Every Mile Earned

Training Cycle Recap Very late in the spring I hired a coach. Very shortly after that I registered for the Philadelphia Marathon. My poor Musician finally broke down and agreed to the race. He knew first hand from drying my tears, how badly marathon training had gone for me in the past.  It wasn't my original intention. I didn't like the marathon distance. I had two very rough training cycles, struggled with the long runs and was injured by the time I got to the start line of both of them. After I finished Philly in 2015, I swore I would never run another one. I thought I hated the distance. Coach Silver Fox gave me some pretty tough workouts but the hardest thing he asked of me was to slow down . I know the training methodology, I've used it with my athletes but I never applied it to myself.  I never wanted to. I liked running hard, all the time.  It seriously was THE HARDEST thing to run the easy paces he assigned.  But I did it. I knew I had to be all in ...

In the last week, I've run two races.  A one mile race and a 4 mile race.  First though, let me start with a weight update. I'm cautiously optimistic about my weight loss.  2.6 lbs this week.  I actually feel like I'm eating a ton though.  I've dramatically increased my protein intake. I'm also watching the about of fat per serving and the types of carbs I'm eating. Thanks to my friend Prof Badass, I took a good look at what I'm eating. I hate using MFP , I prefer a paper log, but I have been logging there just to get realistic look at where my numbers are. I've been really shocked. Foods I thought would be healthy for me were shockingly high in calories or fat. I have a huge sweet tooth so that's been another place of struggle for me. I'm trying to find better ways to get a bit of sweet, like a grapefruit with a touch of brown sugar. Yum. I'll keep you updated as I progress. My race season is starting off well....2 PR's in 2 w...

I've sat and looked at this blank page for months now. There was so much that happened over the weekend that I felt so inadequate every time I tried to put it all down.  So finally I've decided to just do a quick race recap of each race and share all my pictures at the end. I have to add that Altra  was the big sponsor for the weekend. They provided free race photos and they were some of the best race pictures I've ever seen come out of a race. The photographers did an amazing job. I got to meet a lot of people this weekend, that I know from my phone but they inspire me daily. The Sub 30 group is a fantastic, encouraging and slightly insane (in a great way) group of runners that don't care what pace you run, what distance you run or how often you run. If you run, even just occasionally, you should check us out, they just might inspire you to reach for new boundaries. Friday Night Trail Run The trail run is a 3.8 run through the woods.  I thought it would be fun ...