Said a man passionately at about mile 4-5 of the marathon. I know why he said it. I was so off the back of the pack, it wasn’t even close. I thought about my dad and how he would probably cheer the same thing. I ran the next mile in tears. I wanted to be…
Almost finished packing to leave for the Big Apple! So exciting! NYC psted this women’s preview: http://www.letsrun.com/news/2013/10/013-new-york-city-marathon-womens-preview-wins-600000-epic-clash-edna-kiplagat-priscah-jeptoo/ which lists all of the “elites” that have been invited. Note there are just 14 Americans listed here, and just 37 total (international + USA). It’s smaller than in years previous. It still is unbelievable to see my…
Mesa is one unhappy camper. Not only does she normally hate it when I taper, but I’ve been in taper mode for the 2 weeks before Chicago and the 3 weeks between Chicago and NYC. Don’t let her cuteness fool you… when she is not run, she gets crazy eyes. To sum up how much…
Training has gone a little better since my last post, so that’s great! I did just two workouts written from Chris this week. We’re specifically taking it easy as I’m not ready to jump into anything defined yet, either physically or mentally. The first workout was a 7.5 miler with a progression HR build. I’ve…
Just over a week until the ING NYC Marathon! Crazy. Normally I would not try back-to-back marathons, but my original plan was to snag the standard at Chicago and then RACE NYC to just see what I had. I was lucky enough to get an invitation to compete in NYC’s professional women’s division again this…
I have a couple of spots open for athletes as I’m expanding my team post-Chicago. I’ve decided not to go back to the finance/business world and instead continue to focus on my coaching and my own running. I am so freaking in love with coaching, and excited about my athletes’ potential! My life post-MBA-full-time-career is…