Mile Markers: Taper Down
Last week’s training began tapering/sharpening for the Snohomish Women’s Half Marathon. Tapering for the half marathon can be tricky; you want to bring down the
Last week’s training began tapering/sharpening for the Snohomish Women’s Half Marathon. Tapering for the half marathon can be tricky; you want to bring down the
Last week’s workouts hit my highest mileage since marathon training – 44 miles – and included two hard workouts, a hills-upon-hills long run, and easy
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 taper can feel almost anticlimactic; after even just a few weeks of hard training, the sudden shift to easier and fewer miles has the
As a running coach, I always preach to my athletes the importance of paying attention to the little things. I pay attention to some of the
