It’s Race Week!!

I'm officially 3 days out from the Leave No Trace Marathon! In my last post, I had just completed my longest run of this training cycle of 20.5 miles and was feeling good.  Happy to report that I'm still feeling good a few weeks later.  I've been tapering without issues-none of the usual second guessing …

Week in Review: I like Long Runs and I Cannot Lie

I have always been a big fan of the long run.  Endurance is my biggest asset when it comes to anything related to fitness or athletics. An example from this morning at crossfit, it's incredibly obvious where my strengths lie: our metcon was a combination of running, jump rope and hang power cleans.  I felt …

Reflections on 2017 and Year in Review

Can you believe we are already over a week into 2018?? I feel like just yesterday, I was writing my 2016 recap! This year has really not turned out how I predicted and planned, and I am ok with that.  Initially, I thought I would complete several big races: O24, Mohican Marathon, BT50k and Burning River …

Doan Creek 25k Race Recap

Another weekend, another race.  I really didn't think through my training plan when I committed to 3 races within 4 weeks.  When I signed up for Doan Creek, way back in February, it seemed so far off and distant that I kind of put it out of my mind.  So when it popped up on …

Ragnar Adirondacks Recap

(I think this might be my longest recap ever...trying to recount 3 runs in one recap is tough! Proceed with patience) To say that running a Ragnar Relay is an adventure is an understatement.  It was the most epic display of teamwork I've ever seen.  Yes it was quite the adventure, but it was the …

Week in Review-RWS Marathon Training, week 1

I'm not following a traditional training plan.  I actually have no training plan per se.  I would not recommend this to the average person training for a marathon.  But with myself, I am willing to not follow the rules as much.  I mentioned in my last post that the framework for this marathon buildup is …

Week in Review: Procrastination Edition

I've been neglecting my poor little blog! I completely missed posting the last few weeks of training.  Between general life stressors, being in the thick of the "sandwich generation" and some avoidance of adulting, I haven't posted any training at all in the last few weeks. I've been running which is definitely a plus and …

Week in Review + Let’s Get Serious For a Minute

The last week of training was a definite uptick in mileage which is a good sign at two weeks post race.  In a nutshell, I am recovering, reverse tapering, peaking, tapering and racing again.  That's a lot!! All things considered it's going pretty well.  I feel good and have no signs of overtraining; no fatigue, …

O24-the logistics and recovery

So today is Wednesday-a little over 72 hours since I stopped running.  I feel fantastic.  I have no lingering soreness or DOMS at this point.  Sunday morning, I returned to my house around 4ish am (this is just a guess as I totally lost track of time.) Amy helped me to get into my house …

Week in Review- Run All the Miles Edition

Wow, it's monday and I'm writing my training log! New record for me! I had another record breaking mileage week although only by one mile.  Nonetheless, I felt great and am feeling increasingly hopeful about my prospects at O24.  The idea of being out for 24 hours sounds downright frightening at times but just as …