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Enjoy the rest and recovery. Good job getting this run in! 👏🏻

Week 9 / Day 6 👟
TY everyone who wished me luck- new PR in my half marathon this morning ✨
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Week 9 / Day 4 👟
Cool but single layers today and a bit of sunshine. Then an upper body strength sesh. Looking forward to a rest day tomorrow and half-marathon race on Saturday!
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Week 9 / Day 3 👟
Shorts-weather was short-lived. Back to being cold today. Second half was mostly running into a strong headwind so I’m VERY pleased with the splits.
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Week 9 / Day 2 👟
First run in SHORTS in such a long time! And it’s leg day as soon as I wrap up with work for the afternoon. Very good day! 🥹
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Week 9 / Day 1 👟
Another incline treadmill walk for CT day this week and a quick upper body strength session. Optimistic that next week it’ll be warm enough for a hike or bike ride instead!
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Week 8 / Day 7 👟
Another week done. I wasn’t sure I had the energy for this run today, but nailed the splits and felt surprisingly good.
Fueling with audacity and nerds gummy clusters. 💙
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Depends on the weather and also how easy I want my effort to be. I have some faster bpm playlists for speed work, for sure.

Week 8 / Day 6 👟
Somehow spent 80% of my out and back route running into the damn wind. But I got it done. Enjoying a lazy afternoon now.
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Crocuses are always the first thing I see, but usually not quite this early! That’s a hopeful thought. 💛

Week 8 / Day 5 👟
Grateful it’s a rest day since I can HEAR the snow falling.
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I have a long torso relative to my legs and suffered lower back pain most of my teens and twenties. Since taking up endurance running in my thirties my back has never felt better or stronger. I don’t randomly throw it out anymore and it doesn’t ache.

Week 8 / Day 4 👟
I realize that all these snowy trail photos look very much the same. I’m so ready for a thaw and change of scenery. Come on spring. 😩
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That one is on one of my playlists!!

Week 8 / Day 3 👟
Had to wait until after work to get this one in today but it was fun- especially letting er rip on the last mile.
I also revisited my marathon playlist today. Always puts me in a good mood. 🙂

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Love it! I have the puzzle!

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Well that was just two miles of about a 7.5 mile trail, so I’m in good shape!

Yes! Grateful I’ll be a short walk from it for the next two weeks. Maybe by then things will thaw out!

Week 8 / Day 2 👟
Sunny zone 2 run with some beautiful splits on my lunch break. One of these days I’ll pivot back to weekday mornings. Especially if the coldest weather is behind us now. 🤞🏻

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Week 8 / Day 1 👟
Brisk incline walk on the treadmill (7% grade) for CT and breaking in the new shoes a bit tonight. Followed by leg & core strength.

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It’s like magic how that stiffness can shake itself out. Glad you’re feeling better and the fall wasn’t too bad!

Week 7 / Day 7 👟
Another week complete. This was a relaxing, sunny one.

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I envy your relaxed pace. 😅 Maybe someday!

Comparing today’s 14-mile training run to last August’s (my first ever) and pretty pleased. GAP is only a 12 second difference.

Week 7 / Day 6 👟
Long run was cold, snowy, and hilly. This morning I really didn’t want to get moving and almost talked myself into abandoning this training block. 💁🏻‍♀️ But the park was peaceful and I felt very capable throughout.

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Carmel Marathon in Indianapolis this April. It’s a smaller city race - about 6000 participants- but popular among folks looking to Boston qualify since it’s a flat course.
This is my second and I think I will def be under 5 hours this time. Probably 4:45ish. Hoping just to feel strong throughout.

Sorry you got sick during training! That’s rough. But the long runs are important ones not to miss, so a few days shouldn’t set you back too much! 🤞🏻