On New Years day my friend Sam and I went over to Fit2Run to look into some new shoes. Since I am doing the Glass Slipper Challenge, I’ve read many blog posts from past runners who advise to have two pairs of shoes for race weekend. One reason being to give your feet a break … More New Year, New Shoes.
I hope everyone had a great New Years! I ended 2014 with a 2 mile run logging 571.35 miles for 2014, woo-hoo! I did not expect to log that many miles but am very proud of my accomplishments so far. Since I am already logging more miles than I was this time last year I … More Kicking 2015 off with a BANG!
Well folks, The Runner Within has been live for a whole year now! It’s crazy how much my blog has grown this last year. I originally created this blog to document my journey in training and accumulating several milestones in running various distances leading up to my first half marathon. This blog also served as … More Happy Birthday The Runner Within!
Ok, first off, let me start by saying I am a few days late posting this due to the holiday, but I don’t think any of you were sitting around waiting on this post 😉 Any who back on to topic…. Welcome to the last edition of “Let’s Talk Training Thursday” for 2014! This week … More Let’s Talk Training Thursday: Evaluating Your Race Performance
2014 has been a memorable year for me in just running alone! I completed my first 10K, first 15K, first half, PR’d my 5K time and completed my second half with a PR! Today, I am teaming up with several wonderful ladies from the Girls Gone Sporty crew for an end of the year link … More 2014: My Year in Running
The timing of this post could not be more fitting as we are talking about the essentials and mental prep for the big race day and I am prepping myself mentally and packing for my second half marathon in just three days. This will be my first time essentially traveling for a race. I’m excited … More Let’s Talk Training Thursday: Race Day
On Sunday I completed the last long run of my training with 12 miles. I definitely am feeling really good so far and a lot more confident that I was for my first half. During my last set of training my longest distance was 10.5 miles and I did absolutely no speed work. This set … More It’s Taper Time!
My initial 2014 race goal was to complete a half marathon. In the course to completing that goal I learned some tips to better assist me in my training moving forward. Speed Workouts. Speed workouts, or fartleks, are the one thing I did not incorporate in my last training. I was so focused on gaining … More Let’s Talk Training Thursday: Lesson’s Learned
I can’t believe it, I am a little more than halfway through this training cycle. This training has gone a lot differently than my first one. When I was training for my first half, it was all about getting the distance down. With this training, it all about running for the minutes not the miles … More 10 Weeks down, 9 more to go!
It’s Thursday! Yes, that does mean it is one more day away from Friday, but it’s time to talk training! This week Cassandra, Montana, Julie, Bethany and I are talking about our favorite gear and gadgets when it comes to a triathlon, running, mudders or a combo of all the endurance events you do. My … More Let’s Talk Training Thursday: Favorite Gear and Gadgets