RunCoach Plan for the Week Day of the Week Training Sunday Cross Training Monday Speed 5-6 miles Tuesday Rest Wednesday Cross Training Thursday Easy Run – 6 miles Friday Easy Run – 6 miles Saturday Long Run – 7-8 miles Sunday – Rest Day/Stretching G has been sick all week and I was worried I… Read More Running Wrap-Up – Week of 5/7/2023
When starting this blog, I wanted to write all of my races in order I accomplished them. However, since I have taken a rather long hiatus from writing (5 years to be exact), I figured it would be best to just start again with my most recent races, then go back and fill in the… Read More Marathon Monday: Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon
RunCoach Plan for the Week Day of the Week Training Sunday SHE RUNS Half Marathon – 14 miles Monday Rest Tuesday Rest Wednesday Rest Thursday Easy Run – 2 miles Friday Easy Run – 2 miles Saturday Long Run – 2-3 miles Sunday – SHE RUNS Half Marathon Boy was I nervous for todays big… Read More Running Wrap-Up – Week of 4/30/2023
So…it has been a minute since I have posted a Marathon Monday – four and a half years to be precise. In that time I have ran 5 more marathons and 3 half-marathons (honestly, I have done a poor job of documenting what races I actually ended up running when everything started being cancelled around… Read More Marathon Monday: 500 Festival Mega Mini-Challenge
Going into the 4th month of my #12monthsof13.1 challenge, I decided to go with the Martian Invasion of Races Half Marathon. However, based on my marathon training plan, I needed to get an 18 mile run in that weekend. Thus, I took a leap and signed up for the Milky Way 26K. Running the Milky… Read More Marathon Monday: Milky Way 26K
The third installation of the Winter Warrior Series was on the 11th of March. For the first time, I managed to convince G to drive up and watch the race with me so I was overly excited. It was nice having the first two as a “mini-getaway” for me; but since I turned 24 on… Read More Marathon Monday: Muddog Half
The second installation of the Winter Warrior Series was on the 18th of February. I was looking forward to it as the weekend before I completely slacked off of my training. Most of this had to do with the fact that I was supposed to go on vacation to San Antonio; but instead, Michigan ended… Read More Marathon Monday: Icecube Half
After my last half-marathon, I was itching for another race. I went to the runMichigan website to see what will be coming up in March/April. I got super distracted by all of the virtual run medals, then that’s when I saw it. In two days (aka January 31st), there was a Blue Moon 10K in honor… Read More Marathon Monday: Blue Moon 10K
After my first Marathon, I was so sore I had zero motivation to run (at all). Then, winter came in full force and I decided that I was only going to be a fair-weather runner. I couldn’t stand running on a treadmill and with it getting dark around 4:30pm I hardly there was hardly any time to safely… Read More Marathon Monday: Snowmans Half
Sunday, January 7th, my mother and I participated in the 25th Running of the Walt Disney World Marathon – our first, and last, full marathon together. I had always dreamed of running a full Marathon with my mom. To my surprise, when I asked my mother if would she come be my ChEAR-leader her response… Read More Marathon Monday: WDW Marathon Recap
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