Woohoo race week has come and gone already! I’m still way excited about the way everything went! I can’t wait to recap it all for you, but until then, here’s my last week of taper/race log: Monday: 4 miles roads. Tuesday: 6 miles roads. Another easy run before work. This run finally calmed me down about the race and took my mind off of it. Afterward, I felt relaxed and totally more » Read more

Only a few more days until my race! I can’t believe race week is already here! But first, I have two weeks of taper training logs to catch up on: Monday: Rest! Tuesday: 6 miles trails. I met up with my friend Kirsten to run our usual loop around North Chagrin after work. It was warm and stormed a little, but so nice to go watchless and run with a good friend. more » Read more

My last hard week of training for my first 100 is over! I cannot believe the race is three weeks away and it’s time to taper and rest. Monday: Rest day. Tuesday: 5 miles roads. I didn’t have much time before work, so I got in what I could. Wednesday: 3.25 miles roads. Lunchtime run! It was so hot and humid in the afternoon. I’ve had little heat training, so I’m happy more » Read more

I took an easy week this week, thanks to overall fatigue caused by my monthly visitor. I felt really great at the beginning of the week, with little soreness from my 53-mile weekend, but Friday/Saturday/Sunday, I had awful cramps and was fighting to stay awake. So, onto the week: Monday: Planned rest day! Tuesday: 6 road miles. Wednesday: 5 road miles. I finally went back to my Wednesday night Second Sole group! It more » Read more

What a great week! I have less than six weeks until the 100 to go! Until last week, I was really starting to freak out and every so often (or few days), I freak out a little bit and wonder how in the hell I’m going to run 100 miles without dying, crying or giving up. But this week was another confidence booster and helping me realize that I can more » Read more

So I’m back from a wonderful race weekend in the woods with little connection to the outside world. It was a great week and I’m still smiling about how well almost every run went! Monday: Rest day! Tuesday: 7 miles. I ran really early before work and was happy to finally see some signs of spring on my run. Wednesday: Unplanned rest day. Boo. Thursday: 8.5 miles. 5 miles on my own in the more » Read more

I had such a crappy week running-wise. Coming off my highest-mileage week ever, I figured I would be able to top that this week. But unfortunately, that didn’t happen. Monday: Rest. Tuesday: 4 miles am/5 miles pm. I got up and put on my Cleveland Marathon shirt from last year. All I thought about was Boston and the run went by pretty quickly for being mostly in the dark. The evening run, more » Read more

After a really hard March and my highest mileage month ever, I was ready for a recovery week. It couldn’t have come at a better time because I worked every day but Sunday last week and just overall was feeling tired and needing some time off. Monday: Rest Tuesday: 7 miles trails. I found a new-to-me loop at the Metroparks by my house. It was all trails I’ve run on before, but I more » Read more

Between work, training, racing and trying to still pretend I have a social life, time has gotten away from me! I’m happy to report that I finally had a confidence-boosting 60+ mile week and my foot is healing. I’m feeling much better about the 100 miler. Even though the snow outside doesn’t look like my big summer race is only three months away, I know that the extra hard work more » Read more

I took a scale-back week to help me recover from last week’s race and help my foot heal. I’ll have a twinge every now and then, but it is 10000 times better than it was last weekend! Monday: Still had some lingering foot pain, so I took a rest day. It’s rare I get a day off and a rest day at the same time. I went to a 60-minute hot more » Read more