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
THE STARTING LINE
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
20 MILE RECAP
This past Saturday I did my 20 mile marathon training run. I figured I would write a quick recap of the run to help myself review what went well, what didn’t go so well and what I learned for future long runs. The day started off great – I got up around 9am, had a … Continue reading
Weekly Training Recap and Goals
RECAP (11/28-12/4) Monday – Rest Day Tuesday – 3 mile run Wednesday – 45 minutes on the elliptical and 15 minutes of stretching Thursday – 3 mile run Friday – 30 minutes stretching & foam roller Saturday – 20 mile run followed by an ice bath and A LOT of stretching! Sunday – RECOVERY! 30 … Continue reading
READY FOR MY RUN!
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
FAVORITE THINGS FRIDAY – RUNNING GEAR
Since Live, Run, Grow is just getting started (and hopefully inspiring some of you to get out and run) I figured it may be helpful if I shared some of my favorite running things! This week I’ll focus on clothing related gear and another time I’ll share my favorite running “accessories” (water bottle, running belt, … Continue reading
GET YOUR BUTT OUT OF BED!
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
GETTING READY FOR 20 MILES…
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
40 DAYS AND NOT QUITE READY…
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
Weekly Training Recap and Goals
RECAP (11/21-27) Monday – Rest Day Tuesday – 3 mile run Wednesday – Off Thursday – 3 mile run and 3 mile walk Friday – 2 mile run and 60 minute boot camp style fitness class Saturday – does working a 17 hour day on my feet count? Sunday – 1 hour massage, definitely not … Continue reading
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