A while back, I participated in a blog link-up called #bestrun. I, and many other bloggers wrote about our best, recent run. It was a pretty simple choice for me, especially after my training runs in the current week were definitely not my best. But, it got me to thinking. How about my worst run? Out […]
My #BestRun.
I am excited to be participating in MissZippy’s #BestRun link up this week. The idea is to write about my most recent best run. First, I need to tell you that my weekly training recap post will be a day late, because, unfortunately, that recent best run didn’t happen this week. Oh, I had high […]
Weekly Training Recap: Week 9. Including Las Vegas Workouts and a 5k!
Well, from Las Vegas to a 5k race, my training has been, well, interesting this week. I always know that traveling can be challenging to workout plans, but, as I was heading to a fitness conference I thought that gave me an edge. While the IHRSA Convention does offers a multitude of workout options, several […]
Friday Fitness: 2 Workouts. Get Your Vanity On and Learn to Function
Huh? Yes I know the title defies all SEO (search engine optimization) rules, but I was finding it hard to describe these workouts in 70 characters or less. What we have here is two workouts that I did with my Superball class this week. The first one, the Vanity Workout, focused on individual muscle groups, […]
A Tale of Three Cities: La Quinta to Alberta to Calgary. And Therafit Shoes
I was a little hesitant to write this post, because frankly I’m a little embarrassed about the whole thing. It was expensive, time consuming, and completely avoidable. So I have chosen to look at this as an expensive, time consuming, avoidable learning opportunity. A teachable moment for myself. You may recall, way back at the […]
Friday Fitness: Adding Tempo Training Runs To Get Faster. Plus 3 Workouts!
The term tempo run refers to a certain number of miles run at a certain tempo, which is faster than your normal pace. It is also called a Lactate Threshold or LT run. Lactate Threshold is the pace at which your body starts to build up lactic acid faster than it can be processed […]
