Posts Tagged ‘ running ’
Fitness Fix: Running, Part 2
Part 1 of this article can be found here. After my 27-year break from running (if you can call it that), I started seriously running in 2007 at age 33. Lesson #1: I love to be outside. After years in the gym or Pilates studio, it came as a pleasant surprise to realize that I […] Read More
Training: Long, Lonely Runs, Week 11
I hadn’t realized that the days were getting so much shorter until I went out for Saturday’s long run. Setting my alarm for 5:30, I managed to drive the 20 miles south to Milpitas before the cloudy sky even began to glow. The Plan Monday, 8/2: 30 minute easy run Tuesday, 8/3: Tempo runs with […] Read More
Training: It’s Harder Than It Looks, Week 10
This is the week where I realized that Sport Beans are evil. I won’t be making that mistake twice. On the bright side, my long run was along a vineyard-lined course in Livermore, which makes everything seem much nicer. The Plan Monday, 7/26: 30 minute easy run (switched to non-run home stretching as a follow-up […] Read More
Fitness Fix: Running, Part 1
I think I was about six years old when I stopped running. Being a type-A overachiever, I didn’t see any reason to continue to do something when I obviously was not the fastest or best at it. My gangly legs just never moved fast enough to keep up with the other kids who just seemed […] Read More
Training: Major Improvement, Week 9
I went into my training program assuming that I’d never progress past the runwalking that I’d always done. Eight weeks ago, we did a one mile benchmark run to test our speed, and I struggled to run for the full mile. On Tuesday, we repeated the timed mile and… well, you’ll have to scroll down […] Read More
Training: Uphill Week 8
The cold or allergy attack or whatever it was that thwarted last weekend’s run was still rearing its ugly head as I kicked off week 8. I took it slow on Monday, but then decided to show the cold no mercy and fight back with hill sprints on Tuesday night. The Plan Monday, 7/12: 30 minute […] Read More
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
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