A few weeks ago, I came up with the phrase M.O.M. time – okay, obviously, I’m not the first person in the world to say I’m taking some “Mom Time.” Duh. But M.O.M. in this case means My Own Miles, and I was referring very specifically to running alone. Back before I became a running […]
Clarity
As I headed out for my run yesterday morning, I started writing this blog post in my head. (Do you do that, too? I write the best posts while I’m in the shower or driving or running, and the ones that actually make it to the internet really pale in comparison, to be honest.) The […]
Recovery Week
Ordinarily, I’m no great fan of recovery week. In fact, I generally spend the week bitching and moaning about how much I hate recovery, how much it sucks to cut back on mileage, why it’s lame to run an easy pace all week, wah, wah, wah-itty wah. You know, missing the entire point of the […]
Plan B
Things have been a little rough around here with my CIM training. Not physically – the runs have been going great and I’ve been hitting terrific speeds. But the mental side of training has been harder than I was prepared for. I was super excited to get started on all of that speedworky goodness, but […]
Running Games
You know how sometimes you go for a long run and, even though you finish up tired, you feel really great the whole time and you’re super happy you did it? Today was not that day. In fact, today’s 18-miler was more of a “hope I don’t crap my pants” kind of run. (Thank goodness […]
Evolution of a Training Plan, Part Three
Where I finally wrap things up! If you’re interested, you can also check out Part One, The Newbie Years and Part Two, When Things went from Bad to Worse. Part Three is still a work in progress, but I feel good about this one having a happy ending! Insert standard clause about not being a […]
The Only Way to Get Better
About two weeks ago, I had a huge “A-HA!” moment in my training. I love it when that happens! I was analyzing my performance at my last race and working on my training schedule for the next two duathlons in this series, when I came to the conclusion that the only way to meet my […]
Ice Breaker Open Water Swim Race Report
Okay, first of all, this totally wasn’t a “race” since I chose the Open Division and the swim wasn’t officially timed. But the “ice breaker” part was descriptive for sure – whooooooo wheeee that was some chilly water this morning!! I’m not a fan of suspense, so I’ll tell you right up front – this […]
MissZippy, I’m gunning for ya!
Um, yeah, not really. But Miss Zippy (I’m not even going to ask if you read her, because of course you do) had a fun post today about how she’s doing so much swimming lately that she’s gonna take Michael Phelps down this year. Well, I’ve been doing so much swimming this week that I’m […]
Weeding
It’s been a rough weekend and I’ve had a lot of negative thoughts weighing me down. I set out Friday morning for a long run (my last before the marathon in two short weeks) and it was a big fat FAIL. Baseball-bat-to-the-knee pain stopped me at mile 6. This morning I went for a bike […]
