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HMRRC Winter Series #4 – 15K
Another winter series race in the books! Today was #4 of this season. I had no goals for this race since I felt pretty crappy during most of my runs this week but wanted to treat this race as a long run to get the miles in. The weather was okay…40 degrees but 20 mph winds! Thankfully they didn’t feel too bad! It did sprinkle at the start a bit but after the first mile I warmed up! I felt really great during the race and managed to hold a 9:45/mile pace for the whole time…and no walking! What is it with these winter series races?? Race stats Total miles:…
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1,000 miles in 2012
I secretly had a goal in January 2012….to run 1,000 miles for the whole year. In the beginning of 2012 I knew I wanted to run a marathon, but in March I went ahead and signed up for one. Goal completed. And with marathon training came high mileage (for me). I ran a 35 mile week during marathon training, which was peak for me..who was used to running around 15-20 miles average. That’s a lot of miles for me, especially because I’m injury prone. Thankfully I didn’t have to deal with any nagging injuries during training! However, now December is upon us and I’m only 13 miles away from my…
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A Long Run in Photos
(Happy Birthday, Melissa!) Where: Lions Park, Niskyauna Bike Path Temperature at start: 27 degrees Miles ran: 14 Average Pace: 10:04 Time: 2:21:01 Running buddies: three awesome girls (Melissa, Valerie & Yulia) Thanks girls for making Saturday’s run awesome! I think it was the best run of marathon training yet! Hoping to recreate it for next weekend’s 20 miler.
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Weekly Workout Schedule – 10.8.12
Last week’s schedule Monday – Rest Tuesday – 5 mi (depending on ankle) 4 mi Wednesday – 5 mi 5 mi + 1 hr hot yoga Thursday – 5 mi complete Friday – Rest Saturday – 19 mi complete! Sunday – Rest/XT rest/volunteer @ MHR marathon Total Mileage – 33 mi Another successful week of training down! Officially I’m less than five weeks away from the marathon! Next week I’m only running 12 miles (you know you’re training for a marathon when you say “only” 12 miles…) as my long run..then the following weekend is the big 2-0 miler. Workout Schedule for this week Monday – 5 mi + yoga…
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A Run Filled Weekend
What a run-filled weekend! Yesterday Melissa and I got our long run–a scheduled 19 miles for both of us. Fives weeks until the marathon and we’re both in pretty good shape. Thankfully my ankle has been okay since taking a spill at Ragnar. Our run consisted of two nine mile loops plus one mile extra on the first one. Let me say, the second loop was hard. It is a very hilly route that we’ve been training on for the past few months and so far it has been worth it! I tackled the hills pretty good the first loop, but for the second I was getting tired. After hitting…
