I’m still here! Okay, so here’s the deal. My updating has been non-existent this past week do to work. I know, I’ve said this before but let me explain. I work for a smallish (about 75 people) non-profit association. In other words, I work for our members. Everyday I strive to make their lives happy [...]
Posts Tagged ‘marathon training’
Hi, Friends and Family!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged marathon training, NYC Marathon, running on October 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
As Compared to Last Year
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Audio Fuel, marathon training, New York City Marathon, NYC Marathon, running on September 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday: 16 miles; 2:55:07 Sunday: 2 mile walk with Scout Let’s see. Where to begin. This weekend was busy busy busy. Besides sleeping in until 7:30 on Sunday (it was pretty awesome) and not doing anything productive until 10 am that day, I was on the go all weekend. Saturday morning I got up bright [...]
11 Miles in Pictures
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged marathon training, running on August 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Sunday: 11 miles; 1:55:something today: rest day/walk mile 1: The looming hill. mile 2: Entrance to the dog park Scout can no longer attend as of Sunday. Dang county. mile 3: Pretty white flowers. mile 4: Weird looking tree bark. mile 5: Starbucks. Ohhh how I wanted to stop in for an iced coffee. mile [...]
My Training Schedule
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged marathon training, running on July 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
workout: 6 miles; 1:02:46 2 miles warm-up @ 5.5-5.9 mph 2 miles tempo @ 6.1-6.4 mph 2 miles cool-down @ 5.0-6.3 mph My cool-down was all over the place today. I tried my hardest to keep my tempo at 6.3 today, so my legs were beat by the time those 2 miles were up. Without [...]
Like Wildflowers, Dear
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Biggest Loser DVDs, marathon training, music, running, Ryan Adams on July 12, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Sunday’s workout: 8 miles; 1:22:27 today’s workout: Biggest Loser Cardio max DVD; 50 minutes I don’t have my Garmin with me so I can’t give you splits from Sunday, but no worries. They weren’t too impressive. I tried my hardest to stay around 10:15 minute miles and it was hard on the hills. I’m getting [...]
No Failures Here
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fitness, marathon training, running, speed work, twitch muscles on June 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Tuesday’s workout: 3.27 miles; 30:40 Wednesday’s workout: rest day Last night I scared everyone away with my speed. When I got to the track, it was full of high school guys and they all left when I walked onto the track. I know, I’m intimidating. All 5 feet of me. Don’t let me scare you, [...]
One Month and 100 Days to Go
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged good news, marathon training, NYC Marathon, running, Virginia Tech on June 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
workout: track run! My training schedule starts on July 5 and I’m 90% done with it. I just need to convert it to Excel, and then I’ll post it online. I’m very happy with how it’s turning out and I’m very excited to get training started. I’m going to use this week to get in [...]
FIRST Marathon Training Program
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged FIRST Training Program, marathon training, running on June 22, 2010 | 4 Comments »
workout: 4 miles; 38:01 mile 1: 9:32 mile 2: 9:39 mile 3: 9:30 mile 4: 9:17 With my current plan, my marathon training starts a month from Saturday. It’s a program designed by the New York Road Runners, catered toward NYC Marathon runners. It’s a hard schedule. There are a lot of high mileage weeks [...]
The Little Runs
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged marathon training, NYC Marathon, running on June 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
workout: 3 miles; 30 minutes Took it to the treadmill this morning. Told’ya I would. I’m getting better at keeping my eyes open post alarm, even before it rolls off my nightstand. (See, once it’s a habit, it’s easy.) Since I only had 3 miles on my plate today, I laid in bed for an [...]
Must Learn How to Eat
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food, marathon training, running on June 3, 2010 | 4 Comments »
workout: 3 miles; 31:02 mmm hmm. Yeah. This morning’s run was hard. I walked up two hills. My legs felt like lead pipes. I’m pretty used to running at 5 am now, but now I have to get used to running hills at 5 am. It’s easy to keep speed on a flat treadmill right [...]
