7 early morning miles in my little basement workout room. Thanks to the Taylor Swift documentary on Netflix for keeping me very entertained. Things are starting to get a little bit out of control… She now insists on wearing two Elsa dresses at once. I think about this quote multiple times throughout the day: Brooke … Continue Reading

8 miles @ 8:24 average with some friends around town to start out the week. PS I am going to core day at burn today (and I’m telling you this to help me to stay accountable and actually go because I’ve been slacking on all strength work ((like usual)). We had the normal summer with … Continue Reading

25 miles done yesterday and 14 to do today. (Andrew found me at mile 21 so a photo shoot was necessary) I woke up at about 4:30, ate my breakfast and drove over to meet my friends.  It was windy, snowing very hard and freezing but the girls and I had a blast talking and … Continue Reading

7 early miles at the gym because I didn’t want to try running on the new snow in the dark.  Also, my neighbor saw me taking this awkward selfie and I wanted to go explain that I post a bunch of selfies each day on the internet but I don’t think that would have helped … Continue Reading

Stretching with the gang. My Wednesday morning run was 13 miles (I couldn’t help myself and went to 13.1) at an easy pace with 8 x 20 seconds fast (6:10ish) during mile 7. I’m going to remember this run big time during the marathon! When I get to the half-way point of the marathon I … Continue Reading

I think it is scientific that the warm-up of a track workout is supposed to feel like junk.  I am always surprised how hard that first 1-2 miles feels before I start my speed workouts but it must happen in order to add more challenge to the workout we are about to do.   So … Continue Reading