It’s been a while, eh? 🙂 Brief recap: GAC Alumni 5k: 17:27.22, a 9 second lifetime PR. Missed the stadium record by 9 seconds. Bummer. New Prague 1/2 marathon: 1:19.53. Done as a marathon pace workout (goal was 1:20-1:21). Happened to be a 2+ minute lifetime PR as well (only because my previous PR was from…
A big part of my journey has been learning about all of the little things you need to do in order to train well, perform to your potential, and in general, see where your limits are. With every cycle, I’ve worked on a few things. This cycle is no different. I came across Camille’s blog…
Oh, boy — where do I start?!? Monday started off great. I literally stared my noon run thinking, “Wow, I’m strong – I’m so excited to start those 100+ mile weeks!”. At about 2.5 miles, I stepped on my foot weird. Not sure why, since I was on pavement and there wasn’t anything I hit…
I love getting and writing a plan. Jerry sent me the upcoming month’s plan early this week. Ahh, nothing more fun :). There are 4 short weeks where I’ll focus on my 5k with 2 or 3 races (two for sure, both at GAC). Luckily, I put in a few quality mileage weeks before April…
I had to put a dollar in my jar tonight (the one that I need to contribute to if I eat after our evening meal). Ug. First time I’ve had to contribute, and not going to lie, a little disappointed in myself (I didn’t even need it!). I can be better than this!
I’m sort of in that “oh crap” mode. I have less than a month to get myself into fast 5k shape. Probably not a big deal for most, but a big deal for my surprisingly slow legs. It’s really fun to have this immediate “either do it or not” type of goal (sort of the…