American River Parkway Half Marathon Training Week 7: 2/20-2/26

Week 7 of half marathon training went really well! I got in all my workouts in and pretty much hit all my paces in the schedule. Unfortunately Hubby started to feel crummy again on Wednesday so no new outdoor adventures for a while until he is better. However, I am fortunate to to still have running as my "me" time during such a busy week.

Here's a recap of last week's workouts following Coach Dawn's plan:

American River Parkway Half Marathon Training Week 3: 1/23-1/29

Week 3 of half marathon training has been good! If you missed my 2017 Running Race Schedule post, I mentioned that my goal half marathon race was cancelled (Pony express Half) but luckily I found a backup race that was the same weekend, the American River Parkway half marathon. I'm on track for training for that and still hoping to PR! I'm happy I got all my workouts in this week and met all of my scheduled paces!

Here's a recap of last week's workouts following Coach Dawn's plan:

Pony Express Half Marathon Training Week 2: 1/16-1/22

Week two of half marathon training went pretty good. I missed Monday's workout due to heading to Tahoe to snowboard but going to the mountain that day was definitely worth it! I got in the rest of my training workouts with no problems so I'm pretty happy with the week. However, since I missed my 3 mile run on Monday, I was unable to complete my goal of 80k for the lululemon 40|80 Strava challenge. I was 3K off and was tempted to run with 7 year old to get the last 2 miles but the weather deterred us. At least I got the 40K done!

Here's a recap of last week's workouts following Coach Dawn's plan:

Pony Express Half Marathon Training Week 1: 1/9-1/15

This week started week one of my goal half marathon race in the Spring. I'll be running the Pony Express half marathon on April 30th in Sacramento and it's the race I am hoping to PR in this year. I am trying something different and I am going with a coach's plan. Not just any coach but my sister's running coach, Dawn. She came up with my training plan and I'm very excited to see how it goes. :)

Here's a recap of last week's workouts:

Last Week's Workouts and Weekly Wrap 12/26-1/1

Happy New Year!!! It was a fun week in Seattle. I got in a bunch of runs with my twin sister Sherry aka Happy Running Mom! There was lots of yummy food and good times with family and friends during the week. I am so glad I had the Runner's World Run streak to get me out running especially due to the donuts I ate while there. :p

Here's a recap of last week's workouts:

Last Week's Workouts and Weekly Wrap 12/19-12/25

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas weekend! It's been a good week of running! I only got in one cross training workout but that's better than nothing in a busy week of holiday activities and getting for our trip to Seattle.  

Here's a recap of last week's workouts:

Last Week's Workouts and Weekly Wrap 12/12-12/18

It's been another good week of running and workouts! The strength training workouts have been tough and have left my arms sore both times so it's been great working on muscles I haven't been using in a while. The run streak is still going strong so I'm happy about that. I can't believe that Christmas is already coming up next weekend! I'm excited to see my family for the holiday!

Here's a recap of last week's workouts:

Last Week's Workouts and Weekly Wrap 12/5-12/11

It's been another great week of running and workouts without any sort of plan. The run streak is going strong and I'm actually enjoying it. With it being December I've been thinking about races for next year. If you saw my post on IG, I even signed up for next year's marathon! :)

Here's a recap of last week's workouts:

Last Week's Workouts and Weekly Wrap 11/28-12/4

Last week went pretty good. Another week of some good runs without any sort of plan and the Runner's World run streak is going well. Streaking hasn't been a struggle for me yet so I am happy about that. It is crazy that it is already December. I ended November with 112 miles. 

Here's a recap of last week's workouts:

Last Week's Workouts and Weekly Wrap 11/21-11/27

It's been a great week off for the Kiddos for Thanksgiving break. I did catch up on some blogging and posted my recaps of Las Vegas for the 5K and half marathon. I got a bunch of runs in this week and I've decided I would give the Runner's World Run Streak a shot again this year. I attempted last year but could not finish due to a sick kiddo and Hubby out of town. Let's see if I can get it done this time! 

Here's a recap of last week's workouts:

Last Week's Workouts and Weekly Wrap 11/14-11/20

It was a pretty good week after last week's Las Vegas Remix Challenge. I took a couple of days off before running again. I was hoping to get some strength training in but the week was pretty busy with dentist appointments, helping at the kiddos bookfair. volunteering in their classes, and a stone soup celebration. Plus 7 year old had half day all week due to parent/teacher conferences. It was a packed week but at least I got some runs in. 

Here's a recap of last week's workouts:

Rock'n'Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon Training 10/31-11/6

I can't believe Rock'N'Roll Las Vegas is this upcoming weekend! I'm getting excited to run the Strip at night! :) Training this week went really well. Not only did I get my first sub 8 minute mile during training but I also ran my fastest 5K. The fam also got to hike this weekend. It has been a great week.

Here's a recap of last week's workouts:

Rock'n'Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon Training 10/24-10/30

Happy Halloween! It's been another good week of workouts. Fall is definitely here in Northern California. We have managed to get some good rain this week. The kiddos last soccer games were even cancelled due to soggy fields. My runs were decent and it's been nice to run in cloudier conditions. 

Here's a recap of last week's workouts:

Rock'n'Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon Training 10/17-10/23

It's been a good week of running since the marathon! I know some take more rest after a full marathon, but since I've been feeling good I went with more runs this week. I didn't want to take too much of a break with Rock'n'Roll Las Vegas coming up next month. Only about 3 weeks away before I do the remix challenge and I'm very excited! I can't wait to run the strip at night! I'm not really following a strict half marathon schedule, kinda just winging it so we'll see how that fares.

Here's a recap of last week's workouts:

Chicago Marathon Training Week 7: 8/1-8/7

Last week was another busy week in the books. I got in most of my running workouts for marathon training in and felt pretty good about them. Ran 800's for the first time and survived, and also got in a good 5 miles at a decent pace. We went to Yosemite National Park at the end of the week which is amazing and I'm very happy I got in my 15 mile long run! 

Here's a recap of last week:

Chicago Marathon Training Week 3: 7/4-7/10

With two races over the weekend, I modified my marathon training plan quite a bit. My plan was to run hard on Saturday's half marathon and then easy on Sunday, opposite of my training plan but I wanted to see if I could PR on Saturday's half and this was my best chance this year. My next planned half is RnR San Jose in October but it is the week before the marathon and it is going to be treated as an easy training run. I'm pretty happy with how things went this weekend and now with these races out of the way, I can concentrate on marathon training.

Here's a recap of what I did last week:

Chicago Marathon Training Week 2: 6/27-7/3

Happy 4th of July! Last week was a great week of workouts! I managed to get in two sessions of cross training working on my core and I also did a better job of following my pace times in my RunnersConnect marathon training schedule. I did manage 111 miles total for the month of June. I'm always happy when I reach over 100 miles and I'm thinking with marathon training I will have no problem reaching over 100 miles in July.

Here's a recap of last week's workouts:

Chicago Marathon Training Week 1: 6/20-6/26

Last week started my training for the Chicago Marathon. I still can't believe I am training for my first full marathon! I did finally decide on a training plan and I am going with the one I found on Runner'sConnect (their free 16 week basic marathon intermediate 1). It seems like a good plan and I like how it shows the paces you should be running, although I need to do a better job of running the easy pace. I just watched the videos on the site yesterday, and I clearly should be running easy even if it is hard for me to do so. 

Here's a recap of last week's workouts:

Seattle Rock'N'Roll Half Marathon Training Week 9: 5/30-6/5

It's been another great week of running! I think I got in the most miles in a week this week with 36.4 miles! It's only because I made up my long run on Monday and had another long run yesterday. I was definitely feeling some tired legs on yesterday's run. I can't believe Seattle Rock'n'Roll is less than two weeks away. It will not be a goal race for me and the reason why will be in an upcoming blog post. I'm excited for the run and can't wait to be back in my home town!

Here's a recap of last week's workouts:

Seattle Rock 'N' Roll Half Marathon Training Week 6: 5/9-5/15

Last week was another decent week of training runs. The highlight was the weekend. I had a great time with friends in San Francisco for Bay to Breakers. It was my first time away from the kids for a night and it was so much fun. 

Here's a recap of last week's workouts: