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“Your life’s course will not be determined by doing the things you are certain you can do. Those are the easy things. It will be determined by whether you try the things that are hard.” -Sheryl Sandberg 06.19.2021 We. did. it. The week leading up to race day was filled with a rollercoaster of emotions,Continue reading “We did it!! And I’m okay with never doing it again!!”

“Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles” – Alex Karras The long desired and trained for week has arrived!!!! If you would’ve asked me back in February how I thought my training was going to go for the next 20 weeks, I don’t even know what I would’ve told you. Now though?Continue reading “The countdown is on…5 days to go!!”

“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose”- Lyndon B. Johnson Last time I wrote, I had just accomplished a personal best of 9 miles. Looking back, I am still proud of that day, and to be completely honest, I haven’t had an accomplishment quite like that one since.Continue reading “Weeks 13 through 16; We’re getting close!”

It’s hard to believe that tomorrow begins week thirteen of training-over half way to race day! It’s just as hard to believe that it’s been four weeks since I last wrote. A lot has happened while simultaneously not much has happened. Instead of boring you with the details of the two handfuls of runs thatContinue reading “Weeks 9 through 12; double digits ahead!”

“You can’t hate the Beast and expect to beat it; the only way to truly conquer something, as every great philosopher and geneticist will tell you, is to love it.”- Christopher McDougall, BORN TO RUN Week 8 was the first week in a while with no new mileage amounts. 🥳🤩🤪🎉🎉💪💪For me, it was somewhat ofContinue reading “Week 8; off the gas”

“When you recognize that failing doesn’t make you a failure, you give yourself permission to try all sorts of things”- Lauren Freshmen ***disclaimer for those who subscribe to my blog: please disregard the first post sent to you! We had a laptop glitch which caused a premature publish of the week 7 post with noContinue reading “*Week 7!! *”

“If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit”- Banksy Happy Sunday! What a beautiful day! Week five was a fine little week. After pushing myself to hit four miles the week before, I coasted into week five feeling confident and light. We started the week on Monday, March 1st with a morning, indoorContinue reading “Weeks five and six; we’re in the mix”

“Fall in love with the process, and the results will come”- Eric Thomas Looking back on week 4 seems like Monday was an eternity ago. Monday and Wednesday’s runs were both deemed 2.5 milers. At this point in my training, I know dang well that I am capable of running 2.5 miles, so heading intoContinue reading “Week four; there’s still a lot more”

“We can do hard things” -Glennon Doyle, Untamed Week three was three of a kind. I was once told that in running, everything happens in three’s: the good, the bad, and the okay. Ironic or not, the three of a kind couldn’t have been more alive than it was this week: week three of myContinue reading “Week three; the feeling of free”

Wow!! What a week!! This week was rather busy to say the least. Between working my normal full time job, and working 35 additional hours at a flower shop-I’m proud of myself for still managing to run the miles that I needed to this week. 🙂 In part, I credit the accomplishment to the factContinue reading “Week two; it’s still feeling new”