0 miles Today’s Cross-Training Day consisted of walking from the car to the coffee shop, walking from the car to the market, and walking from the car into Dodger Stadium and to my seat to watch the baseball game. I should’ve tracked my miles because I probably covered at least a solid 3 miles today. Those…
10.45 miles I don’t know what it was exactly. Maybe it was the rest day yesterday. Maybe it was last night’s pizza for dinner. Maybe it was the wide-brimmed hat. Maybe it was the beautiful overcast morning. Maybe it was the fact it was 20 degrees cooler today than last weekend. I honestly don’t know…
Rest Day!!! It was an absolute zero-mile day and while it was lovely, there was the temptation to get some miles in because I still have the GVRAT hovering around in my mind. But I am giving my body a little rest before the weekend miles. I’m sure it’ll thank me later. It better. I…
1.75 miles There are those runs when everything just clicks, things align, and you feel amazing! Your run feels magical and effortless! This was not one of those days. Nothing clicked. Nothing aligned. There was no magic. Shy of 2 miles I decided to can it. Everything felt off and I couldn’t get a rhythm…
5.25 miles This morning the tiredness was soaked into my body and my energy was drained due to not sleeping well and also after receiving some sad news last night. Normally I prefer to run in the morning, but I just couldn’t get myself going. I could’ve easily opted not to run today, but it…
3.21 miles (followed by Core work) It took a couple of miles before my mind and body got on the same page and the residual soreness from Saturday that I thought was completely gone yesterday, resurfaced. It was ever so slight but it was enough to notice. Tomorrow is 3 to 5 miles and if…
2.25 miles Welcome to Week 2! It’s a rest day but I took a stroll and worked on some hip opening exercises and yoga for about 30 minutes. My legs had some residual soreness earlier in the day from Saturday’s long run but by noon it was gone. I prefer an easy active recovery day…
2.70 miles Sundays are to be a Cross-Training day so I put on the “Every Shade of Blue” album from The Head And The Heart and walked these lovely miles slowly and easily. I followed my walk with strength training using dumbbells. Week 1 of Chicago Marathon training is done! I completed a total of 30.45…