Philly Training: Week 6

It’s double the fun with race-week recaps this week. With vacation looming (and my long run already done!), I figured I better get this post up before I get lazy and skip it. I’m not going to lie, last week took it out of me. Two workouts and a long run with 10 miles at … Continue reading Philly Training: Week 6

Philly Training: Week 5

Last week marked my hardest week of training yet. It definitely left me tired, but feeling a lot stronger. During the week, I squeezed in two tempo workouts and a long run with a significant portion at marathon pace. Mix in an overall lack of sleep over the weekend, and I’m definitely ready for this … Continue reading Philly Training: Week 5

Philly Training: Week 4

It’s the point in my training when I’ve been running enough miles, and more importantly, enough hard miles, to lead to niggles and fatigue here and that. The fatigue has subsided a bit since I became more consistent in taking my iron supplements, the niggles, though, are harder to deal with. One of the weirder … Continue reading Philly Training: Week 4

Philly Training: Week 3

I can’t believe I’m already one-sixth of the way through training! It simultaneously feels like this training cycle is going by so fast…and yet so slow. 15 weeks is still a very long time. And, to be honest, I’m already starting to feel it a little bit. I’ve been so tired for the past week. … Continue reading Philly Training: Week 3

Philly Training: Week 2

I’ve really slacked off this week! I should have had this post up on Monday…but I got lazy. I don’t even have a good excuse for it. To get down to it, the second week of training went well, despite the need to rearrange some things because of a bachelorette party and a failed alarm … Continue reading Philly Training: Week 2

Philly Training: Week 1

Last week, I completed week one of an 18-week training plan for the Philadelphia Marathon. I’m feeling good about how I spent my time returning from my tibial stress fracture last winter, and I'm optimistic about this fall race. I've been reluctant to share my goal time with others, as I've been worried that people would … Continue reading Philly Training: Week 1

The 21-Day Fix, Results

Well, the 21-Day Fix is over and my results are in, and they aren’t bad. Not fantastic, but I’ll take them given how many bad days I managed to pack in over 21 days. All in, I lost 2 lbs and 3.5 inches (0.75 in. at my waist and hips, 0.75 in. in my thighs, … Continue reading The 21-Day Fix, Results

21-Day Fix, Week 2

Well, week two of the 21-Day Fix was significantly better than the first week, but it still wasn't perfect. I had one cheat afternoon this week, a significant improvement over last week's 2.5 bad days. I stuck to my eating plan Monday through Friday last week, through lunch on Saturday, and all day on Sunday. All … Continue reading 21-Day Fix, Week 2

21-Day Fix, Week 1

So… the 21-Day Fix: it’s a lot harder than I expected! To be honest with you, I had a bad first week. I blame the holidays. A work happy hour on Thursday (we had early dismissal, so why not?) ruined that day. Friday, my boyfriend arranged a group outing to a beer hall, and Saturday … Continue reading 21-Day Fix, Week 1

21-Day Fix, An Intro to My Weight-Loss Story

As I hinted at in my last post, I’m in the middle of the 21-Day Fix, the three week diet and workout program that combines portion control with a 30-minute workout each day. One of my running buddies, Leah, is a team Beachbody coach. I’ve heard her rave about it for months, and figured I’d give … Continue reading 21-Day Fix, An Intro to My Weight-Loss Story