Even though I may have Marathon Fever, I am being a good girl and making sure I don’t get too excited and jump back into running without recovering from my marathons first. My legs actually feel pretty good at this point, but I know a marathon is very hard on them (let alone 2 13 [...]
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Weekly Recap: Big Sur Race Week
I am behind on my weekly recap since the marathon was on Sunday and I posted my race report Monday! I have all my runs logged here, so I can’t miss these! I didn’t plan on doing a ton of running this week since I was recovering from Boston and tapering for Big Sur at [...]
Boston Training: Week 16
16 weeks ago I started training. The weeks ticked by, my mileage increased and my training plan had alterations a number of times. I tried to take everything in each week, knowing how fast this day would be here, but of course it still flew by. Now we are here at the end of the [...]
Boston Training: Week 15
It’s almost race week! AHHH! My legs finally started to feel fresher this week after another week of taper, which is always nice. I tried to keep sane, keep the taper tantrums away, and have just been generally excited – it’s getting close!! Monday rest Tuesday 5 easy Our weekly team lemon run club! We [...]
Foodie Friday – Race Week
With race week just around the corner (ahh!) I wanted to talk a little bit about what I do during race week leading up to race day! Otherwise known as… CARB LOADING! I consulted a couple of my favorite go-to books to see what they had to say about the whole carbohydrate loading deal and [...]
Taming the Tantrums
Taper tantrums be gone! Here’s how I get rid of them… I pack. Packing eases some anxiety – don’t ask me why. I laugh at the obscurity of the 15 day forecast. Tuesday’s forecast vs. Wednesday’s vs. today’s – hah. Or why you should never believe a 15 day forecast! I run. Duh. Just not [...]
What You DID Do
It’s taper time and with taper come the tantrums, the doubts, the fears, the anxiety and of course the excitement! I have fully tapered for 7 of my 8 marathons and it doesn’t get any easier. I still go through the classic signs of being overly emotional, tired, having ants in my pants, heavy legs, [...]
Boston Training: Week 14
Week one of taper done! This week was a weird week. I was exhausted first of all. I tried everyday to get out of bed to run but never got close. This lead me to running in our newly heated weather which just made me cranky. On top of it all I was being ridiculous [...]
Aron’s Taper Rules
As I enter the first week of taper it’s time to bust out my taper rules I have come to know and love. Tapering always sounds so great when you are in peak week and exhausted, but once the second week of taper rolls around I always start to go a bit crazy. These rules [...]
Boston Training: Week 13
Ahh peak week. You were mean to me this time around! I am not sure what happened this week but I hit a wall both physically and mentally. Maybe it’s because this is my 6th week in a row of big mileage and 18+ mile long runs? Maybe because it has rained 21 out of [...]
