Well, I survived the Birkie — yeah! The first 15k were pretty ugly (my legs felt terrible and didn’t exactly remember how they were supposed to move), but then it was pretty easy. Thank goodness I’m fit and my legs are strong from the running I do. I think I finished 190th or so for…
Long blog… warning! This blog originally started when Ahvo, the owner of Finn Sisu, convinced me that it would be interesting to have a blog that followed a more “average” person learning how to ski and race, and trying to combine that with training for another sport (in my case, running). Off the blog went….
Another indoor personal best! To be honest, I was really hoping for something in the 40s, (I think when I set out goals a few months ago, I was hoping to be around 17:45 by this point in time). But, it wasn’t a bad race by any means (very tactful, a lot of women vying…
Legs are still a little tired from Wednesday’s 14.5 mile tempo/marathon pace run (well, let’s clarify, only 10 of it was at marathon pace or below), but what the heck, let’s see what they can do!
The last week, I’ve been meaning to work backwards from G’ma’s marathon (June 18th) to see when I’d officially have to begin the Daniel’s marathon plan. Good thing I did… because turns out, I should be starting THIS WEEK. Oh, man. I still haven’t decided which of the Daniels’ marathon programs I’ll attempt: 1. stick…
I’m pretty sure I smiled most of the entire workout. I feel like I’m back from the dead! Today’s workout: 4×1000 with 1 minute rest, 3:45 each (tempo pace). Then 2×1000 at 3:28, 3 mins rest. Then 4×200 at 38. I was able to do: 4x1000s in an average of about 3:42-3:43 each 2x1000s in…