Training Rundown: 4/5-4/11

Happy Humpday! I’ve been gone at work the past two nights, so I can’t wait to come home and snuggle my puppy today 🥰Last week was a cut-back/taper week for my race, so it mainly consisted of all easy runs and I focused on recovery and sleep as much as possible. I also worked an extra shift last week (over 50 hours), so I had to get pretty creative with when I was able to fit my workouts in.

Monday, 4/5: Rest day

Tuesday, 4/6: Easy 60 minutes before work & 10 minutes of PT exercises

Wednesday, 4/7: Felt super exhausted, so skipped my morning run and opted for 20 minutes of yoga before bed.

Thursday, 4/8: Easy 30 minutes with 10 x :20 sec pick-ups and 10 minutes of Pilates before work

Friday, 4/9: Easy 30 minutes & 20 minutes of abs/ PT exercises

Saturday, 4/10: Easy 20 minutes & some stretching!

Sunday, 4/11: 26.2 miles! Race day!

Total miles: 40 miles

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Happy Monday! I’m multitasking over here today with some easy indoor cycling and blogging (also have put in my to-go grocery order). Anyone else feel like multitasking is the only way you get some things done?!?

We’ve been bus over the weekend with our new puppy, Sadie! We adopted her on Thursday and she is a terrier/husky mix. She is the absolute cutest.

She also gives the BEST puppy snuggles.

Ran my 9th Marathon yesterday! It wasn’t the time goal I was necessarily capable of, but still thankful to have been able to finish it without any major injuries and under 4 hours.

Looking forward to testing out the new Puma Running Shoes! They sent me some to test out and I’ll make sure to write-up a full recap when I’m able to get 50 miles on them. The color is SO BEAUTIFUL 😻

The best husband award definitely goes to Alex. Made me dinner last night and drove us home from the race too.

Sorry I’m not sorry for all of the puppy photos. She’s basically the queen of our household now.

Finally starting to burn through all of the downed trees we collected over the winter and Sadies here for the large bucket of water in case our fire gets out of control.

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-How was your weekend?!? Tips for having a new puppy and getting the cats adjusted to her? She’s 10 weeks old.

Training Rundown: 3/29-4/4

Happy Humpday! Only 2 more workdays in my week (I picked up an extra shift this week). I can’t believe I get to race in a LIVE race this weekend! Training has been going really well and I’m just so excited to have fun out there and be grateful for the opportunity.

Monday, 3/29: 45 minutes easy, 20 minutes of yoga, & 20 minutes of strength

Tuesday, 3/30: 10 min up/ 20 min @ 8:10/ 5 min @ 9:00/ 20 min @ 8:10/ 10 min down & PT exercises

Wednesday, 3/31: 30 minutes indoor trainer & 30 minutes of strength

Thursday, 4/1: 1:30 easy miles, 10 minutes of strength & 15 minutes of Pilates

Friday, 4/2: Rest Day

Saturday, 4/3: 1:15 easy miles

Sunday, 4/4: 7 miles (40 minutes around 8:05 pace) & 30 minutes of strength

Total Mileage: 34.25 miles

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Happy Monday! We had a great weekend and it’s back to work for me until Thursday. The weather was beautiful out- you know, just those sunny bluebird 50-degree Spring days.

Maple was here for the weather too.

Challah bread French toast and bacon to start off our Easter Sunday

Also had great running weather too 🤩

Also met a new future member of our furry family!

We hope you had a great weekend and only 5 more days until we get another one!

Training Rundown: 3/22-3/28

It’s been a few days 😅I ended up getting a head cold at the end of last week and then went into a 4-day work stretch and THEN we found a house! So, I’ve been a bit busy and blogging had to take a backseat, but I’m back! I had a solid training week and am heading into my taper already?!? I have no idea what time goal I should have for my race next week, but I know that I definitely want to STAY POSITIVE and HAVE FUN! I’ve missed racing so so much and cannot wait to just be able to pop a bib on again.

Monday, 3/22: 1 hour super easy & some stretching before a night shift

Tuesday, 3/23: 10 up/ 4 x 6min at 7:45/ 10 down & 15 minutes of PT exercises before another night shift

Wednesday, 3/24: 45 minutes easy & 30 minutes of strength

Thursday, 3/25: 5 miles easy/ 6 miles at 8:10/ 1 mile at 9:00/ 4 miles easy & 15 minutes of Pilates

Friday, 3/26: 1:10 minutes easy & 30 minutes of strength

Saturday, 3/27: Rest Day

Sunday, 3/28: Scheduled to do an hour of cross training, but woke up feeling super congested so decided to take another rest day plus had to work!

Total Miles: 37.73 miles