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Training: Six Weeks to Go

Written on September 4, 2011 by Alisa.

We are a mere six weeks from race day. I don’t want to admit that I’m feeling unprepared, but holy cow, I’m feeling unprepared. Tuesday night was fartlek night. Fartlek is supposed to be Swedish for “speed play,” but frankly I think it’s all a big Swedish joke to give us a ridiculous-sounding name to […] Read More

Training: Better Late Than Never

Written on August 29, 2011 by Alisa.

I never quit got around to writing my usual Sunday night training recap this week, mostly because I was a zombie by the time we got home from our weekend at the coast. Let’s start with Tuesday night and hills, hills, hills. And did I mention the hills? Our coach had the great idea of […] Read More

Training: Lead Legs and Vineyard Runs

Written on August 21, 2011 by Alisa.

The family was still out of town for the first part of the week, and again I had all kinds of grand plans for fun workouts. Instead, I spent Monday and Tuesday with my plumber dealing with an emergency repair that kept me home both days. Fun times! I did manage to get to the […] Read More

Training: Less-Than-Badass Mother Runner

Written on August 14, 2011 by Alisa.

The family is away this week and I thought that I’d take my free time and do all sorts of wonderful things. No schedules! Flexibility! And so far, it’s been status quo. Like on Wednesday, I had to get up at 3:30 AM (ack!) to drive the boys to SFO. I was fully planning on […] Read More

Follow THIS Mother

Written on August 11, 2011 by Alisa.

I can’t even begin to tell you how excited and downright bewildered I was when I was contacted about being this week’s “Follow This Mother” on Another Mother Runner. I’m a huge fan of the blog and the book, Run Like a Mother, but it’s a huge leap to go from being a fan to […] Read More

Training: Trail Races and First Races

Written on August 7, 2011 by Alisa.

On Tuesday night, I managed to completely misconstrue the point of tempo running (slower than 5k pace, not faster!) and went all out for four sets of 3-minute intervals. The result was that I hit my land speed record of a peak 7:49/mile, which for me is absolutely ridiculous. It’s as if I went out with […] Read More

Betty Says: My Running Must-Haves

Written on August 3, 2011 by Alisa.

I’m so excited to see questions coming in from all over North America. This week’s question comes from Orlando, although presumably not from Mickey himself. Hi Betty, It seems like I always forget something when I leave the house for a run. How do you guarantee that you always have the must-have stuff that you need? […] Read More

Training: Love and Hate and Love

Written on July 31, 2011 by Alisa.

For the last few Saturdays, I’ve absolutely loved running. Now that I’ve discovered intervals and grasped the “slow” part of the long, slow distance (LSD) run, I’ve finally found a groove where I can maximize my running time, but still give my foot and my running form a much needed break. It’s contributed to all […] Read More

Training: Timed Miles and Negative Splits

Written on July 24, 2011 by Alisa.

This week was a “rest” week on the calendar, which I would have known if I’d looked at the training calendar. (Oops.) I came out of last Saturday’s long, slow distance (LSD) run feeling really good after harnessing the power of intervals, and missed my Monday bonus rest day when I went to the gym […] Read More

Training: I’m Learning

Written on July 17, 2011 by Alisa.

I’ve been running in races since 2007, although in an admittedly half-assed sort of way until I joined Team in Training last Spring. But even after all of the time that I spent training, I remain amazed by how much I have left to learn. This week’s lessons: pace and food. Pace Pace has always […] Read More

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