Today marks exactly one month until the Walt Disney World Full Marathon.  So, am I ready? In all honestly, I’m not exactly sure.  (But I sure am excited!) When I started training for this marathon I was using the training plan provided on the runDisney website specifically for if you had just completed the Disney … Continue reading →

On the train on my way home last night I started reading The Runner’s Guide to the Meaning of Life by Amby Burfoot (winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon and Executive Editor of Runner’s World magazine) and I was immediately struck by a chapter called “Starting Lines”. Since I began running and started writing this … Continue reading →

Good Morning! I couldn’t have asked for a better day for my 20 mile run!  Clear skies and sunny, about 45 degrees (although honestly it doesn’t feel quite that cold out). I’m getting ready to head out and just though I would write a quick pre-run post.  My new Garmin came in yesterday and I … Continue reading →

As I’ve mentioned, I have really been struggling to get myself out of bed in the morning for my runs, and since it gets dark so early at night and I don’t belong to a gym (so no treadmill access) morning runs are really my only option. For some reason when I was on the … Continue reading →

As November comes to an end I realized for the second month in a row I have fallen just short of my monthly work out goal. I started keeping this calendar back in May when I started training for my first half marathon (it’s a free app called Tracker Lite).  I’m a very visual person … Continue reading →

As of tomorrow there are just 40 days until my first full marathon and I have to tell you I am definitely getting nervous! I never really got nervous for the half marathon in October even though it was my first race ever, but I think that’s because I was really good about sticking to … Continue reading →