I’ve said this to a couple of people lately, but it’s so true: if I hadn’t run a 2:44 marathon in January, I would honestly be wondering if I had any running ability… seriously. My first threshold workout was supposed to be 6 miles in 36 minutes. Should be easy enough, right? Except that I…

All in all, not a bad first week back: 63 miles with one day off. One long run (16) and one track workout (well, sort of! Post earlier in the week below :). I had almost forgotten what it meant to be this sore 🙂 I’m almost embarrased to report it, but yes — my…

My exact words to Cassie during Monday night’s adventure on the track 🙂 Simone was doing 5x1000m in 3:20-3:25, and was starting late enough in the evening that I could join after work. I figured it’d be a good first speed workout. My previous 1000s have been around 3:19-3:20 (before the Trials). We started the…

So excited to announce that carb BOOM is now a sponsor! Their energy gels are amazing – not only super flavorful (try their raspberry! It’s amazing!), but completely natural, which is super important to me. So instead adding some sort of processed flavoring, their raspberry gels are flavored with raspberry concentrate and raspberry puree. Love…

I’m finally fired up about running, training, and reaching for goals again. My achilles feels great so far. Problem? I have to hold myself back and not get back into things too quickly. But, the few days and miles I have done have been glorious, and I’ve been able to increase things at a pretty…

Wow, how awesome to be able to pound the pavement for an extended period of time. 🙂 (Disclaimer: “extended period of time” does not mean that I call it quits for the day. I did an additional 90 minutes of elliptical and 50 minutes of P90x – trying to maintain a high degree of fitness…