Ready to go! We arrived in Fargo at 11:30pm on Thursday, deciding to make the 4 hour drive two days before hand vs. on Friday. Great decision. The elite coordinator was SO nice about our arrival time. I called him to let him know how late it was going to be and he paused for…
I’m in the process of switching my template (in case you haven’t noticed!). Bear with me… this may take me a while. As long as I’m at it, anything I should add to the blog?? There’s a reason I didn’t try hurdling in high school. Or coding html.
Nate is signed up to race Fargo this year. He held out on the marathon distance, but the combination of having to answer the question “Have you run a marathon” with “no”, (answer really was: well, I have run the marathon distance as a training run for skiing, but no, not technically… which is WAAAY…
Mental training has made such a HUGE difference in my racing ability. I am working with Dr. Asp to create a “training CD” to help me through my training leading up to Chicago (my 2016 qualifying attempt). He has been so instrumental in my running performance so far (and ability to embrace pain and push…
Mesa and I are officially registered to represent the Stunt Puppy team at the Fast and the Furry 5k9 (get it? :)) on May 25th!!!! http://www.fastandthefurry.com/ We are both super excited about it (well, I am… she just cocks her head to the side and stares at me :)). I’m excited to formally run in…
It’s taper time! How did that come up so quick? This taper will be about the same as my previous except that mileage will be held a little higher through this week (week 2) – at 84. In previous cycles I’ve felt a little stale, so wondered if I’d feel better if I kept more…