The power of words, however casually said, is enormous. It has the ability to motivate and inspire. It provides me with extrinsic motivation, and has the ability to pull me through when least suspected. (Of course,  I’ve also been told that I’m a bit over-dramatic at times 🙂 ) Anyway, case in point – this morning’s run. I started the intended 12 mile run with a smile. I took my music off and just listened. Listened to the cars go…
I don’t usually write a weekly training plan or recap (although I think it is a great idea to be accountable in public), but these past week of winter holidays has been so blissful that I’m compelled to record and brag about it. And perhaps continue this trend so you can get a glimpse into what workouts with a person who wants to do everything and probably has no clear goal looks like. I’m sure there are quite a few…
The time between Christmas and New Years is recap and summary time. Just like last year, I am following Miss. Zippy’s lead in looking back at “How was your year of running?” Best Race Experience 2013 was super low key for me with no major races. And the 2 major races I did this year tie for best race experience. I went into the race burnt out, completely under trained and experiencing all sorts of weird niggles and pains, but Little…
This week marked my official end of my first Tri “season” (if a single event can be called a season) and the start of shifting focus towards my next goal. While I do not have a set goal yet, I am leaning towards a half marathon in November. So the weekend marked my first long run in quite a while. Although temperatures were slightly cooler when I started, it was insane humidity (as usual) and I ended up with a…
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,…
This weekend’s run was one last attempt at getting some long miles in before a short taper for Little Rock Marathon. With 16 miles planned, I was lucky to have 2 running buddies rag-team me for the effort. Unfortunately, a little bit of Math error ended up with me getting in almost 2 extra miles. While the run itself was pleasant, my legs were screaming at me towards the end. When I finished, I could feel my legs shriveling and shrinking! Not…
This weekend’s run was mostly a I will be miserable if I have another bad run “I am going to be positive and take it mile by mile” kind of run. After the mishaps with my back (again), and then the sickness (again), I planned to do 16 instead of the 21 on plan. The route was in a very hilly location, but I’ve had good runs everytime we have been there, so I started positively. I was joined by Michelle,…