Words cannot describe how happy and relieved I am to have survived this week. Thanks for all of your good wishes – both the job interview and 10K went well, though each was exhausting in its own way. I will…
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Marine Corps Marathon Week 6
Tagged with: 10K, bloggers, burgers, MCM, Redwood Regional, stress, training, weekly recap
Posted in MCM, Training
Posted in MCM, Training
Marine Corps Marathon Week 5
OK, so I realized in retrospect that I was a bit melodramatic last week. One thing I’ve forgotten about marathon training is that it can be an emotional roller coaster — one minute things look dire, but then before you…
Tagged with: Brazen, butt kicks, Lake Chabot, MCM, training, volunteering, weekly recap, yoga
Posted in MCM, Training
Posted in MCM, Training
Marine Corps Marathon Week 4
And just when everything was going so well… Well, folks, this was the week where at least one wheel fell off the proverbial wagon. Since I started running last year, my body hasn’t quite adapted to more than 1 session…
Tagged with: friends, injuries, Lake Chabot, MCM, training, vacation, weekly recap
Posted in MCM, random, Training
Posted in MCM, random, Training
Marine Corps Marathon Week 3
Week 3 finished = 1/6 of marathon training is complete! I’m mostly still in the base-building phase of training… but it’s about to get REAL y’all (i.e., 13 mile long run next week) and even more real in 4 weeks…
Tagged with: 800m, friends, marathon pace, MCM, photos, random, Random Ramblings, Redwood Regional, self-doubt, training, volunteering, weekly recap
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Posted in MCM, random, Training
MCM Week 2
Here’s all of the Marine Corps Marathon training-related activities I did last week (“planned” workout in green/“actual” in bold): Monday: Rest. (light biking) Tues: 3/3.1 Wed: 5/5.2. Everyone’s favorite speed workouts: FARTLEKS! Thurs: 3/3.1 Fri: Rest. (light walking) Sat: 5/6.25…
Tagged with: Briones Reservoir, friends, Lafayette-Moraga Trail, MCM, photos, random, training, weekly recap
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Posted in MCM, Training
MCM Week 1 & 2013 Quarterly Recap #2
I’ve been thinking for a while that my weekly training recaps were getting a bit stale. What better time to change things up than at the start of a new training cycle? Basically, I’ll highlight 1-2 runs per week here…
Tagged with: 2013 Goals, Altra, HRM, Lone Peak, MCM, Nathan fuel belt, photos, Redwood Regional, running goals, training, weekly recap, Woodmonster
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Posted in Goals, MCM, Training
Running Tangents 