October-December is my favorite time of year, I love fall – cross country, crisp weather (at least where I grew up), the approaching holidays and LOTS of family activities. Because of my job our weekends in the fall are pretty jam packed – I’m currently …
This is right around the time that marathon training starts to get hard for me. Not because of the high mileage or difficulty of workouts, but because marathon training is pretty monotonous. Lots of easy runs, workouts that are more difficult for me mentally than …
It’s been quite awhile since I did a baby update – so I thought I’d give you a peak into what Lavinia has been up to the past few months. I not really sure that baby is the correct word any more as Lavinia seems …
10 weeks down, 8 to go! I’m three weeks away from my next race and am feeling stronger every week. Last week I had two big workouts that were very different from each other – a speedy 16x 400m w/ 1 minute rest + a …
This past weekend Henri and I took Lavinia up to Yucaipa to go apple picking. This was always one of my favorite fall activities growing up and I’m so glad it’s something that we’re able to continue doing with her even though we live in …
Happy Tuesday friends. My latest post for ProForm is up on their blog if you’d like to check it out! This week I’m talking all about balancing fitness/running with everything else you might have going on in your life, especially as you progress through the …
Wow! I’ve been slacking on updating you all on my training – things have picked up with cross country season and I’m finding myself having less and less time on my hands. Another reason I’ve been busy is because one of my good friends and …
Last week’s training went pretty well, I would have preferred to get outside for both of my workouts but I ended up on the treadmill for both (yes, including the 16 mile long run) because of weather conditions and life stuff. It was 100+ degrees …
Last week was the hardest of CIM training so far. I was recovering from the previous Sunday’s half marathon and was up in Big Bear with the cross country team that I coach Monday-Friday. While the runs in Big Bear are beautiful, the altitude was …
As you probably already know, I ran the America’s Finest City Half Marathon this past weekend. It was kind of a last minute decision to sign up for this race but I heard good things about it from my boss and was eager to get …