Week 10 is done yet I still cannot believe I have been training for over 2 months! I officially now have more weeks behind me than ahead of me. I’m not gonna lie, that scares me a little bit! This was my second time incorporating a race into a long run and it went pretty […]
5 Ways to Maintain a Social Life While Marathon Training
Happy Friday! I’m looking forward to a weekend of cooler weather and racing. What about you?! Today Iām participating in the Friday Five link up with Courtney from Eat Pray Run DC, Mar from Mar on the Run and Cynthia from You Signed Up For What?! Since it’s “free” Friday, I thought I would discuss […]
NYC MARATHON TRAINING RECAP WEEK 9
Week 9 is done! We’re now getting into the “intense” period of training, and it’s Fall racing season so there’s a lot going on! This was also my first time incorporating a race into my long run (more on that in another post). Also my schedule was changed around a little bit because of the […]
NYC MARATHON TRAINING RECAP WEEK 8
Wow..8 weeks down and only a few more to go! This was a cutback week and it came at the perfect time. The next few weeks are going to be intense so I know my body appreciated a shorter long run this weekend. Overall the week was pretty good! Monday 6 mile tempo run. This […]
NYC Marathon Training Recap Week 7
Happy Sunday! I’m officially past the half-way point for marathon training and I’m still not sure how that happened – the weeks are flying by. I had a pretty good week of training, including completing my longest run ever, so it was a great week overall. Monday 5 mile tempo run. I hit all of […]
NYC Marathon Training Recap Week 6
Truth be told, week 6 was not very nice to me. MY legs felt heavy all week and I didn’t feel too well on Friday. Besides that, I’m happy to be almost half way through marathon training with a somewhat happy IT band and a less sore runner’s knee. The daily PT exercises that I […]
NYC Marathon Training Recap Week 5
I feel like I blinked and now week 5 is over – this was literally the fastest week ever, but I’m not complaining. Onward to week 6! Monday 5 mile tempo run. Well this was harder than I thought. Also my IT band started to get cranky when I picked up the pace so that […]
NYC Marathon Training Recap Week 4
Another Sunday, another marathon training week complete! I can’t believe I just finished week 4 of marathon training. Just 12 weeks stand between me and the race start in Staten Island – oh boy! Monday 6.2 miles for the Fitfam Great Outdoors Challenge Virtual 10K. I had 6 easy miles on the schedule but added […]
NYC Marathon Training Recap – Week 3
Happy Sunday! Week #3 of marathon training is officially done š This was a hard week for me and it didn’t go as smoothly as I had hoped, but I did get in 3 out of 4 of my runs (including my long run) and I did strength training twice. I’m really working on trying […]
NYC Marathon Training Recap – Week 2
Happy Sunday! I felt like this week flew by! I just finished week 2 of marathon training and I’m feeling pretty good! I feel like I really nailed this week and even added in some extra stretching and PT exercises. Last week I had a gait analysis (my last once was 2 years ago) and […]