Chicago Marathon or Bust
What is one to do when in the 6th week of spring marathon training? Well, sign up for a fall marathon of course! Registration opened yesterday for the Chicago Marathon, and I didn’t waste any time! I hit ‘register’ about 10 minutes after the registration page went live! I am thrilled to be tacking race [...]
Mold the Training to Your Life
How many times have you had a workout to follow, and you just can not seem to get yourself to do it, not matter how much convincing? That happened to Marcus and I last night. Our training plan called for a day of cross training. I completely forgot to sign us up for our Tuesday [...]
Ode to 2011
Marcus and I were up bright and early this morning to tackle our last workout of 2011! The schedule called for a 5 mile pace run, so I need to hit each mile at 8 minutes to keep the 3:30 marathon goal in mind. I did just that! Here is what the miles looked like: [...]
Kicking It Off With a Bang
Another Christmas is in the books! How on Earth is it the day after Christmas already!? My sister Emily was in town, and showed up with some sweet shirts! She made the shirts as part of my Christmas gift, and also got one for everyone in my family. The back is pretty neat too… She [...]
Hard Cross Training!
When picking the marathon plan for the Country Music Marathon in April, I knew I was looking for something with only 3 to 4 days of running. With less running, that meant more days to cross train, which in turn, will hopefully keep me stronger and injury free. Now that I have the plan, I [...]
