I went out to run a short 3 miles on tuesday with Big Peach Running Company, our local running store. I’ve never usually made it out, but it was a short 3 mile instead of the usual 5 miles and my husband was home early, so I dashed over. The drive was where the dash ended. I wilted about 1.75 – 2 miles into the run. There was a ton of factors – it was my first run/movement in 13…
Speedwork makes me nervous. Especially one on a track with other people and a coach. The one that I attended yesterday with Coach Cawood of No Boundaries Multisport was no different. A whole bunch of fast fit people, a track, and a coach with a clipboard! We started out with a mile warmup (the others went 1.5 miles) and a whole lot of drills. High knees, Butt kicks, lunges with high knees, tin soldiers, touch your feet cross-toed, high knees…
Almost all running stores across the country had a Boston dedicated run on Monday, a week after the bombings. And in spite of all the monday craziness, I went to our local running store to take part in the solidarity run. It was honoring and humbling to be a part of this amazing community. We started the run in silence, but ended with noise, chatter and laughter, as we took back our streets from the cowards who attacked it.
I am usually all over a challenge like Miss Zippy’s Best Run Link Up. However, since I have hardly run since my Little Rock Marathon, this was really a challenge for me! What makes a run a “Best Run” anyway? A good pace/splits/distance Running a good pace with even/negative splits always makes for a great run for me. In my training cycles, I am usually all about hitting a certain pace that it is very elating when I am able…
My usual weekend run recaps are a reflection on my enjoyment or struggles. And they involve double digits, some lessons learned, some sunshine to keep me going and the runners high that I am addicted to. This weekend run was “only” 4 miles “long” but writing it down is rather hard for me. Because it is making me face up to the fact that I did not take this run seriously. I was a little distracted even before the start,…
Oh! The things I do for bling (or a TShirt!). I very rarely sign up for 5k races without looking at the weather forecast. The logistics of the race takes more time than the running itself. The Atlanta Women’s 5k race had the allure of a really cute TShirt, in purple this year, and a necklace. It also was to be my first “race” race, where I planned to run it to the best of my ability and then…
Now that I have successfully gotten through my goal of finishing Little Rock Marathon, what’s next in store for me? I had gone into the race pretty burnt out with running and frustrated with the forced pace changed in the past 4 months. I came out having rediscovered my running mojo and looking for what to do next. I’m taking a break from the marathon distance; something that I should have done last spring! But using this time to strengthen…