Last Saturday I went for *only* a 7 mile run. It was taper week (or really weeks, but leading into my last week), so I found myself saying weird things like “I only have to run for an hour today.” As of when I originally started writing this, Christmas in July 12-hour race is just… (read more)
I had my longest run ever yesterday – 27 miles! Getting to that point has taken a much greater focus on ultra training nutrition and doing all the “extras” besides running that are needed to make me ready. Nutrition I thought I was doing pretty good on the nutrition front, but after watching a… (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)
So I got my first pair of trail shoes a couple weeks ago – yep, this year I’m giving trail running a try. When I ran the Happy Girls half marathon this past September it was obvious that my flatland running routine doesn’t quite build the same kind of strength that trail running does.
