Calm down…a running streak. Not a bare buns run through town. I know some people really want to try a nude beach run, but I don’t think the world needs to see what all I have to offer. But a running streak is right up my alley. This one is from Runners’ World. We’re …
Running
I love going to my early morning class at the gym. I don’t mind getting up early, shuffling half asleep to throw on clothes, and yawning my face off during the 30 minute drive to class. The Morning Crew is a great group of die hard CF fans who define “determined”. Sometimes, I refer to …
This is the longest race report ever. Sort of like this race. Number of miles: 13.2 Number of steps: 37,000 according to my Fitbit before it gave up and cried. Number of peanut butter/jelly sandwiches: 3 total Number of snakes I saw: 1 Number of bugs I ate: 4…One of those WITH the PB&J. Number …
You’ve trained hard. You’ve posted the Couch to 5K plan on your fridge and gleefully crossed off each training run. Each week that you added more running time than walking time is circled or highlighted. There may even be a few squiggles of writing on there with thoughts like “wow! I did it!!”. You’ve shared …
This was a disaster. Short version-I finished on two legs. And my time was slower than my last trail half in Colorado with hefty elevation. I’m not cut out for beach races. Long version: I woke up with burning skin, dry throat, and a way too full stomach from the night before. I had a …
It’s been a not-so-great week. I’m skipping out on crossfit this morning because it was all arm work and I did a lot of pull ups yesterday. I actually liked the workout for this morning, but my arms are having some delayed soreness from yesterday. On the calf issue, both calves/shins seem to be better. …
Something’s wrong with my legs. I thought it was just tight calves from a lot of jumping last week in crossfit. Now I have this sharp pain right where the little arrows point on PF-plantar fasciitis diagrams. I can walk just fine. But 2 steps into a run and the impact feels like someone driving …
The first day back to school after spring break is a L_O_N_G one. It seemed like the day would never end. We had sleepy kids, yawning teachers, and stacks of paperwork a mile high on our desks. We are now in full zoom mode until May 20-whatever when we bid farewell to the school year. …
Last night after the workout for today was posted, I actually laughed. The only thing that kept going through my mind was…”a deck of cards is 52…a deck of cards is 52”. Then I got a little excited about it. This one is new to me and it sounded insane. I was looking forward to …
After a two week hiatus to immerse myself in the joys of strep throat and sinus infection, I went back to CrossFit. I missed my morning workouts! I knew that I might have a hard time depending on the workout. My lungs are not happy, but neither am I when I’m not running or crossfitting. …
That’s the story of my life this week. No running. Too busy trying to get well. I’m not panicking or anything. I still have a few weeks until my first half of the spring season. Never mind that my training plan is a new one that I’ve never tested. A plan involving less running and …
This week, I’ve made it to 3 CrossFit workouts and 2 training runs. No wonder I’m sleeping a lot. Membership has been on the rise since the first of year. The rise in popularity can be attributed to several reasons including commercials, Biggest Loser Bob, CrossFit games televised, rise in blogs and magazine articles, …
It’s Friday!!!! It was a BUSY day, but I didn’t have that wishing my life away feeling like earlier in the week with that dreaded state department monitoring…….did I mention how brutal that interview/interrogation was? In case the vague tone of my post failed to adequately get my meaning across, here’s some visual stimulation of …
I got through the day without losing my mind or knocking anybody in the head. It’s a good day. The meeting went as best as it could, I think. We answered the questions and sounded like we knew what we were talking about. Most of the time, we did. A couple of questions were answered …
I’m still running. I’m just not posting much about it. I’m still working through the CrossFit Endurance plan for April, May, and June half marathons. I’m doing one short interval, one long interval, and one tempo/”long” run a week along with regular CrossFit strength workouts. Right now, just getting these done are kicking my tail. …
I bailed this morning. Why? 2 reasons 1) kidney issues. The headache and stomach crankiness from this morning went to turbo drive kidney pain by lunch. I’m currently patchworking old antibiotics (Kids, don’t try this at home.) and the magical orange pills to get me through until I go see the dr. tomorrow. Fun times. …
It was a rough morning at CrossFit. It looks worse than it was. And believe me, I did some epic whining before this one. Who volunteers for 41 lunges and 49 kettlebell swings?? This girl. And even though it was tough, it wasn’t impossible. And I may not have been able to lift my arms …
The week is off to a much better start than last week. But I did my first week of my CrossFit Endurance half training plan. And it just so happens, that it corresponds perfectly with the 6 Month Running Challenge. The basics of the CrossFit Endurance is to make each run count. No recovery runs …
Staring at a brand new year, I’m feeling anxious to get a clear plan for my running and strength goals this year. Coming down off a great end to 2011 with the marathon, I know I want to get another one next fall. Between now and then, I have several races I hope to complete. …
Gotta love returning to strength training…and running. For more info on CrossFit, see this post. It’s no secret that I’ve been going to CrossFit classes for almost 2 years and I took a brief break after the marathon. I was sore from that and I got sick with sinus/bronchitis the next day and so I …