Jessica Jones
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...
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Jessica Jones
- Jun 19, 2018
- 5 min
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...
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Jessica Jones
- Jun 11, 2018
- 3 min
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...
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Jessica Jones
- Jun 4, 2018
- 4 min
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...
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Jessica Jones
- May 28, 2018
- 4 min
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...
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Jessica Jones
- May 20, 2018
- 3 min
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...
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Jessica Jones
- May 6, 2018
- 4 min
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...
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Jessica Jones
- Apr 29, 2018
- 1 min
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”...
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Jessica Jones
- Apr 22, 2018
- 3 min
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...
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Jessica Jones
- Apr 15, 2018
- 5 min
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...
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Jessica Jones
- Apr 8, 2018
- 5 min
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...
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Jessica Jones
- Apr 2, 2018
- 6 min
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...
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Jessica Jones
- Mar 25, 2018
- 4 min
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...
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Jessica Jones
- Mar 18, 2018
- 6 min
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...
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Jessica Jones
- Mar 11, 2018
- 6 min
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...
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Jessica Jones
- Mar 4, 2018
- 5 min
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...
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