Tag: Marathon Season
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Week 9: Marathon Szn
“Happiness is a function of reality minus expectations.” 7/2: Easy run w/ strides I woke up a bit later than usual today but I have a flexible calendar to get everything done. The sleep was needed to catapult my recovery in the right direction. The lessons of 2023 have made me re-emphasize my recovery needs.…
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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 6: Marathon Szn
“Progress: You might not be where you want to be, but you’re not where you used to be.” 6/11: Easy runThis run was planned an easy run after my long run on Sunday. One thing I have noticed is that my recovery window after a long run needs to be longer than other days. I…
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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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Week 2: Marathon Szn
5/15: Medium run + strides As I was prepping for this week, I was working on some mental skills drills (which are so valuable) and I stumbled upon this phrase in my journal: “Breathe in strength, Breathe out weakness.” It really hit me when I thought about it – everything really does come down to…
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Week 1: Marathon Szn
As I move into full training mode, this blog will turn to more reflections and recaps. It may get pushed to the back-burner when training weeks are busy, so that I can rest appropriately. After so many setbacks and the longest road of patience, here I finally go on the journey to 26.2, for the…
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Jumping for Japan – Day 1
Welcome back to my blog! I figured what a better way to share my adventures than to dust off the blog cover and chronicle my journey to the other side of the world. Nothing better than a 4hr delay on a 14hr direct flight! The beauty of this delay is that I got to spend…
Re-Energized Running 