marathon training

Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 13

Burning off the Bacon

I have to say that I’m feeling pretty empowered right now. It’s kind of wild what your body will do if you ask it to. It amazes me that I can ask my body to run 19 miles and it will obey. And that I can get up the next...

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 12

Burning off the Bacon

I didn’t really think about running much this week, because honestly 13 miles feels like an off week at this point… nothing to stress out about. Funny how that happens. I remember that from last time around, but part of me didn’t believe it would ever be the case. Also,...

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 11

Burning off the Bacon

My total milage for this week was terrible, but for good reason. I’m surprised I even put in what I did with the Inauguration festivities (partying with Lady Gaga or getting up early to run 8 miles, you tell me?) and the subsequent recovery. I think I literally bruised the balls...

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 9

I gave myself written permission to slack last week, and to some extent, I did. But it wasn’t just wine or laziness that prompted a few skipped runs. I experienced a familiar, stabbing knee pain during Tuesday’s run and figured I’d better not mess with it. By Sunday, things seemed...

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 8

Various Other Ramblings

Training for your first marathon is exciting. Every long run is a milestone. You’re running longer than you’ve ever run before and the sense of accomplishment overpowers the pain. Training for your second marathon is just a huge pain in the ass. You’re forgoing things you’d really like to be...

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 7

Burning off the Bacon

Our runs are starting to get up there in distance now. This week’s long run was only a two-mile increase, but for some reason I draw a line between “less than a half marathon” and “more than a half marathon.” Perhaps because I do half marathons from time to time...

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 6

Burning off the Bacon

We had to shift things around this week to accommodate holiday travel, but overall we had a good week, running more than our scheduled milage. I also discovered that apparently I’ve been carb-loading the wrong way all these years. Turns out large quantities of beer and Pizza...

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 5

Burning off the Bacon

I’m not really enjoying marathon training this time around. I remember last time, after my long runs, I’d get insane runner’s high. I would be downright giddy the day after. Perhaps I’m just not to that milage yet. But regardless, training feels harder this time around. I feel slow and out...

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Snot Rockets.

Burning off the Bacon

I’ll go ahead and put it out there: if you think snot rockets are gross, you aren’t a real runner. This is a very relevant topic when training for a marathon in the winter. Especially during long runs. The ability to properly execute a snot rocket is a coveted skill...

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 4

Burning off the Bacon

This week was rough. Wednesday I was so exhausted that I decided to cut our run short, and Thursday I skipped my run altogether. I had yet another head cold (how is it possibly for a human being to get this many colds?!) and was just generally under the weather. Luckily,...

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