Not quite a sub 2, but still relishing in a PR. Photo: @alijsch The Fox Valley Half Marathon was supposed to be the finish of my own Project 1:59 – in other words a sub 2 hour half marathon. While it didn’t end up quite the day I was hoping for, there was still a… (read more)
Kettle Moraine 100k. I have been thinking about this race as a pie in the sky goal on my way to another pie in the sky goal of eventually running 100 miles. My first 100k seemed achievable yet unachievable at the same time. I posted about it as soon as I registered because if the… (read more)
The North Face Endurance Challenge (ECS Series) New York was not my goal race. I have wanted to try a more technical trail race and run the 50 mile, but I wasn’t sure about how I would do with the cutoff times since I am not used to that kind of elevation here in flatland… (read more)
Doesn’t that picture just exude excitement and accomplishment? Between 11pm Friday night and 11am Saturday morning I ran 50 miles in my first ultra. It’s unbelievable to me even as I write this. My goals for the Christmas in July 12-hour race were to be able to finish the full 12 hours and to make… (read more)
I had high hopes for this year’s race. This would be the year that I hit 4:30:00, or at least I would make a significant PR over last year’s 4:41:37. After running for almost four years I still feel like a newbie and with this being only my 3rd marathon I know that there are… (read more)
Yesterday, I ran the Happy Girls Half-Marathon in Spokane, Washington as part of the Another Mother Runner: Run + Refresh retreat and as my goal race in AMR’s heart rate training coaching plan (on trainlikeamother.club). I had never run a trail race before, and must say that I was really unprepared coming into my… (read more)
So my husband did end up working Saturday, which really sucked. I found a babysitter for the kids thank goodness, so I didn’t have to let 4 months of training go to waste. However this means that I was on my own for the race, no cheer section, and drove myself home achy legs and… (read more)
The bad thing about race morning is the 5:00am-ish alarm. Also going to bed before your kids on a “stay up night” and missing the end of Furious 7 because you’re aware of this 5:00am alarm. Now, I’ve had 5:30am or so long runs in the summer to beat the heat (also not fun), but… (read more)
