride up there and an all-nighter, I ran with a little more spring in my step. Why? I was thinking about my goals for this year and into 2018. As my feet slap the pavement – tap,…