Ten days ago I ran the Vermont City Marathon. While my legs feel okay when I run, I know that I’m not truly recovered. I need to take a time out from training, from both a mind and body perspective. I admit that for the last 10 days, it has definitely been mostly a laying around on the beach / grass / couch sort of break, but I’m now considering moving around a little more, maybe breaking a sweat. My… Read more »
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My Legs Are Tired AKA Man Up Week Might Ruin My Vermont Plans
Hi from Israel! I ran yesterday and it was really hot and kind of sucked, but at least it was pretty? It’s 7 days since I finished “man up” week, and, while it was one of the best running weeks of my life, my body and legs are still mad at me, and I’m wondering if they’ll forgive me in time for Vermont. In all honesty, I’ve run off-plan now for 3 weeks – no speedwork, no tempo, no hills. All long… Read more »
Big Sur Marathon Race Recap
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been on multiple planes, vans, coasts, and continents. At the time I thought that it was a good idea to put every single thing I wanted to do in life in a 10 days span in May. Hindsight? Well, it would have given me a little bit more time to pack, but I do not regret a single minute of it. This is a long post. Summary: marathons on pretty roads without watches… Read more »
Vermont Marathon Weekly Round Up: April 1st – April 7th
This week was all runner’s hiiiiiighhhhh. This is one of those posts that you do not want to read if you’ve had a miserable run. I know. I’ve been there. There is nothing worse than reading about other people’s awesome runs when you ran 0.83 miles before going home and eating an entire bag of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups as therapy for misery legs. But, for once, I’m on the other side of those feelings, and my legs were actually… Read more »
Happy Running With A Short Attention Span
The accidental week that I took off from running has done something amazing with my legs and they have felt fantastic on both the runs I’ve done in the last 24 hours. Yes, two workouts in 24hrs thanks to some less than stellar iPhone alarm skills. Suffice to say, alarms set at 6.15pm will not do anything for your early morning run. Last night I took a mid-evening jaunt to Central Park. The workout for the day was to find… Read more »
Weekly Round-Up: Family First
Last week I ran a measly 13.63 miles, rather than the 35 plus that I was supposed to run. Even if DailyMile called it a stellar week, it most definitely was not for training. Earlier in the week I caught a cold which meant I was exhausted on Thursday and Friday. My mum also flew in from Ireland on Friday for the weekend, so I wasn’t going to miss spending any time with her to go work out. You never… Read more »
Training Recap: March 18th to 24th
Now I’m back in training, I get to do weekly training posts – yay! I actually love reading these posts because I love getting insights to what sort of workouts people do and how they are feeling. Overall, I’m mostly cold. I’m completely incapable of getting out of bed in the morning to run in sub-32 temperatures, but I don’t have a gym membership either. I’ve never looked so longingly at other people’s treadmill instagram shots in my life. All… Read more »
Too Cold and Still Running
I guess I should really get into the habit of this blog posting thing, huh? Main news is not so much news as sentiment. I am majorly crushing on running right now. Ok, so that crush doesn’t extend between me waking up early and running in the cold, because this week I have failed spectacularly at that. But it does extend to coming home from work and heading out at 9.15pm for some tempo miles. Yes, you read that… Read more »
Weekly Round Up and NYCRUNS Central Park 10 Miler Race Recap
You know how some days you just wake up in a bad mood. That is me today. Beware! I didn’t sleep well, I am coughing, and my throat is raw. Fun times. I slept past my run o’clock alarm, but it didn’t help that much. I’m debating an easy run at lunchtime to clear my head. Last week was a great week for taking advantage of free workouts across the city. Having a flexible schedule is really working for me…. Read more »
NYC Runs Hot Chocolate 5K Recap
I’ve felt strange putting up a post after everything that happened in Newtown, CT. I haven’t felt like writing anything for a few days. Like everyone else, I’m immensely saddened by what happened and my thoughts are with the families. I did have a rather running-centric weekend. Even though I still haven’t decided on #redemptionrace, I figure I probably need to train for it, so Saturday morning was spent running 15 sub 9 miles in Central Park. Average pace: 8:37…. Read more »
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