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Grandma's Marathon Training - The Plan + Weeks 1 & 2

Grandma’s Marathon Training – The Plan + Weeks 1 & 2

I know, I know.  I’m starting a little late with this.  Normally, I would have posted my training plan prior to day 1 of training, and then started in with the weekly recaps – but I decided to do this about 10 minutes ago, so I’m going to have to get you all caught up pretty quickly. I’ve decided to post on my marathon training again.  Mostly, because it helps me with my accountability.  Plus,…

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Chicago Marathon Training - Week 9

Chicago Marathon Training – Week 9

This week I came to terms with the fact that marathon training just isn’t the most important thing to me right now.  It’s not because I’m weak, or because I can’t rise to the challenge of a hard goal – but I just have to pick my battles, and right now, the new job and transitioning to that change is simply more of a priority.  I’m struggling with the workout schedule and since I’m at the halfway…

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Chicago Marathon Training Recap - Week 6

Chicago Marathon Training Recap – Week 6

Hello, 40+ mileage week!  I’d forgotten how tiring you are.  It’s been hot as hell here, so it’s been a pretty dull treadmill-based week.  I finished up Season 1 of Glow (soooo good) and also got through Season 1 of College Friends (also amusing) so at least I’m putting my Netflix to good use. This is my weekly marathon training recap.  I’m using the Hansons Marathon Method to train for the…

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Chicago Marathon Training Recap - Week 2

Chicago Marathon Training Recap – Week 2

During Week 2 I decided to revisit my training plan.  No, it wasn’t at 4:30 AM in the morning when my alarm was going off for a run that it occurred to me that I should rethink this 4:00 marathon time I’m training for.  I’ve set some challenging and attainable goals for myself this season, but I also set a very aggressive ramp up for the first five weeks.  I had 6 days a week starting in week 2,…

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Chicago Marathon Training - Week 1 Recap

Chicago Marathon Training – Week 1 Recap

I’m laughing at myself because it’s only Week 1 and I almost talked myself out of mileage today.  Oh, that would have been a GREAT start to training!   See, I’d added extra mileage each week to the plan for the initial five week build-up.  Part of my rationale was that I was at 17 miles for the week, which was well over the planned 10 miles for week 1 that’s in the book. I even considered (in the…

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Frederick Half Marathon Training – Week 8

Frederick Half Marathon Training – Week 8

This week started out rough.  Last week, I mentally checked out of “training mode” and I was still trying to reset my thinking as I started the week.  I’ve said time and time again that I really don’t love running.  I love medals.  I love achieving my goals.  That is what drives me to go out and run 40 to 50 miles a week and do speed workouts that are generally hard and frankly, quite unpleasant.…

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Frederick Half Marathon Training - Week 6

Frederick Half Marathon Training – Week 6

Ok, so I’m really having a tough training cycle.  First, I got laryngitis and sounded like a man for a month.  Then, I fell and sprained/hurt my shoulder – I can’t do jumping jacks in full and 90% of my normal movements cause minor pain since it’s my right shoulder (and I’m right handed.)  Now I’ve got some crazy allergies that are giving me chronic sinus pain and headaches.  Also, I gave up…

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Frederick Half Marathon Training - Week 5

Frederick Half Marathon Training – Week 5

I feel like I’ve been training FOREVER, and it’s only the end of week 5.   Was January a little bit longer this year or what?  Don’t mind me, I’ve got a serious case of the Mondays. This is my weekly training recap – I’m training for the Frederick half marathon in May using the Hanson’s half marathon training program, hopefully for a new PR.  I have found this really helps with accountability –…

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Frederick Half Marathon Training - Week 3

Frederick Half Marathon Training – Week 3

I woke up this morning and didn’t sound like a man for the first time in two weeks!!  Ever since I came down with this cold (that actually turned out to be bronchitis) my voice had dropped an octave and definitely could have been mistaken for a man…possibly an older one who smoked a lot of cigars.  Waking up this morning and being able to be vocally identified as a female again was a relief –…

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Frederick Half Marathon Training Recap – Week 2

Frederick Half Marathon Training Recap – Week 2

Training when you are under the weather really sucks.  I mentioned that I’d caught a cold last weekend, which evolved into a sore throat, coughing and definitely a little mucus.  Yuck!  However, I wasn’t really a full on “sick”- I didn’t have a fever and I felt fairly ok – maybe more tired and run down than normal, but I didn’t feel that I should miss any runs.  At least I was going to try. This…

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Frederick Half Marathon Training Recap - Week 1

Frederick Half Marathon Training Recap – Week 1

I was almost a little relieved to start training again this week.  I was in dire need of some goals to work towards, as well as some discipline and structure back in my workouts.  I’m training for the Frederick Half Marathon in the beginning of May and am following the Hansons Half Marathon beginning training program.  This is my first time using the half program, but since the marathon program…

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Marathon Training - Week 5

Marathon Training – Week 5

This week was a little tough, I’m not going to lie.  The mileage increase was 3 miles – which isn’t too drastic but coming off a fun-birthday weekend required a little bit of recovery time, which caused me to have to re-arrange my training runs to a somewhat sub-optimal schedule.  Damn you, Sunday Funday!  You get me every time! In all seriousness, I’d gone from a month of super-clean eating of…

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Running plans for 2017

Running plans for 2017

I’d started to do an end of year blog for 2016, but frankly, I was a little uninspired reflecting back on the year.  2016 was a good running year for me – but overall, not my greatest year in other areas of my life.  I’m more in a mindset right now of looking ahead to changes I can make in 2017, so I decided to skip the “year in review” blog. So, I hereby declare 2017 to be the “Year of the PR.”…

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Chicago Marathon Race Recap

Chicago Marathon Race Recap

Last year, when I ran my first marathon, my pre-race excitement and anxiety started early in the week.  This year, the week going up to the marathon I was remarkably calm. Perhaps it was just all the carbs making me sleepy?  Excitement finally started to kick in on Friday as I headed out to Chicago. Expo and Packet Pick Up We got to the expo around 4:00ish and I was really impressed with how…

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Training Recap - Week 17

Training Recap – Week 17

Marathonoia is the fear of inuring yourself or getting sick or having something happen that will prevent you from running the race you’ve spent the last 3 – 4 months training for.  I actually made that word up, but that feeling…whatever you want to call it, is quite real.  Last year, my marathonoia was pretty bad.  This year, I’ve been able to keep it under control.  As there’s been a lot of rain…

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Marathon Training - Week 16

Marathon Training – Week 16

HOLYCRAPTHEMARATHONISALMOSTHERE! That’s a word.  Really, it is.  I was just out on my last easy run of the week and it suddenly hit me that the race is just two weeks away.  I need to figure out what my race plan is, I need to finalize what I’m wearing for the race, I need to make a command decision on which hydration pack I’m using….ack!  Where did the time go? Time flies when you’re running all…