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Lockport 10: first “race” since the marathon
It’s been about a month now since the marathon and I’ve been itching to toe the start line again. My hip, knee, and Achilles have been somewhat sore since the full, so my PT was hesitant about letting me get back out there, especially with the way weather has been lately. I finally got the green light and signed up for the Lockport 10, known as WNY’s toughest road race. I really didn’t know what to expect. People kept talking about how hilly it was, especially at the end. It ended up being about 17 degrees, 17-20 mph winds, and a real feel of about 3 around start time, not…
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Disney Marathon 2019
It’s been over a week since the Disney marathon, giving me plenty of time to reflect upon the race. I chose to do a modified version of the Hansons Advanced Marathon plan, now known as the Luke Humphrey Marathon Method. I had the most epic build up to the race- I was able to hit pace on all of my major workouts, I didn’t miss any runs due to illness or injury, and I ran the most mileage I’ve ever run in a marathon build up (hello 70 mile weeks!). As the taper craziness set in, I did develop an inflamed tendon in my right ankle that had me on…
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Week 2 Training
Sometimes plans change. This week I made the decision to switch my marathon. I was originally planning to do the Philadelphia marathon in November, but I realized that it just wasn’t the right choice for me for a number of reasons. The first and biggest reason is the way my knee/IT Band/fibula is handling the increase of mileage I’ve been given. My PT slashed my mileage for June and the beginning of July, and we have been increasing it the last few weeks. I don’t like how sore it has been, particularly after longer runs. The idea of working towards 20 mile long runs right now has me nervous, and…
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Week 1 Training
Well, it’s that time of the summer when I start trying to increase mileage to begin to prep for fall half and full marathons. Luckily, my PT has allowed me to start increasing mileage again, at least for this week. I’ve been restricted to roughly 15 miles a week for about a month, so getting to run more than three mile runs is pretty exciting to me. My goal half marathon is the Wine and Dine Half Marathon in Disney in November. I know, a lot of people think it’s silly to try and PR at a Disney race, but I’ve decided that is the race I want to go…
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Buffalo Half Maraton 2018
This year was my seventh time running the Buffalo Half Marathon. It was my first half ever back in 2012, when I really didn’t know what I was doing and just decided to sign up for a half marathon at the beginning of my running journey. I ran/walked my way to a 2:13 and got hooked on running half marathons, running a 1:58 in September and a 1:57 in November of 2012. I ran a 1:45 at Buffalo in May 2013, and sort of flattened out from there. I was able to chisel my PR down to a 1:44:27 in October of 2014, but after that I couldn’t seem to…
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2018 WDW Marathon Weekend
A rocky road to 26.2: If you’ve read some of my other posts, you know that Chicago was a disaster for me. I finished, but in agony, and took myself to a PT and signed up with a running coach. I had the Disney Marathon in three months and I wanted redemption. Initially at the PT we were treating it as an IT Band injury, and it was going well- I had run the Wine and Dine half relatively strong and finished a local Turkey Trot in a much faster time than I had anticipated. I was pretty excited as we were approaching one month to go, until my knee started…
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Training week 1
The fall foliage is turning, however the humidity was still in full effect on Sunday. The hubs and I did 5 miles, working on achieving negative splits. Monday and Tuesday consisted of easy treadmill runs because my treadmill is finally fixed! It’s been over a month since I really have been able to use it. Wednesday I was able to convince my PT to let me run a mile as my warm up instead of the elliptical, citing that I will run one after for my run streak, so could I just do it now? He agreed as long as there was no pain and I got my 1.1…
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Chicago Marathon Reflection…
When I found out that I got into the Chicago Marathon last December, I was so excited. My mind instantly began racing (no pun intended), imagining the excitement of such a big race and the huge marathon PR I could get on such a big stage. It was going to be epic. However, life doesn’t always seem to go as planned. I ended up getting a new job at a new school over the summer, while taking three online graduate classes during July and August. My summer consisted of being stressed over interviews, writing grad papers for 4-5 hours pretty much daily, and really just trying to get my life…
