So a lot of things have been going on in my little running world..so much that I almost completely forgot I’m running another 100 miler in 2 weeks. That is until I got the confirmation email in my inbox this afternoon that Sean had signed me up. Snap! March 3rd is a heck of lot closer than I realized. Continue reading “Succumbing to Weakness is Not an Option”
Anyways. Back to the Running Rambles.
Okay fine!! After numerous texts with you people telling me that I’m crazy if I go dark—and massive voting for blondness—I’m just going to go dark to spite you all! (Especially you: Daniel Walsh…age 26… 170 pounds! Muahaha) Just kidding… Seriously though, thanks for the input, guys. I’ll stick to blonde. Melanie will be happy. She was NOT looking forward to potential darkness I was going to force her to do ;).
Anyways- I always say “Anyways”- I don’t know why. Not “anyway” or “any way” just “….anyways….” Continue reading “Anyways. Back to the Running Rambles.”
Waiting For What’s Next
I don’t know exactly where I’m going, but I know exactly what I’m searching for. Every single night I lay in my bed and think about it, every day I’m distracted with the thoughts: I want to push my body to the ultimate brink. I want to feel it again- the moment that I realize I’m truly human-when Im close to death.. Scary, I know. But it’s also in that very moment that I have the ability to fight- to push back- to scream that I want more, and let God decide the rest.
I want to run farther than I ever have in my life… Not in circles.. Not on some flat easy terrain. I want to run something hard, gripping, wild, dangerous, and deadly. The toughest mountains, the loneliest path, the deadliest cliff. I want that moment again. That moment is when I feel the absolute closest to God I feel I can get on Earth. It’s a strange female craving I guess.. definitely isn’t a freakin chocolate chip cookie, but it’s me. It’s right there alongside my need to live life outside of the box- to venture outside of the American Comfort realm and to a place that suits my chemical makeup more- the real deal Earth. I feel like I’m on the edge of my tomorrow.. Just waiting for the clock to turn. I wonder what’s going to happen next?? All I can do is run and pray and think and wait. But I know whatever happens next in my life won’t be an accident. Everything is perfectly mapped out from the get-go, so I’ll just hang on tight for the ride… And in the meantime.. Keep waiting.
PS: going semi AWOL again. I’ll have my phone, and will still check my email.:)
Week 1/30 training
Last week was full of great training..but now it’s time to lay the hammer down. No more runnin on easy street! Sorry to my subscribers who get a notification of a partially written post, but updating as I go is a great way to keep my training in check.
Mon what a beautiful day. I slept for 1.5 hours total last night. Pathetic! But somehow, I felt fine when I woke up.. must’ve been that sun shining! (I’m sure it will hit me later on! It’s usually the next day after an all nighter that I’ll feel like I’m dragging.) I already did both of my running workouts for the day. I had an awesome training partner for the first workout.:). Workout 1: 9 miles Yargo singletrack 1:18 (8:40 pace), Workout 2: 7 miles Harbins doubletrack :59 (8:25 pace).
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Week 1/23 training & what have you..
I decided to make a new post to log my workouts this week. Just easier for me this way. I am really struggling with my mental game lately. Not “mental game” as in the lack of pushing myself- mental game as in my dissatisfaction with training in the same old places. I’ve run my favorite 18 miles of trail at Yargo ragged. It’s my favorite trail to train on, but I am craving some thing else. Ideally, the AT. One of my Florida friends suggested meeting up with her in Savannah for a training run- which would be awesome too b/c I could use the change of scenery and the push from an incredible athlete for a long run.. but in reality.. it costs lots of money to drive to cool places. And unfortunately, adventure is not currently in the budget! No Mtns this week. No Savannah this week. Sucks. So I want to run a lot of course- but I’m just gonna need to stay motivated to hit my 18 mile “treadmill”, or maybe scope out some sick hidden local trails to hit up this week.. (doubt I’ll find any.. I’ve trampled everything I can think of!) My mileage will vary based on where all I go, and how much I can get in. This week will include much more cross training, next week is a very high mileage week. Also, I’m starting my training logs on Mondays now.
Eating Like a Horse, Week 1/22, 100s, Back to Full Isolation Training(?)
Eating Like a Horse So today, ha, interesting. I woke up at 4:50 to run. My mom took the kids for the night- and a 4:50am run of 20 miles with 12 of that at a 7 flat pace, is the ideal date for me and my man. But when we got to the park to run, it was locked up with none of the street lights on. We brought headlamps, but it was way too foggy to see. So we opted for the roads, but decided that if it was too foggy for us to see, it would be hard for cars to see us as well. So we didn’t run. We were both pretty disappointed.(Probably me more than Daniel, because that was a key workout for me to miss.) & When I got home- that’s when all Hell broke lose, and calorie deficit hunger kicked in with a vengeance. Oh my gosh. I’m not kidding you! Seriously. I pretty much eat whatever the heck I want during heavy training, because I am usually in a calorie deficit, and what I crave isn’t bad stuff. But I have never put away this much food in such a short time frame. Let me tell you all that I’ve put into my body for the past 12 hours:
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Excuses, excuses.
We have heard it ALL over our many years in the personal training business! We are sick of bogus excuses! 😉
Comfortable? (brain chatter)
Couldn’t sleep- up at 3am. Not abnormal. My brain wouldn’t shut off, so I decided to write out everything I was stuck thinking about! Kind of like a journal, I guess (one that thousands of people read every month??) Doesn’t matter to me. It won’t make sense to ANYBODY, it doesn’t flow or necessarily fit together, but I like to document my brain when it runs rampant in this direction.
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Training Week 1/15
This week I’m ready to crank it back up. I won’t be doing mega mileage again yet, probably under 100, but lots of speed, mountains, and quality- the rest will just be junk miles – which are only in there to keep my distance strength & fitness up for competing in 100s. <–That’s my sched. Will it actually turn out that way? Prob not, but if I’m smart, I WONT GO OVER.Here we go!
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New UltraChicks interview Anita Ortiz
Check out my interview with one of my favorite female athletes, Anita Ortiz, @ ultrachicksunite.com – don’t forget to support the sites by following via twitter subscribing to emails, or sharing on your favorite social media sites 🙂 thx!-ash
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