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Last Long Run Before Race Day

That last long run before your marathon. If it goes well there is happiness and confidence going into the race. If it doesn’t go well negative thoughts begin to bombard our thinking and set the stage for an epic fail of a race. Since a good run takes care of itself, lets look at a bad run and break it down. This will be easy since today, I had one of those epic failure long runs. Or did I? Here’s the story and here is my running team: It’s important to note that going into this run, my legs had [...]

By Joanne|2015-03-28T13:16:20-04:00March 28, 2015|Running|1 Comment

Walk in the Park

It’s turned into a rainy day. The dogs and I beat the rain by 10 minutes, getting up early and walking at a brisk pace through the park. The leaves floated gently through the air until they found a resting spot on the trail. When I walk or run with the dogs, I usually talk to them as if they were running partners and we were discussing current events, but not today. I gave them the occasional “good boy, Shane” or a “good girl, Zoey…WOULD YOU HEEL…PLEEEAAASE?!”. I was feeling more meditative and a bit “spent” for lack of a [...]

By Joanne|2012-10-06T09:50:46-04:00October 6, 2012|Life|1 Comment

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 [...]