Happy Sunday! This week felt SUPER long so I’m glad that it’s over. I was very anxious about my long run yesterday but thankfully it went pretty well. I can’t believe that I’m only 3 weeks away from raceday! Here’s my recap for week 11 of marathon training: Monday, September 16 6 mile run. Monday […]
Weekly Run Down: Chicago Marathon Training – Week 10
Happy Sunday! Yikes – what a week! It started off really well but I had some trouble on Saturday’s long run. This week of training didn’t quite go as planned (more on that later), but I’m happy to put this week behind me and move forward. Here’s my recap for week 10 of marathon training: […]
Weekly Run Down: Chicago Marathon Training – Week 9
Happy Sunday! Why is it that the shorter weeks always feel so much longer? This 4 day work week seemed to drag on forever. I was so happy when we finally made it to Friday. Although the week seemed long, luckily this was a cut back week in my training and I really needed it. […]
Weekly Run Down: Chicago Marathon Training – Week 8
Happy Sunday! Boy, what a week. I’m going to count this as one of my peak weeks for training. One some days I had a hard time fitting everything in, but overall it was a good week. Here’s my recap for week 8 of marathon training: Monday, August 26 OrangeTheory Fitness (Endurance) – 60 minutes. […]
Weekly Run Down: Chicago Marathon Training – Week 6
Happy Sunday! I hope that everyone had a great week 🙂 Another week of marathon training done. I’m definitely at the point now where I’m looking forward to my cutback week which I believe will happen during week 8. These long runs are taking a lot outta me! Here’s how week 6 of marathon training […]
Weekly Run Down: Chicago Marathon Training – Week 5
Happy Sunday! I hope that everyone had a great week. This week I really tried to focus on getting enough sleep since I was starting to feel a little bit of “training fatigue”. I think it worked as my workouts felt better this week and my body finally felt back to normal by Thursday. Here’s […]
Weekly Run Down: Chicago Marathon Training – Week 4
Happy Sunday! It has been quite a week. Did you know that you could be sore for 5 days? I didn’t! But learned that this week, lol. That OCR really did a number on my upper body. Between the bruises and the soreness I had a rough time this week. Surprisingly my legs felt fine […]
Weekly Run Down: Chicago Marathon Training – Week 3
Happy Sunday! Whoa, what a week! I feel like I blinked and the week was over. This didn’t surprise me since my week was pretty busy, including traveling to Philly on Thursday after work to celebrate my friend’s graduation. As you’ll see, this week was lower in mileage but I’m totally fine with that. Week […]
Weekly Run Down: Chicago Marathon Training – Week 2
Happy Sunday! I’m writing to you today from the surface of the sun. Seriously, I’m sure I speak for everyone when I say I will be so glad when this heatwave is over. I think we’re supposed to get a break from it on Monday/Tuesday of next week. I hope that you’re all staying cool […]
Weekly Run Down: Chicago Marathon Training – Week 1
Happy Sunday! Well it’s that time of the year again – marathon training! I’m excited/nervous to start another marathon training cycle. This summer I’m training for the Chicago Marathon. I ran the race in 2017 and had an awful race so I’m going back this Fall for redemption (hopefully)! Here’s how my workouts went this […]