Tag Archives: long runs
Peak weeks and weak peaks
Hey blog. I’ve been neglecting you. I just have not been feeling well this past week. Like someone turned the faucet off on my energy supply. Like achy and chills and misery. I had several bad runs last week and Saturday was the big, 17-mile day. 17 miles is a threshold, I’ve decided. 17 miles is […]
Long, slow distance
Week 9 crossed off the schedule
Black Bean Veggie Burgers
I was a very, very bad girl this weekend. My brother John, whom we just visited in San Diego, came back for a very, very brief visit to see the rest of the fam. We drove to Bangor on Friday night for a visit on John’s last night here. I … drank too much. It […]
Running in San Diego
Decision Tree: What is Long Run Pace? (from the DailyMile community blog)
Theres a great post on the DailyMile community blog today on how to decide what to run your long run pace at: Decision Tree: What is Long Run Pace? | dailymile community blog. The blog author says in the comments that “easy pace” is whatever you tend to average for recovery days. I know I’ve […]
An outdoor weekend in February
The first step to de-stressing
I woke up this morning angry. I’ve been having some problems with a family member at home. Yesterday I had one of those horrible stress tension headaches where it feels like someone tied a rope around your skull and started squeezing with the force of a 5-ton truck. I lied down at about 6 p.m. […]