The first official week of taper is done! My legs started the week off feeling terrible. They were beaten up and tired, but as the week went on they started feeling better. I finished off the week feeling better than I have in a long time, so I know another 2 weeks is going to [...]
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American River 50: Week 15
I had big mileage plans for this week that didn’t quite pan out, but I finished the week tired and ready for taper. There is nothing worse than hitting taper time with a bunch of energy and not wanting to cut back the mileage right? I created a list of “wins” for my last big [...]
The Breaking Point
I decided to train for and run AR50 because I wanted a new challenge. I wanted to set new goals, push new limits and see what I had in me. Of course when I made my training plan, I didn’t just set out to do the bare minimum. I created a challenging, aggressive plan that [...]
American River 50: Week 14
This was one of my tougher weeks of this training cycle. Not in the motivational sense, but more so in the fact that my legs were just plain tired. Don’t get me wrong, this whole training cycle I have been trying to get my legs to this point, so I was happy it happened, but [...]
One Month Obsessions
Have you checked the calendar today? Well just incase you haven’t, today is March 7th. AR50 is April 7th. One little month away. {cue slight freak out} I am not quite to the "excited" stage yet. I mean, sure I am very much excited, but mostly I have just been keeping my head down focusing [...]
American River 50: Week 13
And the big weeks just keep on coming! After my cutback week last week, me and my legs were ready to work heading into the last big 3 weeks of training. Everything came together very well and I had another great week of training! One thing that was a little different about this week was [...]
American River 50: Week 12
This was my last cutback week… It’s getting closer! I have been following a cycle of 3 weeks up, one week down for the last 12 weeks. This was my last week down until I taper. I have 3 more big weeks ahead, then that’s it – taper time! But I am not thinking about [...]
American River 50: Week 11
The big weeks just keep on coming! Almost 15 hours of running – sheesh. I told this to Page today and just started laughing. This week was another very solid week, with some great runs and some tough runs (which are good!). It was also the 3rd week in a row of big mileage building [...]
American River 50: Week 10
Each week my legs and body continue to surprise me and this week was no exception. Monday rest My post about doing (or not doing) it all prompted me to want to make some changes to be “better” in a couple areas of my life, mainly my role as a dog-mom. I made more [...]
American River 50: Week 9
HALF WAY! This was a pretty awesome week with a couple huge milestones crossed. It’s definitely a week I am happy with! I came off of a cutback week last week raring to run. I finished off January just barely short of my highest mileage month ever, but kept my eyes ahead to what I [...]
