Mesa-PHX Marathon Training – Week 5/10

January is more than half over. WTF. Good thing I ran that 33km on my birthday because there isn’t much time left for super long runs between now and a short taper for Phoenix! As always, thanks to Lifelong Endurance for getting it, and keeping this not-too-serious marathon prep to exactly what I needed –Continue reading “Mesa-PHX Marathon Training – Week 5/10”

Mesa-PHX Marathon Training – Week 4/10

Holy week 4/10 already! This is going by fast. I am so excited for the Sprouts Mesa-Phx marathon!!!!! It’s going to be so much fun meeting up with #werunsocial as well as all the other PRO Compression ambassadors, rocking the new Arizona sock and getting all matchy with everyone. Having this marathon on my scheduleContinue reading “Mesa-PHX Marathon Training – Week 4/10”

RUN 2017 – recap & lessons learned!

It’s mid-December. How? I feel like yesterday I was in the final weeks of training for the Dopey Challenge at Disneyworld. That was in January! So much happened this year in my running life. Awesome races. Some necessary let-downs. Some massive breakthroughs. This year, I can confidently say I transitioned from believing that I wasContinue reading “RUN 2017 – recap & lessons learned!”

Current Fall Running Favourites!

It’s FALL!!! A runner’s favourite seaon! For many, fall marathon or other distance training is well under way. The weekly kilometers are getting up there. As the window of daylight continues to shrink, the temperatures slowly drop and the runs get longer and/or more frequent, I start to find it more obvious the gear IContinue reading “Current Fall Running Favourites!”

training recap April 3rd-9th & the Prince Rupert Half Marathon!

MONDAY April 3rd 8km easy – Grand Trunk Pathway in Terrace BC, gorgeous TANK TOP weather! TUESDAY April 4th Planned: speed workout – 3km easy, [4x2km intervals with 2 min rests,] 3km easy This was a hard day for me and I’m sad to say I quit early. It just wasn’t happening, I got toContinue reading “training recap April 3rd-9th & the Prince Rupert Half Marathon!”