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 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

Pride 5 Miler — Another PR!

In early May, I let you in on a secret: I wanted to PR in both of my June goal races, a 10K and a 5 miler. On the last day of this month, I’m happy to tell you that I accomplished that goal! It turns out June was a very good month for running. … Continue reading Pride 5 Miler — Another PR!

Taking On the Beer Mile

Last night, I made my first attempt at a Beer Mile, and it was a truly humbling experience. I learned a few things, including: That I can no longer drink like I could in college I shouldn’t have chosen a beer that I already hate That beer is like Goldilocks’s porridge – it can be … Continue reading Taking On the Beer Mile

Finally, Some Validation

I ran my first planned race--the Oakley Mini 10k--on Saturday since coming back from injury, and I'm happy to tell you that I killed it! I miraculously woke up roughly on time on Saturday morning, despite the fact that I stupidly set a "weekday only" alarm on my phone. Thank goodness my bedroom gets a … Continue reading Finally, Some Validation