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Grandma’s Marathon Training – Week 5

Yowza – I’m a little behind this week.  With the amount of time I’m logging towards my training, it’s sometimes a struggle to find the time to get everything done.  I think if I could just hire someone to do my dishes every night and put my laundry away (it’s all workout clothes), I might be able to keep up with everything and still get a decent night’s sleep.  I’m trying to train Roxy to help…

Grandma's Marathon Training Week 4 - New Blog Post. Feel like I'm kicking a little ass with my training and I'm ready for ass-kicking runs to get started!

With week 4 coming to a close, I’m almost getting to the point in training where the SOS (something of substance) runs are going to start.  Tuesdays will be speed workouts, Thursdays will be tempo runs, and Saturdays will be long runs.  And you know how I’m feeling about those?  BRING IT!  My first month of training has been solid and I’m feeling strong and motivated.  I’m ready for those hard as…

Grandma’s Marathon Training – Week 3

Week 3 wasn’t so tough in terms of mileage, but the combination of miles and the amount of cross-training I’ve scheduled for myself is definitely challenging.  However, I do feel its paying off because I’m starting to feel stronger, that I can push myself harder or longer, I’m seeing my resting heart rate go down and the amount of time I feel like I want to fall over after a run or a workout is…

Grandma’s Marathon Training – The Plan + Weeks 1 & 2

I know, I know.  I’m starting a little late with this.  Normally, I would have posted my training plan prior to day 1 of training, and then started in with the weekly recaps – but I decided to do this about 10 minutes ago, so I’m going to have to get you all caught up pretty quickly. I’ve decided to post on my marathon training again.  Mostly, because it helps me with my accountability.  Plus,…

Richmond Marathon Training – Week 9

Nine weeks puts me at the halfway point of training.  Again.  Yes, I’m still a little bitter about Chicago, even if it was the right decision.  But I’m trying not to focus on what I’m NOT going to be doing this fall and what I WILL be doing. This week was a really good one in terms of working on my mental strength and training discipline.  I’ve said it many times that head is my own worst enemy.…

Richmond Marathon Training – Week 8?

Last week, I blogged about being on the fence about continuing with marathon training this year.  I was giving myself a week to make a command decision.  I wanted to see how it felt running a 40 mile week with two SOS runs after not running for almost two weeks.  I also wanted to make sure that I was mentally ready to check back into training mode and run six days a week. This is my weekly…

To marathon or not to marathon…

I haven’t blogged for a few weeks about marathon training, mostly due to the fact that I essentially stopped training for almost two weeks. Marathon training, at least the Hanson’s training program, is really intense.  I’ve said it before that it’s just as much a mental as it is physical.  Basically, I just mentally checked out of training and once I missed a few workouts, it just got harder and…