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Training: Unlucky Week 7
Anyone who says that you can still work out with a cold has evidently not done battle with the one that’s rattling around in my ears, nose and throat. Four days into it and I’m neither worse, nor better, aside from being vastly more frustrated and restless. The Plan Monday, 7/5: 30 minute easy run […] Read More
Another Week in the Books
I’ve logged another training week, including an all-exciting 4th of July 5-K race, my first ever, so a personal record by default! First, the recap: The Plan Monday, 6/28: Scheduled rest Tuesday, 6/29: Kickboxing Wednesday, 6/30: Running and strength circuits Thursday, 7/1: Kickboxing Friday, 7/2: Scheduled rest Saturday, 7/3: 30 minutes of non-running activity Sunday, […] Read More
A Week of Training
I realize that not everyone wants to see the details of my workouts on a daily basis, so now that you’re all fairly certain that I’m following the plan, I’ll give a week-in-review recap on Mondays. The Plan Monday 6/21: 30 minute run Tuesday 6/22: Kickboxing Wednesday 6/23: Running hills Thursday 6/24: Kickboxing Friday 6/25: […] Read More
The Team Run
Saturday Plan: 4 miles. Completed: 4.5 miles, mostly running. It was a damp, chilly Saturday morning at Lake Chabot when we headed off to do our team run. I’d never run at the lake before, and wasn’t quite prepared for the extent of the hills that we were going to encounter, but I quickly decided that […] Read More
Improvement = Training x Rest
Improvement = Training x Rest. This is a Team in Training coaching mantra. There’s a lot of emphasis on the importance of rest, and I, being a good little rule-follower, am only too happy to oblige this week. Tuesday night was the big night of circuit training (on top of a morning of kickboxing), and […] Read More
Doing the Math
It just occurred to me that if I can learn to do a 10:00 mile over 13 miles, I can shave 45 minutes (!!!) off my personal record for half marathons. This should also give you an idea of how slow I’ve been before if I think that 10:00 is fast, but never mind that. […] Read More
Some Highs and Lows
On Saturday, my goofing boy managed to swing his sneakered foot just so. It met with my unprotected, sandaled big toe on my left foot, cracking the nail deeper than I imagined possible, and testing my restraint as I managed to avoid unleashing an obscenity-laced tirade at my kid. I’ve managed to do some temporary […] Read More
Suddenly Easy
This was going to be my update where I told you that I’ve diligently followed my training plan since my last post, and that’s true. But that’s not the interesting story. I’m going to skip the details of my other runs, rest days and kickboxing classes. This morning, the most amazing thing happened: my run […] Read More
No Off Days
Sunday Plan: 30 minutes of non-run cross training. Completed: 3 mile walk, yoga and strength training. Maybe it was the crazy beauty of Denver, but there was nothing I wanted to do more than be outside and be active. On Sunday, I did the morning walk with the CFC crew, and then came back to […] Read More
Three Days, Mile High
Thursday Plan: non-run, cross-training workout. Modification: expected to take the day off. Completed: approximately 1.5 miles of hiking and close to 400 steps. I flew into Denver on Thursday, and by some divine stroke of luck I managed to score a single ticket to the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, with […] Read More
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