ISLAND BRIDGE RUNNER

Training Log February 25- March 3, 2019: 38.9 miles. Monday – 6.2mi @ 9:08. Nice and easy. Tuesday – REST DAY!! Wednesday – 6.6mi @ 9:09. On the treadmill because of thunderstorms. Wasn’t feeling it, but was able to keep ~7:20 pace for the 10 hard minutes. Thursday – 8.1mi @ 7:59. Can tell my body is still recovering, but a decent steady run. Friday – REST DAY!! Saturday – 10.0mi @ 7:59. A fairly comfortable steady run. Stability session. Sunday – 8.0mi @ 8:41. Easy peasy. Tr

It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve posted. Mainly because I’ve been busy and not had any “big” ideas to share. But, I’ve been thinking about the benefits of using races as training runs. Or, as part of training runs. Probably because I’ve done that twice since I last posted. No matter how hard we push ourselves in a training run, we always find that extra gear when we’re in a race. At least I do. Even when I know the race is “just a training run”. I think some folks shy a

This seems like a good point to talk about “carb loading”. Why? Well, I talked about what to eat, how to fuel, during a run. It’s a critical part of good running. Good meaning reaching goal times, and not feeling like you are going to die. I’ve also talked a about my thoughts on general nutrition. For runners, endurance runners in particular, there’s a third aspect to nutrition. Really. I’m not making this up just because I love food. Though, I do. We all know that distance r

I've been traveling a lot (on a plane again as I start drafting this), so wanted to briefly mention the struggles of eating “healthy” during all this travel. I think everyone probably realizes that convenient food options are not always the best for you. As I’ve been trying to dial in my nutrition more recently, it’s become so much more apparent to me during these past few months of travel. What seems like endless travel. I’ve made many concessions, but have tried to not stra

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 states down. That time was also good enough for a second place overall female finish! There are the results, but how did it go? I chose this race because I love the Estes Park area. And, it coincided with a work trip. Well, I got it to coincide. I did not do my due diligence of scouting the race course at all. As this neared, I started wondering