For a few moments, I was running completely alone on the weaving road. My breathing was labored and my stomach turning with the accumulation of a gut-busting effort. Keep pushing, I thought to myself. The lead runner was out of sight for a moment, although a curve in the road soon revealed her to be several hundred meters ahead. I glanced over my shoulder quickly and saw no one. I was in second place and the resolve set deep into me to fight for that place with all I could give on the road ...
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How to PR in Any Distance When You’re Already Doing Speedwork
At some point, every runner hits a plateau. It’s not the end of the world, but a plateau certainly can be frustrating when you are doing polarizing your training with easy runs and hard speedwork and still not seeing any results in your race times. There’s ample advice on the internet about how to get faster, but the same suggestions are often repeated. Do speedwork, run intervals, include tempo runs, etc. So if you’re already including those in an intentional manner in a well-developed ...
Life Lately and Go! St. Louis Half Marathon (April 13)
Hi, everyone! How was your weekend? Life Lately This weekend was the Go! St. Louis Half Marathon, so Ryan, Charlie, and I visited my family in St. Louis for the weekend. Charlie loves car rides ever since we got him his zipline harness. Also, we set up his bed for him, but clearly sleeping on top of our suitcases was more comfortable. This week Ryan and I signed our lease for our new apartment in Washington! We're living just north of Redmond in the Mill Creek/Bothell area. The ...