03 Sep Labor Day
Got some much needed rest this Labor Day weekend. Life went the way it will, and the running had to take a back seat for a bit. Which turned out to be a blessing - a chance to rest, heal, reflect on the last 14...
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03 Sep Time Trials!
Speed work last Wednesday. Quality workouts have been focused on speed work for the last few weeks. Fartleks, 800m laps, and on Wednesday: time trials. We started the official training in June with a 5k time trial; on Wednesday, 14 weeks in, we did the same....
28 Aug Boy Howdy!
16 miles, baby!! 16 miles on a hazy, humid Saturday morning in Central Park and boy howdy was it goooood. Before the morning had barely begun, I'd finished 16 miles, my legs were coated in dust and dirt, my face was salty and my heart...
22 Aug Suppah
There was a moment on Tuesday morning when my brain seized: IT'S BEEN TOO LONG SINCE I'VE RUN - MUST RUN! LOSING GROUND!! RUN - RUUUUNNNN!!! ...
19 Aug Rain Dates
So the universe has been forcing rest - and I'm accepting that somewhat frustrating, though much-needed blessing. It's been a fall-back week, which means easy runs, slightly lower mileage, allowing our legs to rest and recover from the last three-week push. I was not feeling...
15 Aug Head Games
26.2 isn't *all* a mental game...
06 Aug Natural History
I had the train car almost all to myself on the way home from practice tonight. (Which is good. I stink.) (But in a good way.) (Yes I'm one of *those* subway riders.) Ran perfect 12s (including water stops) on a full loop of the park...
06 Aug Lucky 13
[gallery columns="5" ids="15988,15991,15990,15989,15992"] It was a 90 degree heat index at 7:45a, *before* we started running. We were up in Van Cortlandt Park, at the end of the 1 line in the Bronx, and they had us meet - ironically? thoughtfully? - at the tortoise &...
04 Aug Dawn -or- The Bodega Never Sleeps
I know training is in full swing: this morning I was up before the sun. (There is something SO not right about that.) Fortunately, the bodega never sleeps. I am anxious about today's run. The 10 went well, and 11 1/2 last week, while under-fueled, was also...
03 Aug Sprints, Speed & Starting at the End of the Line
It is Friday night of a breakthrough week. I'm awake and alert, and anxious about tomorrow's long run. Monday night's practice was revelatory. Coach said to take it easy - it was a recovery run, no pushing it. I didn't listen; I pushed. Many of our...