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A Little R&R: Rest and Recovery.
I’ve talked off and on about the importance of recovery. Planned rest. Planned recovery. There’s also unplanned rest and recovery. I’ve...
Jessica Jones
Jul 4, 20184 min read
Estes Park Marathon
Sunday I completed my 24th marathon. I ran 3:33:41 at the Estes Park Marathon. Good enough for a BQ to mark Colorado off my list. 14...
Jessica Jones
Jun 19, 20185 min read
Logging Miles... And More.
I talked (wrote) a few weeks ago about journaling. What I do. Why I do it. A training log can be a powerful thing. This past week, I’ve...
Jessica Jones
Jun 10, 20183 min read
Healthy(ier) Eating. Better Running.
I talked earlier about the problems with trying to define “healthy” eating (Nutrition Matters). For now, I’m talking about going...
Jessica Jones
Jun 3, 20184 min read
The Daily Grind.
These few weeks of training have been a grind. A necessary grind. The day-in-day-out logging of miles. Not a lot of variety in distance...
Jessica Jones
May 28, 20184 min read
On the Road Again.
Literally and figuratively. The last two weeks I've started my new training plan. Beginning with a 12 week cycle of base mileage. It also...
Jessica Jones
May 20, 20183 min read
Break's Over. What's the Plan?
Before I get into my new training plan, I realized that I haven’t really covered the idea of training cycles. Both running and...
Jessica Jones
May 6, 20184 min read
Time for A Break.
Week two of not having a schedule for running. Or any exercise. Or eating. Kind of like during a taper into a race, this “reverse taper”...
Jessica Jones
Apr 29, 20181 min read
Boston is Conquered. What’s Next?
The 122nd Boston Marathon. My 4th Boston, is in the rear-view mirror. For all the reasons detailed earlier in the week, I did not reach...
Jessica Jones
Apr 22, 20183 min read
Boston!!
Today is Boston Day. It has been five years since the marathon bombing. Lives lost. Many injured. Yet, somehow, in the aftermath of such...
Jessica Jones
Apr 15, 20185 min read
The Taper.
So, what is a taper? It’s the period of training immediately before a target race. During the taper, you decrease mileage to allow the...
Jessica Jones
Apr 8, 20185 min read
Nutrition Matters.
I saw a quote somewhere that read “Athletes don’t diet and exercise, they fuel and train”. Or something along those lines. It stuck with...
Jessica Jones
Apr 1, 20186 min read
Best 10K Ever.
I mean, really. An race that I love. The Azalea Trail Run (ATR). Held every year near the end of March in Mobile, Alabama. A sign of...
Jessica Jones
Mar 25, 20184 min read
Everything Not Running
Okay, so not everything that isn’t running. But, the other exercise activities. In my intro blog, I called this aspect of training...
Jessica Jones
Mar 18, 20186 min read
Let's Talk About Running
(Photo credit: Bear Bait Ultras) Last week I mentioned the three aspects of my training: running, cross-training (or fitness), and...
Jessica Jones
Mar 11, 20186 min read
Dawn of a New Blog
Welcome. As my first blog post, I’d like to introduce my goals and what you can expect (hopefully) from following my journey. Everything...
Jessica Jones
Mar 4, 20185 min read
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