My writing brain has been working overtime the past few weeks, since that’s the vast majority of the work I’m able to do from home. So I’m still here, everything’s ok, I just don’t always have the brainpower to write a blog post. A summary of the past three weeks: March 23-29: 16.7 miles A […]
Normal/not normal: weekly run down
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, […]