AM – 4.18 miles PM – 3.03 miles The Novice 1 plan had 4 miles on it while the Novice 2 plan had 6. I ran 4 in the morning and could have stopped there, but decided to get in at least another 2 in the afternoon for the 6. However, I went another mile…
3.44 miles The temperature is to be cooling down later this week so it should be a pleasant weekend for miles. This morning it felt stuffy and warm but, c’est la vie! It is summer after all. Today I wore my Hoka Bondi 7 shoes and after my run, I had a teeny tiny blister…
2.35 miles Week 4 of 18 is here! For today’s workout, I stuck to walking only even though I could have taken a zero-mile rest day. But I didn’t feel like it. I wanted to do something so kept the effort easy and slow while I listened to a recent episode of the Rich Roll…
6.46 miles There will be weeks when I need to do my long run on Sundays, but I really prefer them on Saturdays more, and luckily this week called for a short long run so it wasn’t so much a mental struggle for me. Of course, if only I had planned it better and squeezed…
4.44 miles There were some errands on the schedule today and honestly, I felt so emotionally drained after yesterday’s news that I didn’t do my long run. This means I will need to push my long run to Sunday after all, which I don’t actually prefer because a long run Saturday is more ingrained in…
0 miles Took a rest day. Today I’ve felt enraged, heartbroken, and simply terrified regarding the decision made by the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. It wasn’t surprising but still left me feeling gutted. I was trying to keep this training diary void of any political rants but it’s too difficult not to…
4.31 miles Besides Chicago, the GVRAT is still very much on my mind and I’m still very much far behind the mark for finishing it on time. But I’m not giving up yet. There are two months remaining and if I truly want this, I will make it happen. Somehow. Someway. I will make it…
3.25 miles I’m not sure what else I could say about this run other than I kept these miles nice and easy. As they should be since it was a recovery run. Yesterday I pushed it a little harder because I didn’t pay attention. Today I paid attention. Tomorrow might be a rest day because…