2.35 miles I interrupted my precious sleep last night by waking up at midnight to watch the Berlin Marathon and what a race that was! Oh, em gee that was epic with Eliud Kipchoge breaking his new World Record and Tigist Assefa taking the course record on the women’s race! It was so much fun…
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Chicago Marathon Training: Sat 09.24.22
12.11 miles At this point in training, it’s mentally easier knowing today is only 12 miles, but at the same time, physically a lot can happen in 12 miles. Luckily no blisters today, but there are still little details I need to figure out. However, I feel closer to setting those decisions down well before…
Chicago Marathon Training: F 09.23.22
4.01 miles Something tells me my body feels as though that 20 miler was the actual marathon and I have to keep reminding it “No, no. That wasn’t it. Training isn’t over quite yet. I mean, yes the majority of training is done, but there is still some maintaining and recovery in the meantime.” My…
Chicago Marathon Training: Th 09.22.22
0.52 miles I would’ve loved to have completed more than I had today but I was living in migraine city and the running was making it feel worse so I stopped. It’s been a while since I’ve had a headache like this and I’m not entirely sure what triggered it. I just hope I don’t…
Chicago Marathon Training: W 09.21.22
3.54 miles After last Saturday’s 20 miles I’ve had some lingering last-minute questions I need to answer but today I think I’ve eliminated one shoe option for the race. Now I just have a few minor details to figure out such as what to eat, what to wear, which socks I should go with…you know,…
Chicago Marathon Training: Tu 09.20.22
0 miles Week 16 of training is here and with only a few short weeks remaining, I’m focused on continuing consistency, strength, and mobility exercises along with keeping my hydration up and making sleep more of a priority. However, I didn’t quite do much of that today because yesterday was a long exhausting day which…
Chicago Marathon Training: M 09.19.22
0 miles – Rest Day Chicago has revealed the Marathon medal and I don’t care if I run, walk, hop, skip, jump, dance, crawl, swim, whatever it takes to cross that finish line because I will do it! My focus is just to remain healthy. That is all. Thank you for reading my daily post…
Chicago Marathon Training: Sun 09.18.22
1.42 miles A little walking and stretching to try and shake out the soreness and fatigue from yesterday’s 20 miler that I’m still processing. All I know is there are some decisions I need to make between now and race day so that’s what I’ll be doing the next few weeks because Week 15 is completed….