Category: marathon training

This weekend marked the official start to marathon training!! This fall I will be running my 10th marathon (my fourth MCM) and I will be

My journey as a runner has been just that – A JOURNEY. The first race I ever signed up for was a marathon, almost exactly

Oh my goodness, everyone — It’s RACE WEEK! After months of training for and dreaming about the Rock n’ Roll USA Marathon, it is finally

This has been an awesome week for running. I start counting my mileage on Monday and so far I have already logged 36 miles. It

This past week was a recovery week during my training cycle. My total mileage for the week hit 54.1. On a recovery week. This really

On Saturday morning I ran 18 miles with the last 4 miles at race pace. I started out slower, running the first 5 miles at

It’s funny how your perspective of what constitutes “a lot of miles” completely changes as you get deeper into a training cycle. When you first

With three kids and cold temperatures, many days the treadmill is my only option during the winter months. Because of this, I’ve come to accept

This has been a really great week. I’ve logged 30 miles so far, all quality runs that served their designated purpose. After my 20 mile

I entered into my last training cycle ready to make a lot of changes to the way I prepared for the marathon. I added speed

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