Laura

It’s spring break week here- and one of the busiest weeks at work for my husband, who usually works from home several days every week. I’m in week two post half marathon and feel great this week. Last week, I felt a twinge in my hamstring on Wednesday’s easy run which made me nervous. This week, I’m tackling some short workouts, easing back into training.

A quick recap of my last several halfs: Richmond (fall 2018): fell apart at mile 5 with stomach issues, walked lots of it, eventually my first DNF Two Rivers Half (spring 2018): a month before Boston I ran 1:33 at the NYC half in March and 1:33 again at the NJ half in April. On paper and in training, my fitness has improved since then but it wasn’t showing up on race day, so my big goal going into Asbury was just to not fall apart! The negative voice said, this is it… you’re going to fall apart like you did in the last three half marathons, why not just quit now?

Last weekend, I met up with some of my oldest blogging running friends. We brought everyone together for a weekend in Vermont at Allie’s cabin for snow shoeing, snowboarding/skiing (ended up being a bit too rainy), good food, and a girls getaway to catch up. The rest of the time, we were content to lounge around, ate at two top notch restaurants each evening, and did more lounging, chatting and catching up. The weekend flew by and we already made plans for a follow up meet up that includes a race later this summer

Another week is about to kick off, and it’s a packed one here… largely because we have several half days this week for parent-teacher conferences. Here’s the breakdown from this past week: Wednesday:  9.5 with 5 x 5 minutes at tempo (ranged from 6:45- 6:58) + strides My legs weren’t feeling great at the start, but I made the decision to run by effort and not look at my watch. I was at my parent’s house with the girls and set the alarm to get it done early, but dark, cold AND windy after hardly sleeping was not appealing. 6:58, 7:13, 7:08 Sunday: recovery run, (8:27 ave) – not as much recovery needed as after most long runs Do you currently have a coach?