The Beach and the Big Chainring

     A few things about this post.  First, I wouldn't say that a Nike Women's Marathon (NWM) race is really my cup of tea.  I think I prefer more local races, and races where men and women are running. Nothing wrong with other aces, that's just my preference. Second, I really really hate it when people are disingenuous about their training and the work they've put in for a race, and then are like "I accidentally PR'd by fourteen minutes."  I don't want this post to come across like that and I don't believe in accidental PRs. Since I've started working with my coach in November, I have put in lots of long long weeks of training. It's been lots of hard work. It's just that the training has been more tri specific, and not focused on running, and certainly not focused on half-marathon type running.  And now, to the recap.     Quite a few months ago, a friend of mine asked me to do this race with her.  I said "yes" and suckered m...

A lot has happened since I last posted.  A lot with training, and I've just had a lot going on in my life.  Every time I sat down to write a post, it just didn't feel right and I didn't feel up for writing about what was going on.  But over the past few weeks, things have gotten better, I've returned to my training schedule, and I feel happy.  Happy to be swimming, biking, and running my heart out. So now, back to this blogging thing.  I have two race reports that I want to write.  Hopefully I'll get those done this week. If you're wondering how my training is going, it's going something like this: the swims are getting longer; the bikes are getting longer; and the runs are getting longer.  But I'm enjoying it.  I feel like I'm in a good place with my training, and training is making me happy! I'll update more soon! Hope you are having a wonderful day!