Tag: brooks running

Halfway dreams

.Reading time 13 minutes.

So, I’m halfway through this marathon training cycle. I keep waffling between feeling strong and confident – on my way to being prepared – and being completely freaked out. So, about normal. As with any training cycle, there have been ups (great, great ups) and downs (deep, dark, basement downs). Within the last week, the […]

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MCM Training Week 9: Monster Month Commence

.Reading time 10 minutes.

This week was the start of the really high mileage. As if my legs hadn’t already been feeling it. Fortunately for me, my Seattle high seems to have bled into this week. I already talked about my run on Monday – technically part of this training week – but  we can skip ahead. I got back from […]

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Week One: One great tempo run, and new shoes

.Reading time 7 minutes.

Week 1: Monday: 25 min. yoga Tuesday: 3.83 mile run (easy) Wednesday: 50 min. bike (about 9.5 mi); low resistance/high rpm Thursday: 4.07 mi tempo run (1 mi warm up, 2 miles at tempo, 1.07 mile cool down) Friday: 17 min. bike (about 5.25 mi) warm up; leg workout: single-leg squats (4×10); regular squats (4×10); […]

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