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Post Marathon… What Now?

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, missing friends/family, being hungry (constantly.. aka runger), dealing with pain, and ice baths all to conquer this behemoth of a race. Well now that it’s done, now what? First I spent a solid 3 weeks and didn’t run. That had more… Read More

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

Marathon Training Week 2: Being Flexible

Everything that I have read regarding training stresses the importance of the weekend long run. I understand that and do not question the methodology. So no matter what I do each weekend, I know that at some point I will be squeezing in my miles. However, despite planning to accomplish these mile every Saturday, sometimes my schedule changes and I have to be flexible. Monday June 15th: At home DVD with strength… Read More

Category: Back to the Future, cross training, DC, Tone It UP, Training Tags: Back to the Future, Cross Training, Marathon training, tone it up, training