August 11, 2015 Scott and I woke bright and early for our solo day of hiking. Our vacation came right in the middle of training for the Corning Wineglass marathon, and I’d put on my training plan “catch as catch can” for any type of running. I knew we’d spend most of our time hiking, […]
Continue reading →August 23, 2014 Training This whole journey started when my name wasn’t pulled for the NYC marathon lottery. Needing a new goal, I searched around for fall marathons and didn’t find anything screaming out to me. Scott and I were both bitten by the trail running bug when we watched my sister at the Western States […]
Continue reading →Weekly Stats: 28.8 running miles, 750 yards of swimming, 14miles on bike, 1 lifting session, and 1 yoga session. Hard to believe that just a week ago I ran almost 50 miles! I found this week rather uneventful and uninspiring. It was Scott and Xander’s final week of play rehearsal before their big production and Elizabeth had dance camp. Workouts were tough […]
Continue reading →Weekly Stats: 48.27 running miles, 1,600+ yards of swimming, 16 miles on bike, 1 lifting session, 2 sessions of yoga and 6 lovely hiking miles. I’m ready to taper now! I had hoped to break a 50-mile week for my longest week, but will settle for 48! This week I struggled with a sore achilles, and then […]
Continue reading →My Achilles had been a bit sore all week, and I was pretty nervous for this run. I stretched well and fit in 2 yoga sessions during the week, took the day off before the run, and I was feeling pretty confident, albeit a bit tired the morning of the run. Jenny had chosen our […]
Continue reading →Another training week is in the books! I cannot believe my first 50K is now less than 5 weeks away. I logged 37.72 running miles this week, grabbed a couple of brick workouts and did some lifting. I have yet to get into the lake to swim for the upcoming tri that I’m not really preparing. I’m feeling […]
Continue reading →I can hardly believe there are a mere 6 weeks remaining until the Green Lakes Endurance run. My Pearl Izumi N2 shoes are up to 260 miles, I’ve been logging about 40 miles each week, and my legs are holding up really well. While I still get pretty nervous before a hilly run in […]
Continue reading →Another great training week! The weather was pretty cooperative and I managed to start getting a little bit of cross training for the upcoming Cayuga Lake Tri. With 35 total running miles, a 28 mile ride and two sessions of swimming totaling 1600 yards, I’m satisfied. Monday After taking the weekend off for a trip to NYC, my […]
Continue reading →Monday I got out on my bike with Scott for a 14 mile ride. It started with a flat tire for Scott (before we left the driveway) which reminded me I really NEED to learn to change a tire. The weather was perfect, and though my attitude needed improvement, it was enjoyable. I finished up the […]
Continue reading →Scott was in NYC for the week, so I started Monday by taking him to the Cornell bus really early, coming home to get the kids ready for school before starting what turned into a rather busy exercise day. I grabbed a quick hike with Kathey, and later a 20 miler with Lynn, before concluding with […]
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