It’s peak week in my marathon training adventure. For those non-runners out there, peak week is the week of training when your long run and your weekly mileage is at its higest. For me, that means a long run of 22 miles and a weekly total of 45 miles. After peak week is the taper […]
I’ve been doing all my long training runs at my parents house. It works out great for us both, they get their grandparent time with E and I get to run sans jogging stroller. Mom and Dad still live in the house where I grew up on a short, dead-end road in the country. It’s
Since my 18-miler I’ve been battling some shin problems. Last week, during a grueling 5 mile run, I made the decision to take a few days off to let my legs heal. I know it’s an overtraining issue – my poor little legs didn’t know what to do with a 46 mile week. Skipping runs was certainly a blow to
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Yesterday, I had my 18 mile long run. Though this isn’t the peak of my training I still feel like it’s an accomplishment worth blogging about. It capped off a 46 mile week, further than I ever thought I would run. I am a little stiff today. My shins are a little sore and my
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On Wednesday I hit a new milestone in the marathon training schedule, my “short” mid-week runs have hit their maximum mileage…8 miles. Short, huh? The last time I checked, 8 miles was still a long, long way, especially when pushing a 50 lb jogging stroller. Nevertheless, on Wednesday morning I put E in Bob and