The 5K distance is by FAR my most raced distance. I’ve been racing them since I was a kid and on through college. When I got back into running a few years ago and I started training for longer distances like the marathon and the half marathon I still couldn’t resist sprinkling in a few 5K’s here and there. I just love this distance. It’s hard and fast but I love the challenge of putting it all out there. Still,…
I guess you might have guessed from my lack of posting that I did not run in the Arkansas Race for the Cure Saturday. Since Friday morning my little running world has once again been rocked upside down- a simple reminder to me that there are many more important things in life than running and I guess I needed that reminder. Why do I tend to get these reminders right before a big race?? Friday morning all I had on…
How do you survive the hardest training week of a marathon cycle? One day at a time. Last week was hard. I knew going into it that it would be but I had to get through it and remind myself that it would all be worth it. Peak week is the week with a lot of miles and some killer workouts. It all builds up to this and then… hello taper. Going into last week I was already sore. I…
Last week was not exactly an ideal week of marathon training. After the infamous strep throat half marathon I took some needed time off from running. The combination of running a half marathon and being sick really wiped me out and I was down for the count. When I finally started to come around mid week I took it easy and kept my mileage LOW. A friend asked me Wednesday if my girls and I would like to join her…