Tag: Keep Showing Up
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Week 10 Marathon Szn
“Small wins build momentum. Keep stacking them up.” 7/9: SpeedworkComing off a fun running weekend, I was actually surprised at how my skeleton felt: ready to dive in head first to this workout! I was actually a little excited to do this workout when I programmed it into my watch the night before. I decided…
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Week 8: Marathon Szn
38% Training Block Completed “It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that’s where transformation happens. That’s how change occurs.” 6/26: Recovery Run The thunderstorms of the morning sent me to the dread tready. It meant that I could sleep-in, which was very welcomed! I took my…
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Week 7: Marathon Szn
6/18: Recovery Run With the heat wave that has hit the area and my achy body from the weekend workouts, this run was intentionally planned as a recovery run with RPE 3. I over-hydrated yesterday, refueled more than adequately with plenty of carbs and proteins, slept great and napped, and disconnected from a lot of…
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Week 5: Marathon Szn
“The true height of your potential is not the height of the peak you’ve reached, but how far you’ve climbed to get there.” 6/4: Easy runThe run felt like mud and I had a hard time finding positivity. Not every day is filled with sunshine and butterflies, but every day is an opportunity to show…
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Week 4: Marathon Szn
5/29: Easy RunThis run came after a long work day as well as a tough work stretch over the last week. My body had been jolted out of anything routine. I had 24hr to cram in two nights of sleep. I packed my items for running in case I felt good enough after work. There…
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Week 3: Marathon Szn
5/21: Easy Run AM + Strength PMThe assignment was an “easy” run, except now the volume of easy is longer than before. That’s how marathon season goes: short runs become longer and longer runs become weekend adventures. Since the skeleton was still feeling Sunday’s long run and Saturday’s strength training, I knew I had to…
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Distractions and Possibilities
R4R Level 9, Part 1 Today was Sunday Funday and I took my workout to the track, after a few past runs on pavement. Bone needs variety to keep from getting bored. Running is a boring sport for bone health, so it’s important I find every advantage I can in supergluing the skeleton together. It…
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Winning at Half-way!
R4R Level 5, Part 1 I needed tonight to go well. A wish to come true. A boost in the right direction. A thread of string to keep pulling me along this road of rehab and recovery. And the universe delivered all of this. Today is 16wks from imaging, or 112 days. I still remember…
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Embrace the Mundane; Ignite under the Lights
R4R L3, Part 1 It was definitely a case of the Mondays today. Everything from my run, to my chaotic commute, to my stress-filled work day just seemed to be harder than normal. It was my first day with an alarm clock in 10 days. I also received my influenza vaccine over the weekend, so…
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It’s Go Time! – Day 6
Race Day started off with a planned 5:30am alarm, but of course my jet-lag body was moving around at 4am. I tossed and turned until deciding to get moving. Weather forecast was predicting 45-50 F with intermittent showers. No big deal! I’ve trained in every kind of weather over the last 16 weeks – except…
Re-Energized Running 