Quick update: I had SUCH a fabulous experience in Houston this weekend. It was the experience of a lifetime, really — from the Opening Ceremonies to the race itself (and evertything in between). The race went really well. My legs didn’t have their best day – I struggled to find a rhythm and to be…
Wow, this week has flown by! Thankfully I am on the carbo-loading portion of my pre-race diet (diet consists of 3 days of eating no carbs at all, followed by 3 days of eating almost nothing but carbs). The theory is that your body over compensates and stores even more carbs than carb loading alone….
Today was my last “hard” workout (and not even that hard, or long! Eek!): 4x1000m at tempo pace Before Grandma’s I did this exact same workout in 6:07 pace (not sure what happened with that one), then 5:58-5:59 pace. Today I was significantly faster. 5:45-7 into the wind, 5:32-5:37 with the wind. Yikes! Best part?…
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…