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Half Marathon Training: Week 7 Recap

Hey! So I slacked on my recap yesterday, so I wanted to post it tonight. BTW, I’m taking advantage of the fact that Mr. Student has a lighter schedule for the summer and letting him do more of the cooking these days. But if I do cook (or…bake…) something worth sharing, you know I will. [...]

Half Marathon Training: Week 6 Recap

Hey all! I hope you’re having a lovely holiday weekend, if you have today off, of course. I’ve been kinda lazy and anti-social this weekend, but I think we all need our me-time sometimes, you know? And my “me time” includes staying in my pajamas and reading (American Wife? SOOO good. I haven’t been into [...]

Half Marathon Training Week 5 Recap

For some reason, this week made this whole “training” thing seem more real. I guess because now we’re officially 3 months out from the race. And the “long runs” are getting…well…long! Yikes… Here’s what I did this week: Monday: I don’t remember, but I think I did some extra stretching. I know I took Nina [...]

Half Marathon Training Week 4

Oh my, am I really a month into my half training! One down, three to go. This week, I feel like I slacked off on my training, but looking at it again, I think I did OK. Monday: Nothing. I was going to do some yoga, but ran out of time. Tuesday: 3 miles. I [...]

Half Marathon Training Week 3

I am pretty proud of my efforts this week. I made the time to do all my workouts, didn’t sacrifice sleep, and had some pretty good workouts, if I do say so myself! I also tried to keep  better track of what I did, for blog and record-keeping purposes. Please skip to the end if [...]

Half Marathon Training Week 2

Another week, a million to go (or at least, that’s what it feels like) in my training. I’m definitely still in the OMFG what was I thinking mind-frame, and I’m battling strong feelings of insecurity (which should surprise no one who knows me) about my ability to do this…but I’m just taking it as it [...]