Epic Sunday Run!

2 mile warmup4×5 minutes at tempo, with 1 min rest10 miles at marathon pace4×5 minutes at tempo, with 1 min rest2 mile CD WOW. I honestly didn’t think I could do this… usually my Tuesday tempo runs have 40 or so minutes of tempo in them. This workout had that PLUS 10 miles at marathon…

Too busy

Wow. I don’t know what about the last two weeks has made time FLY by… Is it because Nate’s working now? He started as a dentist in Faribault two weeks ago. He loves it, but the commute from our house in RW is pretty long. It makes for pretty late nights if he has long…

Back to Back races

Great weekend! We were busy… Friday afternoon looked at homes in Northfield. We found one we’re interested in, so that’s fun! Saturday we headed down to good ol’ Gustavus for the annual CC alumni meet. I was pretty nervous going down there. Normally that’s not the case (normally I know what I’m capable of, confident…

Stopping on a repeat, and paced by a 12 year old. Just your run of the mill tempo workout :)

The email last night to Jerry after the workout: Little mental hic-cup tonight 🙁 Workout: 4×10-12 at tempo w/ 2 minutes rest, 2 mi WU and CD Recap:2 mile warm up. Legs felt a little rested, but weird. Like I didn’t have good control over them (or had sort of forgotten how to run?). Started…

Getting stronger? Or just better able to handle heat/humidity?

I’m pretty sure before most of my workouts this cycle, I’ve wondered if I could actually finish them. Today was no exception. 20 miles total: 2 WU, then 2×10 minutes at tempo, 10 miles easy, 15 minutes at tempo, 2 CD. I tried to do this about a month ago, and failed miserably. It was…