Happy Sunday! First, congratulations to everyone that conquered the Marine Corps Marathon today. Enjoy your achievement, put your legs up and enjoy some pizza 🙂 So…it’s been a very, very heavy week. I’m sure I don’t need to recap all of the tragedies from this week but let’s just take a little extra time to […]
Archives for October 2018
Join me for October Runfessions!
Happy Friday! As October winds to a close, I definitely have some things to get off my chest, or “runfess”. It’s been a crazy busy month but luckily things are starting to settle down a bit. As usual, since it’s the last Friday of the month, I’m linking up with Marcia from Marcia’s Healthy Slice […]
SoNo Half Marathon Race Recap
Happy Tuesday! On Saturday I ran my 37th half marathon – the SoNo Half Marathon. I ran this race back in 2016 as part of my 20 mile training run for the NYC Marathon. I was happy that this year I could just enjoy the race and not add on miles before or after. Last […]
Fall Race Training – Week 5
Happy Sunday! Man, this was one of the busiest weeks I’ve had in a while. It was a delicate balancing act between work, travel for work, presentations and workouts, but I did the best that I could under the circumstances. I had very little downtime this week so I’m happy that next week will be […]
Fall Race Training – Week 4
Happy Sunday..we made it to the weekend! Talk about a long week. I felt like every day this week was like 30 hours long, lol. October is a crazy month for me so I guess I better get used to it! The weather this week was again, absurd. It was hot and humid all week […]
My 5 Favorite Fitness Podcasts
Happy Friday! We made it through another week – hooray! Today I want to discuss podcasts. I’ll admit that I was a little late to the party when it comes to podcasts. I really only started to listen to them more frequently this summer. Luckily there are tons of podcasts out there to listen to, […]
Building Your Marathon Playlist
It’s October so that means it’s officially Fall marathon season! This month there are TONS of marathons – Chicago, Marine Corps, Mowhawk, Hartford, Twin Cities, Baltimore, Steamtown and Detroit, just to name a few. Although I didn’t run a Fall marathon this year, I’ve been so inspired by all of the runners on social media. […]
Fall Race Training – Week 3
Another week done! How was your first week of October? Besides the crazy weather, this week was pretty good. Let’s discuss! Monday, October 1 3 mile run + PT exercises (30 minutes). I used run/walk intervals for the run and it went well with no hip pain. Tuesday, October 2 Spinning (30 minutes) + PT […]
October 2018 Goals
It’s October! I can hardly believe it, but I’m so excited! To me this month means all things pumpkin, cool weather, leaves changing and apple picking. It’s definitely a fun month, but that doesn’t mean I’ll slack off on my fitness goals! Do you set monthly goals? I love doing these posts every month because […]