New all-time PR – that’s 4 for 4 so far in 2011! Although a little slower than my goal (2.5 seconds off of the stadium record), I’m still very happy with it. It was really windy on Saturday (15mph), and I ran solo from the beginning. The next girl was over 30 seconds behind me,…
I’m getting pretty excited to race this weekend! I don’t race often during a training cycle, so it’s a real treat when I get to look forward to one. First, let’s revisit the goals I laid out for myself back in November of 2010. I haven’t raced nearly as often as I laid out here,…
I knew I needed to nail it. The last two weeks have been peppered with rough tempo workouts, stopping-midway, etc. I also knew that I was unlikely to be able to do this myself. So, I called up the GAC assistant coach, Brenden, and asked if he’d be up for it. No hesitation. He was….
Last Wednesday’s tempo workout was not good. It wasn’t mental. If anything, I was as strong mentally during that workout as I’ve been. I knew I needed to hit it and was excited to do it. About 15 minutes into the tempo (averaging about 6:07 until this point), we turned a sharp corner & all…
Last week was not my greatest week. I’m not sure why. Ellie, perhaps? Fatigue in general? I’ll recap:The day after Ellie’s accident I was supposed to do 7×6 minutes at tempo. Nate got me out the door. He’s so great about that. The first two reps were awful. We were going into the wind, which…
I lost one of my best friends last Thursday :(. Nate, Ellie and I went out for an easy 6 miler. She was crazy as usual — “We’re going to run? Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy…” as she paced around the house waiting for us to change into our running clothes and put on…