Last week was characterized by two things: 1. Not much running. 2. A return to yang yoga. Both of these were good things. As I’ve said before, I tend to use the post-long-race week as both a physical and mental break from training. I take a step back from my intense Sunday afternoon workout scheduling […]
I’m running The North Face Ultra 50K this weekend – Oct. 5. (!!!!!) So let’s take a post to talk about long ultra-specific training runs. I integrated two of them around my Perth Marathon training: one before and one after. I planned to write about the first one (a 27-miler in early August), but we […]
Yesterday, I posted my Workout Round-Up for pre-marathon week. Now it’s time to take a look at the post-Perth workouts! In case you have forgotten (or are new – HI!), I actually spent my summer dual-training: for a marathon in Perth at the end of August, and for a 50K trail run in Singapore in early […]
Aha! I found it: A week without excuses! After guests, rhinoviruses, and some IT band hypochondria the past few weeks, things clicked into place this week. So now it’s Sunday (when I started writing this, although NOW-now, it’s Wednesday, oops?), and my legs are tired. [Funny how a “good week” is synonymous with tingly-tired legs, […]
I still have some posts pending from last week, but I can’t wait another minute to tell you about the run we did on Saturday morning. Seriously, I can’t. I’ve been nudging KMN all afternoon saying, “We found some new running friends! We went on a trail run today! This morning was awesome!!!” He’d probably […]
I glance down and see some blood on the front of my shirt. At first I’m curious, then I’m horrified, as I realize that the blood is coming from a gash across my abdomen, where a bit of my innards are peeking out. I have no idea where the cut came from, but I do […]
There is seriously some massive excitement going on over here. Like, dancing-in-my-desk-chair excitement. Why? We’re running our first race in Singapore on Sunday!!!!!! I’ve described my most recent racing exploits here, but in short – I haven’t run a solo race since June. June! So when appeared in my Inbox last week, my excitement began to mount: […]
I work with runners all over the world – literally. In fact, it’s almost impossible for me to send a blanket email to them all, and have everyone receive it on the same day (as I figured out when I started writing a weekly “Wednesday Wisdom” note…ooops!). Some of them are wilting in the strong […]
