Tales and Tips from a Running Mom
Every race is a learning experience for me – usually because I make a lot of ridiculous mistakes. The best thing I can do is identify where I went wrong and make sure I don’t do the same thing next time. For the Rock ‘n’ Roll USA Marathon, I took into account all of the [Read On]
Saturday morning, I was all dressed and set to head out the door for my 15 mile run. While chatting with hubby, he suggested that maybe I could wait until Sunday for my long run and run with him. I knew 15 miles with the stroller would be tough, but our training schedules (he’s training [Read On]
This morning, I tackled my longest run before the Rock ‘N Roll USA Marathon – 22 miles. I’ve already done a 21 mile and a 20 mile run so 22 should be a piece of cake, right? Haha, I don’t think so. I was super excited about this run because it was with Team in [Read On]
My week started off with a fantastic run on Monday. Wednesday’s run was less than stellar. I did a short 3 mile run with Zain in the stroller that might as well have been a 20 mile run because I struggled for every mile. Yesterday, I had another awesome run to balance it out. I [Read On]
…that reminded me why I love to run. The truth is that I love to run like 95% of the time, but that other 5% can really drag me down. Thankfully, there are the fantastic runs that stand out and remind me why I lace up my running shoes and hit the pavement. In my [Read On]
Miles: 20 Gels: 3 Fluids: Nuun and water Entertainment: mostly music from Glee, that’s right – I love Glee! I had another 20 mile run on the schedule this weekend. My plan was to once again join the group I ran with last weekend. Zain ended up waking up a bajillion times on Friday night [Read On]
On Saturday, I was scheduled to run 20 miles. I knew if I tried to run 20 miles by myself, I would have a tough run. I would lose my focus and my motivation. I’ve been doing the majority of my long runs alone for the past year. Sometimes, I don’t mind. I enjoy the [Read On]
That is the phrase I repeated to myself today during my first attempt at Yasso 800s. I had to do my Yasso 800s on the treadmill because I’m not stupid crazy brave enough to attempt them with the stroller and I won’t have a chance to go to the track alone. Before taking my Yassos [Read On]
For the past week, I feel like I’ve been chained to my treadmill. I’m trying my best to embrace the treadmill instead of detesting it. It’s giving my knee a little bit of a break from the hard surfaces outside and it allows me to focus on my form which is hard to do when [Read On]
I once posted about the ridiculous lengths I went to for a run to avoid being stuck on the treadmill. Lately, I’ve found myself willing getting on the treadmill for a variety of reasons – weather that isn’t conducive to stroller running, weather that doesn’t sound appealing to run in because I’m a wimp, or [Read On]
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