Living – Loving – Running
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I’ve been thinking about running Space Coast Marathon quite a bit lately, about all the hard work I put into it and what an accomplishment it was for me. From to deciding to do it, train for it, remain injury-free throughout, and cross that finish line on race day…. It was and still is such a huge deal for me. Almost …
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5 Post-Exercise Recovery Tips Training for a marathon or Ironman is seriously hard work. So is a 12 week bootcamp at the gym. At the beginning of your training schedule, you are full of energy and excited about hitting your training targets, but in time your body begins to fall apart and motivation leaves via the back door. It’s hard …
I kind of stole this topic from Beth at Discombobulated Running. Well, not kind of. I did. But I thought it was such a fun topic I would share my own lessons. What’s fun about this is that it could be – and most likely is – different for every runner. 1. Not every run will be fun. …
I can’t believe I am writing this race recap. Ever since the minute I registered for Space Coast Marathon back in February, I knew that writing this recap would be both amazing and surreal. Needless to say, this is going to be a long post. It’s taken me three days to write! Grab a cup of coffee or a glass …
Somehow, 18 weeks of training has come and gone. I completed 90% of the training plan but life got in the way the last several weeks. However, I didn’t miss a single long run knowing those were the most important. As I am just days away from running Space Coast Marathon, I have so many thoughts running …