hi gals...
the taper period is officially here! I did 12 yesterday and that's it...now it's all maintenance and tweaking from here. I'm loving this absolutely gorgeous weather and hoping it bodes well for race day.
It sounds like we all vote for hitting the expo on Friday evening. Juli, what time do you think you can be up here? Becky, will you come up then, too? Lisa lands at 350p, so depending on time and traffic, we may just head straight downtown to meet ya'll. Expo closes at 7p, so we could meet up around 5:30-6 and then grab dinner? What do you all think?
I just wanted to poke my head in to say hi cuz I was thinking of you all as we head into these last couple weeks.
xoxo
Jen
Monday, September 26, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
CONFIRMATION!
WooHoo!!
Did you'll get your confirmation emails?! Please let me know what Corral you guys are in. I am in Corral 5. And I'd love to plan on meeting everyone at the Colorado Convention Center to pick up our registration packets and go through the EXPO. I'm open to Friday or Saturday!
I'M SOO EXCITED!
juli
Did you'll get your confirmation emails?! Please let me know what Corral you guys are in. I am in Corral 5. And I'd love to plan on meeting everyone at the Colorado Convention Center to pick up our registration packets and go through the EXPO. I'm open to Friday or Saturday!
I'M SOO EXCITED!
juli
Friday, September 16, 2011
Yikes!
Wow I can't believe it's only 3 more weeks until the Rock n Roll half marathon! I have an 11 mile run this Sunday so keep me in your thoughts ladies - I am hoping to run it in 9:30 min/miles in preparation for 9 minute mile run on Oct 9th. I have a little competition going on with my brother who ran his last 1/2 marathon in 2:02:45 (I beat him by 25 seconds) and want to stay in the lead! Not that I am normally competitive but it's different with a sibling (especially a brother who thinks he can beat me at everything). I hate to put my "goal" out there because that sets me up to fail in front of you lovely ladies, however it also makes me more accountable and really stick to my interval training.
Did someone mention interval training? yes - this week my coach had me run 1 mile EZ and 1 mile Fast for 4 miles and also run a STRONG 5 mile two days prior. Phew! What a workout! I read a something I wanted to pass along that I may try - Rowing apparently is a very good cross training tool and actually can be used in place of an interval run! Who knew? I guess rowing for 12 - 18 minutes will give you the same aerobic workout as a full 4 - 5 mile run. Hmmmm, very interesting - and the best part of rowing is it is Low Impact or No Impact so if you are nursing a sore muscle (knee, IT band, etc) this can replace a weekly run.
Happy Training my friends. I will be thinking of you this Sunday while I am out there running (and making sure I thank the universe for such lovely, strong, wonderful woman in my life)
xxoo
Did someone mention interval training? yes - this week my coach had me run 1 mile EZ and 1 mile Fast for 4 miles and also run a STRONG 5 mile two days prior. Phew! What a workout! I read a something I wanted to pass along that I may try - Rowing apparently is a very good cross training tool and actually can be used in place of an interval run! Who knew? I guess rowing for 12 - 18 minutes will give you the same aerobic workout as a full 4 - 5 mile run. Hmmmm, very interesting - and the best part of rowing is it is Low Impact or No Impact so if you are nursing a sore muscle (knee, IT band, etc) this can replace a weekly run.
Happy Training my friends. I will be thinking of you this Sunday while I am out there running (and making sure I thank the universe for such lovely, strong, wonderful woman in my life)
xxoo
Sunday, September 11, 2011
t minus 4 weeks
hi ladies,
Four weeks from this moment we'll be relaxing after having run our race, basking in the glory of having worked hard and been diligent. In the meantime, it's a strange day, what with it being the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and all. My folks are in town, so this weekend has been a combo of fun and rememberance, duty and leisure.
How are you all doing?
I'm loving the cool weather. We're going on several weeks straight of no A/C. I even had to bust out the fall clothes a couple of days this week. I'm not ready to make the official season switch, and yet I do enjoy not melting on my runs. This morning was 10 miles and I felt better than I thought I would. I got new shoes last week--my right foot and knee clearly told me I was due. My heart and lungs are strong...I just hope that my legs and feet will hold up for the duration.
Tell us how ya'll are doing!!
Be well.
Jen
Four weeks from this moment we'll be relaxing after having run our race, basking in the glory of having worked hard and been diligent. In the meantime, it's a strange day, what with it being the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and all. My folks are in town, so this weekend has been a combo of fun and rememberance, duty and leisure.
How are you all doing?
I'm loving the cool weather. We're going on several weeks straight of no A/C. I even had to bust out the fall clothes a couple of days this week. I'm not ready to make the official season switch, and yet I do enjoy not melting on my runs. This morning was 10 miles and I felt better than I thought I would. I got new shoes last week--my right foot and knee clearly told me I was due. My heart and lungs are strong...I just hope that my legs and feet will hold up for the duration.
Tell us how ya'll are doing!!
Be well.
Jen
Friday, September 2, 2011
Two Fun Blogs & Articles
Hi Girls,
I found a rather inspirational article in This Mother Can Run magazine at the following link;
www.thismothercanrun.com Download the current issue and read from page 3. Just in case you are still looking for Mo or Jo this should do the trick. Also Beth's Blog is usually pretty comical and I love to read her stuff. She is pretty inspirational (at least to me) especially since she is an "age grouper" like me - and started late so this wasn't something she was great at as a youth (like me too). If you have extra time check out her blog:
www.shutupandrun.net
And now I'm off to go check out Jen's most recent post - I love trianing gadgets!
I found a rather inspirational article in This Mother Can Run magazine at the following link;
www.thismothercanrun.com Download the current issue and read from page 3. Just in case you are still looking for Mo or Jo this should do the trick. Also Beth's Blog is usually pretty comical and I love to read her stuff. She is pretty inspirational (at least to me) especially since she is an "age grouper" like me - and started late so this wasn't something she was great at as a youth (like me too). If you have extra time check out her blog:
www.shutupandrun.net
And now I'm off to go check out Jen's most recent post - I love trianing gadgets!
Thursday, September 1, 2011
neat tool
I just found this tool: http://www.runnersworld.com/cda/trainingcalculator/0,7169,s6-238-277-279-0-0-0-0-0,00.html?cm_mmc=Mag_URL-_-2010_November-_-trainingcalculator-_-Training_Calculator_Tool. You enter your last race distance and finish time and under the "Training paces" tab will give you your targeted paces for a slow run, tempo run, speed work, etc. No more guessing! This will help with my interval workouts.
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