I’m back! It’s been a while since my last post and I’m not sure why. I just haven’t been very motivated to write. I’ve been back in training mode for two weeks or so now. As I mentioned in an earlier post my right foot was giving me some grief so I took some time off so it could heal. It took a little longer than I thought it would. I mixed in some cross training (biking at the gym)…
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…
It has now been 5 months since the dreaded stress fracture occurred. I have been running and increasing mileage slowly. Last week I finally hit 30 miles for the first time since March. I am running in a 5 K on Saturday and yesterday I had 8 400’s on my training schedule. Not a tough workout- I actually love track workouts. Besides the fact that it started POURING down rain while I finished my first lap I felt fine. Then on…