It’s only half way through Day 1 and I already feel gross. But it’s completely my own doing. This morning Nate made a beautiful omlet, complete with a chicken breast and bacon. I was so excited. I haven’t eaten anything resembling this in a really long time! As we changed into our running gear later…
I always look forward to tapering. Until it actually comes… I looked at my training plan for the next week and realized just how little there is on it… 8 mile run tomorrow, 8 miles Monday with a tiny bit of uptempo work in it, and then practically nothing until race day. It’s sort of…
My legs are coming around at the exact right time. I am SOO lucky!! Today’s workout was just downright fun :). I joined the Carleton women for some tempo on the track – their workout was tempo miles, mine was 3×2 miles at tempo, with the rough goal for tempo at 5:50 (but main goal…
Nate decided to make T-shirts for the Trials — and suggested I post here in case anyone in the blog world wanted one. They’ll be $10, safety green (really a bright yellow, not green), 50/50 cotton/poly blend. If you do, let me know a size!
I was intimidated by the look of this one… 22 miles total with 2x (30 mins at marathon pace, 4:45 at tempo pace). Goal MP = 6:10s, goal tempo = 5:50. I haven’t yet been able to hit a longer marathon pace workout at that pace. Until yesterday!! Workout was: 4.5 mile WU1st MP: 6:12…
Last week went really well. I was able to log 74 miles and a day of cross training. Not too shabby! It included a 24 mile long run (lots of fun, ran from Elm Creek where Nate was skiing to his parent’s house in Shoreview. Had to ask for help interpreting my map once, and…