Posts Tagged ‘long run’

Yesterday I had a grumpy run. This was a surprise because I took a day off working out completely this week and usually that leaves me feeling fresh and I have a fantastic run. Not so much yesterday. My body was sleepy tired (even though I had a decent sleep the night [...]

Today I was back to my regular workout schedule and I had my best long run yet. I had 2 days without workouts so I went into it feeling fresh and strong. The day was perfect for a run – blue skies, sun, and nice and cold. I could feel my hamstring [...]

Before I get into the story about the pants… I had a fantastic Christmas brunch yesterday morning – great friends, good conversations, it was a lot of fun! Of course this meant another holiday event involving food but I was pretty good! I stuck to an egg white omelet, multigrain toast, fruit and [...]

Today was the best run I’ve ever had. No question. Take out races – those are an entirely different animal – and today was the best run I’ve ever had. The weather was amazing – clear blue skies, cold temperature (close to zero), the scenery was beautiful (along the water and then [...]

The past week/weekend has been exceptionally busy – first because I was getting ready to go to camp, then I was at camp and finally I was recovering from Camp. I am a Girl Guide leader so last weekend my co-Guider and I took 12 girls to a camp aptly named “rainbucket” and yes [...]

The last week has been nothing but rain, rain and more rain! Good thing I actually really like running in the rain. Friday I had my regular “run workout” day with Devin. We did our “warm-up” run (about 6K) then instead of the hill sprints (the ground was just [...]

Today was my long run day, and if you’re a marathoner reading this you’re reaction is likely “that’s not long!” but for me, today was a LONG run. I’m trying to build distance to do a half marathon in the fall so today I set out to do a 17K run. I was [...]