A Running Mess

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…

11.75 miles I anticipate the struggle bus to arrive at some point during training but not this early in the game. While I did plan for 8 miles, I misjudged where I was and ended up with close to 12, and no, I wasn’t going to keep going because I was ready to get off…

4.02 miles Today I put some tunes on and walked these miles gently, focused on keeping them easy. Even if I wanted to, speedwalking is not my forte. Technically, it was to be a total rest day, but I’m aiming to finish the GVRAT this summer because I want to finish!  Of course, in order for me…

3.52 miles  Note to self: Don’t watch the current season of Stranger Things just before you, I mean, I go to bed.  The Dilemma I have a situation, and it involves math.  Currently, I’m participating again in the Great Virtual Race Across Tennessee (GVRAT) and I need to complete 639 miles by August 31st. As…

5.14 miles At first, I wasn’t sure if I would do 3, 4, or 5 miles but time and energy allowed me to get those 5 in, and I am happy about that. Listening to my body sometimes gets me to bed at 8 PM and I’m okay with that especially when I feel energized…

3.32 miles (followed by core work which I need to get better at being consistent with) It was a warm, humid morning for me and I’m not ready for the thickness of the heat to arrive yet. Until it does, I will enjoy the slightly cooler temps and June gloom. Last night I stayed up…