A Month to Remember? January, like most running months, had it’s ups and downs. My biggest victory was finally achieving over 100 miles in a month. I’ve been trying for months to break that 100 miles and got close with 80-something. It felt so good to finally hit, and surpass, that target! I ended January…
Category: Health + Fitness
2018 Year in Review
My year of failure. 2018 could be labeled my year of failure. I set a big goal and did not meet it. I set a word of the year and barely kept at it. But you know what? I learned a lot. I did some fun things and some not so fun things. Fail. What…
2018 Most Competitive Blog Posts
I’m keeping it simple at the end of the year. You’re busy. I’m busy. So instead of a full-on post, I went through and found my most popular blog post. I’m sharing them again in case you missed them (or are bored and want to re-read them). 2018 Goals Coyotes 5K Wrap-up WTF Trail Race…
How trail running tested me this year
Trail running became my new challenge this year. I have always loved running and hiking but never really did trail running. I decided 2018 was the year I would finally start trail running. I signed up for the WTF quarter marathon, Hot as Hell quarter marathon, and the Cactus Flower Run Series. The WTF quarter…
Strip at Night: Run Vegas
Running the Las Vegas strip at night is one of those “must do” races solely for the experience. Like races such as run the runway or race track, you are running for the uniqueness and bucket list checkmark, not the PR with Rock n Roll Vegas. Although the Strip is very flat so you may…
Running: My Story So Far
My Running Journey I started running off and on in my 20s, around 2003 or 2004. I didn’t really take it seriously, it was just a way to get cardio in. A lot of the time I was in a gym on a treadmill. I did 3-5 miles 2-3 times a week. I had always…
September Training
My September training did not go as plan. We left off in August still feeling optimistic and that the marathon was achievable. I could not get in a long run the weekend after I wrote that. I had to look realistically where I was, how long I was sick, and the time until the marathon. I decided…
Marathon Training – August 2018
Marathon training in August was rough. Marathon training isn’t meant to be easy. We aren’t conditioned to run 26.2 miles so we have to work for it. August had me wanting to throw in the towel. I almost switched to the half because I had such a bad month. It started off pretty well. I…
July Marathon Training
I started marathon training in July. I’m a bit behind on blogging. Turns out marathon training is taking a lot out of me this time around. I don’t have the energy. So I give you a short video on my July training! It’s about three and a half minutes long. So like I said quick!…
Pace
Pace and running is such a mental game. I’ve run off and on since around 2003-ish. I would run outside randomly or join a gym and hit the treadmill. It wasn’t until 2012 that I started getting seriously into running. I’m kind of a newbie here. When I started way back when I was around…