This weekend is the beginning of our three biggest training weeks of the race prep. Saturday we have 18 miles, Sunday we have 11. For the 18, I’ve mapped out a 9-mile loop on Squak Mountain, which we’ll do twice …
Race Report! St. Edward Park 8 Miler.
We continue to run little races when they fit in to our training schedule. This past week has been a cutback week (I ran about 16.5 miles and BB ran maybe a few more), and we were resting up after …
Trip Report: Tiger Mountain – Tradition Plateau to Poo Poo Point.
The last week of December was a deep cutback week in our training plan, although we did an 8-mile trail race Sunday (recap to come). But the weekend before Christmas was our biggest yet, with 23-24 miles total split …
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Making Goals SMART (& Smart).
It’s that time of year when attention and discussion in many spaces turn to a central question: What are your goals for the next year? On Twitter, personal trainer @srunsfitness (Stephanie) has been talking this week about reviewing your 2018 training …
The 12 K’s of Christmas Race Report!
This year BB and I have raced more short races than ever before, I think. Our favorite distance has always been the half-marathon. Long enough to justify a serious stack of pancakes, short enough that we’re not destroyed for two …
Trip Report: Wilderness Peak & Squak Mountain Loop.
Gene and I are starting to build mileage and vert again for our 50K training. We want to be sure to have some long runs where we’re actually running a while and some days when we’re plodding up—and down—long hills. …
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Running with Joy.
It’s been since July that I really ran with joy. Injury after injury and hard, painful races had left me with that kind of grim satisfaction in accomplishment, but not the sweeping excitement and happiness that I chase. Both of …
