April 8, 2018 Background This race is usually a big social event for my family. Scott always races it and I always run for fun with friends. I don’t think it was ever purposeful that I wouldn’t race it, instead the timing and the fact that the race was local has always made it feel […]
Continue reading →My grand winter training plan hasn’t gone as smoothly as I would like to have had it be. I knew it would happen. We had some trips planned, the winter was cold and rainy and just rather miserable a lot of the time and I was really busy with my job as a long term […]
Continue reading →As with every week, Adam sent out an email with the workout early in the day. Scott gets these in his inbox and forwards them to me and I don’t open it until I feel strong and ready to face what the evening will bring. I’ve grown to like this part of the program. I […]
Continue reading →After running the Hartshorne Masters mile on Sunday we’d all be training together again on Tuesday. For week 4, some of the group members did a fast progression to be ready for the race and others did a longer workout because the race wasn’t on their weekend agenda. I was happy to be back with […]
Continue reading →This week was a light week for running and really for exercise of any kind. It is challenging with daylight, cold and rain and just the crazy schedule I’ve been keeping. I felt happy that I could hit 17 miles for the week and manage to do some other things besides running as well.
Continue reading →Scott and I have been training for the past month through a local program sponsored by the Finger Lakes Runner’s Club called the MITHACAL Milers. The entire point is to work on speed, specifically for the 1 mile distance, over the winter. I signed up for the group rather eagerly, but for this race, I […]
Continue reading →This week was a mixed up training week. People running the Hartshorne Masters Mile on Saturday had a shorter, faster workout and people not participating had a longer, slower, and more challenging workout. Scott and I arrived on time this week – early even! We were awfully excited and relieved to be there on time. […]
Continue reading →In this third training week I started to feel like myself again. It is less challenging and feels more “normal” to just kick myself out the door to run. I’m glad I took the month off from running because it reminded me how it feels when you just start. I also got to enjoy an […]
Continue reading →This week Scott and I were all set to arrive ON TIME and not miss any warm-up exercises. When we made it to downtown Ithaca we heard the sound of a TRAIN. Yup, the very long train they had warned commuters about was coming through an hour and a half later than expected. We were […]
Continue reading →Week #2 Summary This week we had a polar plunge in Central New York State and in the entire East coast pretty much. It was so cold that Scott thought ahead about how we could hit our weekly running and called our local key access fitness place to inquire about rates. At $30 per month […]
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