If I didn’t want this, it would be so (too) easy to take a LOT of days off. My training week starts on Monday. I knew this week had: 3 days x 12 mile doubles 18 mile long run 5x1000m repeats 10 miles with 10x100m surges/gear change practice 1 rest day You can see where…
I could NOT have been more excited to get an email from Jerry with THIS on Sunday: CHRISTMAS IN JULY!! I am so thankful to have Jerry continuing to coach me through this pregnancy!! Yeah, I know I’m 25+ weeks pregnant. I also know that I don’t have racing goals for the foreseeable future, and…
I love reading through old blog posts. I’ll try to post a Throw Back on Thursdays from now on, which should be fun! First, I’ll share this post from May of 2013 (original post here) about goal-setting and my fire to find my limits. This post still fires me up :). Chicago didn’t go as…
Now that I’ve accepted the upcoming C-section, I’ve gone between being super excited to meet baby and thinking that I should just continue to remain pregnant FOREVER. I can keep it in, right? Baby is safe in there, I know what it’s eating/drinking, it’s quiet, and well… life hasn’t changed for us much since I…
Last post I talked about my meeting with Jerry (post here). Here is our plan… long post, beware! Periodization: I’ll take the next three weeks to just run. No set schedule. 40-45 miles this week, 80 next, 100 the 3rd week. I’ll add in a few “telephone pole” runs. I did my first one of…
There are 20 week between now and Chicago. As Jerry reminded me, 20 weeks of opportunity to try to craft myself into the best marathoner I can be. He came prepared – as prepared as he has ever been. The first thing he showed me was a pace chart. I brought it closer. What?!? “Jerry,…