by Sara | Jul 28, 2014 | Running, Unemployment
Happy Monday! I’ve been holding off writing this post for a few days to let things all sink in. I will go into more explanation in a second, but first lets talk about running for a little bit. Sunday morning Wes and I woke up and decided to go and try out...
by Sara | Jul 27, 2014 | Hanson's Marathon Method, Marathon, Running, Weekly Recap
Now that I am officially in marathon training I thought it would be fun to recap each week. Not only does this give me a way to share my progress, but it also allows me to be able to look back on it as I need to. I was a bit nervous going into this first week. I...
by Sara | Jul 25, 2014 | Product Review, Running
I will be the first to say tempo runs are no joke. My plan called for a 6 mile marathon tempo run. I had a small course mapped out (including a few hills to add variation) and I was ready to do it. I did a small 1/2 mile warm up and then got to it. I went out too fast...
by Sara | Jul 23, 2014 | Compression Socks, Product Review, Running, Sponsored
Tuesday marked my very first workout of my new marathon training cycle. I was excited but very nervous because I wasn’t quite sure if I would be able to hit the paces that the training called for. The workout was 6 x 800 meter repeats with 400 meter recovery...
by Sara | Jul 22, 2014 | Marathon, Running
My marathon training plan has officially started. I’ve been going back and forth in trying to determine which marathon I would be aiming for. Originally I had said I was leaning towards the Greensboro, NC marathon on October 18th. This would have been a great...
by Sara | Jul 21, 2014 | Motivation Monday, Running
Today officially begins my training journey. Taking last week easy was exactly what my body needed. It was pretty worn out after 10 weeks of pretty hard speed training to get me ready. As you know from my weekly recap, I originally had 7 miles on the schedule for...
