It’s fairly common to take a short hiatus post marathon. I don’t know about anyone else but I spent the last 5 months waking up at 5am, putting in grueling mileage,...
Category: balance, barre, Biking, Blogging, Crossing Training, cycling, fitness, Marathon, marathon training, Training Tags: Barre, bicycling, Goals, Marathon training, Spinning, tone it up, Training Goals
It’s here. The race that was 2 years in the making. I’m going to start with a HUGE spoiler alert… I Finished!! After having to defer last year, there wasn’t much...
On September 20th I ran the Navy – Air ForceĀ Half Marathon. Oh geez that was a full month ago… well better late than never. I’d first heard about this race from...
Training has been progressing well. I saw a countdown yesterday that said 40 days till Marine Corps Marathon and I didn’t totally panic. At this point in training I have successfully...
Category: Marathon, marathon training, Marine Corps Marathon, Training Tags: DC Summer running, Marathon training, Random Thoughts, training
Some of you may recall a list of power songs that I created last year around race season. Well I’ve decided to do a refresh. With a new race season approaching,...
Category: marathon training, Music, Running, Training Tags: DC Summer running, Music, Playlists, Power Songs, Running, training
It’s happening. No it’s really happening. The last 3 weeks of training have been exhausting but successful. I have managed to get all but one long run completed. This weekend I’m...
Category: barre, cross training, Marathon, marathon training, Marine Corps Marathon, yoga Tags: Cross Training, Marathon training, marine corps marathon, mileage
My last 2 weeks have been spent in Florida, in that tropical sun, heat, and humidity. My first week was spent in Orlando for a business trip. I goaled myself to...
Category: balance, cross training, heat, marathon training, Training Tags: Cross Training, Fitness, Marathon training, Running, Vacation
Do you ever have those weeks in your life where everything happens at once? It’s your busy season at work, you have things to do in your home, your friends and...
Category: beach running, marathon training, training on vacation, work trip Tags: Marathon training, training
Hello All! So it begins! Last week marked the start of my 19 week training program for the Marine Corps Marathon. 19 weeks is a long time, you say? Yes, I...
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