Philly Training: Taper & Race Week

Race week is already here. What?! The hard work is done, and now all I need to focus on is not doing anything stupid to injure myself and not checking the weather too much and driving myself crazy. Harder said than done. Exhibit A: the crescent roll incident. With just one, easy 3 mile shakeout … Continue reading Philly Training: Taper & Race Week

Philly Training: Week 16

So I hinted on Tuesday that my taper and I are not getting along, but that all started this week. Last week was peachy. I very much enjoyed the reduction in mileage and it was perfectly timed, because things really heated up at work and the longer hours + stress wouldn’t have balanced well with a … Continue reading Philly Training: Week 16

Tapering, Or My Attempt At Self-Sabotage

It’s official: I’m in full on taper mode. And apparently that means it’s time for me to subconsciously make every attempt to sabotage my impending race. The Philadelphia Marathon, the marathon for which I’ve trained for and shed blood, sweat and tears for these past 16+ weeks, is just 12 days away. And what do … Continue reading Tapering, Or My Attempt At Self-Sabotage

Philly Training: Week 15 (Peak Week)

I survived. Seven weeks ago, I had never run more than 50 miles in a week. Now, in the past seven weeks I have run 50 miles or more five times, topping out at 57 miles last week for a new personal weekly mileage record. And I am so happy that it is over! I … Continue reading Philly Training: Week 15 (Peak Week)

Race Report: 5th Avenue Mile

I came back from recovery with the crazy goal of PRing in every distance from 1 mile to the marathon by the end of the year. After this weekend, I can proudly say I’m one step closer. Sunday dawned with clear skies, a welcome contrast from the forecast for the day at the start of … Continue reading Race Report: 5th Avenue Mile

Philly Training: Week 7 (Vacation edition!)

Well…this was an eventfully week and far from the typical training week thanks to some 200 miles of biking from Vienna to Budapest! I posted my last training recap the day I was scheduled to fly off to Vienna, where the boyfriend and I would begin a self-guided cycling adventure across three countries in six … Continue reading Philly Training: Week 7 (Vacation edition!)

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