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Lost and A Time for Daffodils

This is the final week of tapering for Boston. My miles are cut way down and there will be no cross training. I’m lost. I don’t need to get up early because my longest remaining run will be 6 miles. I’m just hoping I can sleep longer. The contradiction to that will be going to bed later. The result will be 6 hours of sleep, same as usual. There’s no winning. I know this time is for my muscles to get strong and my body to recover from all the training but it doesn’t feel as tired and worn out [...]

By Joanne|2012-04-09T16:59:29-04:00April 9, 2012|Life|4 Comments

Fort2Fort 2012 Recap

I get so excited about running a race or maybe it’s the opportunity to run with humans instead of the dogs. Bipeds make me try a little harder to meet goal pace. Come the morning of the race, my stomach does flip-flops. I scan the room filled with other runners and take note of all the women, wondering who runs at what pace and thinking to myself “I bet she’s a fast runner.” I get myself in a state where I just don’t want to run. I don’t want to run by myself either which is why I always go [...]

By Joanne|2012-04-07T15:36:28-04:00April 7, 2012|Races, Running|1 Comment

Dancing With Myself

I couldn’t help it. I was thinking about running Boston again and got so excited. Then this song came on the radio. Dancing With Myself I found a back road, got out of the car and started dancing. I had so much energy and was feeling so good… I thought I’d share my excess energy with you ….then a car came over the hill behind me. Yikes! The guy in the car stopped, leaned over and said “You OK?!” Darn it! I got caught. Seriously?! At my age, it’s REALLY not a good thing to get caught dancing [...]

By Joanne|2012-04-05T17:27:18-04:00April 5, 2012|Video|12 Comments

FOFF Antipasto Pasta Salad

This week is the 2nd week of tapering for the Boston Marathon. Mileage has been cut back to about half of the highest total miles during one week of training which would make my total miles this week somewhere around 30 – 32 miles. My longest run was no longer than 12 miles. My easy days are no more than 4 miles. I will get 2 speed workouts this week. The first was done on Monday with the help of Jen. Running with her allowed me to get in 7 miles at my marathon pace (or close enough). The 2nd [...]

By Joanne|2012-04-04T16:30:06-04:00April 4, 2012|FOFF|1 Comment

Nutritional Goodies

This week starts the taper for the Boston Marathon. Most runners will begin with a decrease in weekly running volume of 20%. There will be at least 2 days of speed/strength workouts and one long run of no more than 16 – 17 miles, in some cases 14 miles will suffice as the long run. In terms of nutrition, we need to focus on muscle repair, strength and recovery. To do this, increase protein and decrease carbohydrates slightly. My first day of tapering was a strength workout on the treadmill which included a 2 mile warm up, 3 x 1600, [...]

By Joanne|2012-03-26T19:27:23-04:00March 26, 2012|Health and Nutrition|3 Comments

Back Where it Began and New England Country Soup

On Monday, April 16th, at 10AM I will be standing at the starting line in Hopkinton, waiting for the whistle to blow, the canon to fire, the gun to go off... I'll be back in Wave 3, Corral 1 of the 116th Boston Marathon. Sure I wish I was in Wave 1, Corral 1 but maybe that would be too much pressure...you think?! Partly discouraged because I'm in the last wave, partly relieved because I'm in corral 1, I'm grateful I'll even be there again. The benefit to being in the first corral is less of a crowd to fight [...]

By Joanne|2012-03-20T17:34:23-04:00March 20, 2012|product review|2 Comments