I’m still sick, which is really hard for me to accept. WHY now? I’ve trained so well and my recent race results have been the best they’ve been in years. I would LOVE to be able to rock out this Saturday, to be able to show off what I’ve worked so hard for… Ugggg, how…
Last Thursday I awoke with a really sore throat and a stuffy nose. The sore throat has since gone away, but I still have a little congestion. It never got bad — thankfully — so I didn’t have to alter my training plan too significantly. I cut Thursday down to just a 1.5 mile run….
17:57.31 in the 5K at the Gustavus Alumni meet (just 5 seconds off a stadium record!). I am completely surprised I was able to pull that fast of a race off… I haven’t done much VO2 max work, haven’t tapered, and in general I thought all of my mileage would have made me slower. My…
Yesterday was not my best day… I’ve been really tired lately, and I’m not sure why. This week my miles are down, and I’m not super stressed about work or anything else. Anyway, lucky for me that yesterday they were giving out free coffee in the morning at work. Otherwise I don’t know how I…
Just out of curiosity, I plugged my 20 mile time into a few race predictors… Running for Fitness: Puts me at a 3:00.47. Puts my training partner, who ran a 1:24.50 1/2 marathon at the same race, at a 2:58 :(. Running times: Puts me at a 3:01.35 (again, pegs my training partner faster than…
I’m smiling as I write this 🙂 I had a really, really good race today at St. Cloud’s Earth Day 20 miler. I finished 1st for women (7th overall!!!) in 2:14.51, which is 6:44 mile pace. I wasn’t sure what I’d be able to do, especially considering how TIRED and slow I felt this week….