I’m not a medical professional or a journalist and I know we’re all overwhelmed with the amount of COVID info we see daily, so I’m going to try to keep that to a minimum here. Just one thing I am going to complain about first: a lot of people here seem to think going for […]
Blowing away and toughing it out: weekly rundown
First of all, I added a weekly detail page to my training spreadsheet: So that’s the exciting running news. 😉 Here’s what was supposed to happen this week: Monday: 5 easy miles. Tuesday: 5.5 easy miles, yoga. Wednesday: 4.5 easy miles, lower body strength. Thursday: yoga, optional cycle class. Friday: 3 miles with hill sprints, upper body […]
Weekly rundown: the “I hate spring” edition
Everything is itchy, I can’t sleep, and the trails are starting to turn into mud puddles. And yes, I do know it’s not technically spring yet. It’s mostly going to get worse for the next several weeks. Not much running to talk about this week, since it was a recovery week in my training plan […]
50K training, week 2: weekly rundown
I finally wrote the post about my training plan, which you can read here. The summary version is that I’m training for a 50K in mid-July. This is what was on the plan for the week: Monday: rest day/restorative yoga. Tuesday: 6 easy miles. Wednesday: 6x hill sprints with 4+ miles total, lower body strength. Thursday: cycle class. Friday: […]
I will not run a marathon but I will run an ultra
Of course, technically it’s necessary to run the distance of a marathon to finish an ultra. And while you could not talk me into registering for a (road) marathon, here I am training for a 50K. (Or maybe a 55K; I haven’t decided on the race yet.) I’m not lying about never running a marathon […]
Actually training, week 1: weekly rundown
First week of a new training plan – which I didn’t get around to writing a post about. I have today off, though, so I will start writing it today and get it posted by Wednesday. Tuesday 6.1 miles easy. Wednesday 3.2 miles with 6x hill sprints. I planned on ~4 miles total, but I […]
Finally winter: (three) weekly rundown
I know, three-weekly is nonsense grammar, but you know what I mean. I also know it’s been winter for a while in most places, but ours has been unseasonably warm and dry. It’s still warm, relatively speaking, but it’s at least finally snowing. 1/20 – 1/26 Tuesday: 5 miles. Warm enough that trails were very […]
Life with an overactive immune system: weekly rundown
This week went off plan because my immune system did its thing and its thing is overreacting. But I got back on track by the end of the week and at least ended up with about the same mileage as last week. Monday: strength workout. Tuesday: 4.8 miles. Then I got my tetanus shot Tuesday afternoon […]
Back at it: weekly rundown
I missed the rundown last week, but I did post, if you want to hear about New Year’s resolutions and books. So that leaves me with 3 weeks to recap – I’ll do the earlier two very briefly and a more “normal” rundown of last week. 12/23 – 12/28: 5.6 miles 5.6 Two runs. Traveling, […]
2020 Ultimate Coffee Date, and 2019 books
New year, new blog link up? I’ve had good intentions about joining the Ultimate Coffee Date for I don’t know how long, so I’m finally linking up with Deborah and Coco. If we were having coffee… I’d be drinking ginger tea, my preferred beverage for the last couple days because I brought a head cold home […]