Posts Tagged ‘ team in training ’
Training: Boots, Hips and Long Runs
This is a milestone weekend for me. Not only was it the weekend of the last long training run before Nike (3 weeks to go!), but it marks one year since I broke my foot. I’ll break this post down into three parts to hit the highlights of the week. Long Runs Yesterday, I ran a […] Read More
Betty Says: Why Run?
Today’s question comes all the way from Canada (hello, Canada!) and asks the ever-important question: Dear Betty, What made you decide to start running? Why do you stick with it? – Curious in Calgary Hi Curious, I have no doubt that all of the high school friends who’ve reconnected with me on Facebook are a […] Read More
Training: Delusions and Small Victories
I had a good long, slow run last Saturday. I followed that up with a good, kind of fast tempo run on Tuesday: no lead legs, and slightly faster 2nd half of the tempo portion. It was fantastic, really. How often can I pull of long and slow and short and quick in the same week? […] Read More
Training: Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Stretching?
I’ve noticed that as the weeks pass and the mileage requirements grow, I’ve become increasingly obsessed with stretching. I’m not just talking about giving the quads and achilles the old once-over after a run. I’m talking about long, deep stretches, as much as I can handle. With the holiday, I didn’t make it to the […] Read More
Training: Six Weeks to Go
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
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
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
Betty Says: There Are Worse Things Than Porta Potties
This was inspired by the ongoing, “is there anything worse than a porta potty?” rhetorical question that everyone asks. My answer is yes, there’s something worse. You disagree. I know you do. You read this headline and thought, “she’s out of her freakin’ mind.” Alas, I am not. This is a Betty public service announcement. […] Read More
Training: Less-Than-Badass Mother Runner
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
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
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