Tag Archives: Recovery run

Telephone

Posted on April 17, 2010 by

“And I cannot text you with a drink in my hand, eh” – Lady Gaga’s Telephone If we cannot text with food or drink in our hand, then what makes us think we can text with a 3,000 pound vehicle … Continue reading →

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Taper race taper race

Posted on April 7, 2010 by

Just a little check in. It has been an interesting few weeks. Here’s why: Race – Taper – Race – Taper – Race…Relay. WOOooooey. In the past, I have always trained with a race as the culminating event. And as … Continue reading →

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Don’t rain on my parade

Posted on April 5, 2010 by

Cue Barbara Streisand. You can imagine the excitement when it was sung on Glee as their concluding number of the season. Anyways, this is what I was singing to myself when in the middle of my run this afternoon the … Continue reading →

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T-minus 2 days.

Posted on March 31, 2010 by

TWO more days until Spring Break!!! Had to get that out of my system. Oh my, THANKS for the comments on my half marathon recap. They were so well received and encouraging. I even received an email to troubleshoot what … Continue reading →

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Runnahh seven

Posted on March 22, 2010 by

I am pretty stoked that the legs were feeling okay after yesterday’s race! I did experience some tight calves, but we can attribute those to the hills. Today was an easy 3 mile recovery. I am in taper mode in … Continue reading →

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Busy bee

Posted on March 19, 2010 by

Phew. It’s been a whirlwind of a week even though I took Monday off! I can safely say that my body thought I was running a race on Sunday as I was pretty much at HM pace or under for … Continue reading →

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Day off and my infamous to-do list

Posted on March 15, 2010 by

…not from running, but I took a mental health day from school. Last week when things started to get ugghhh and I just couldn’t seem to bring the enthusiasm back up, I knew that a day off is what I … Continue reading →

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Hail of a run

Posted on March 8, 2010 by

Yes, it hailed on me today. I didn’t think I could believe my eyes until hail went into them. Good thing I grabbed my rain jacket as I was leaving school today. I was all bundled up because it seemed … Continue reading →

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Racing the sunlight

Posted on February 22, 2010 by

I woke up in the middle of the night and realized my calves were DONZO. You can imagine the curses going on in my head. I stretched them out SO much, epsom salt bath..you name it, I did it. Well, … Continue reading →

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The track workout…

Posted on February 17, 2010 by

…that wasn’t. More on that in a bit. I wrote the first half of my post before heading to the track. My shoulders and back were feeling it today. We can credit that to the erg…so maybe the erg did … Continue reading →

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