This question keeps running through my head as I run. In the early mornings, before the sun breaks over the horizon, when we're pounding the pavement and the only sound is our breaths and an occasional passing car, I hear the words. Do I make you proud? I only have one memory of my dad… Continue reading Do I make you proud?
Welcome to week 6 of our Marathon Training Blog series! Click here to read week 1! Week 6: Monday: REST!-Check. Tuesday: 4 miles in 43m, 3s with an average of 10:46 min/mi. We ran at the gym. I watched 2 1/2 episodes of the office and almost fell off the treadmill from laughter. I can do… Continue reading Marathon Training Blog, Week 6
Welcome to week 5 of our Marathon Training Blog series! Click here to read week 1! Week 5: Monday: REST!-Check.Tuesday: 4 miles in 43m, 54s with an average of 10:59 min/mi. We're now up to 4 miles on our weekday runs. This means waking up at 4:45 to run instead of 5:00. It means running at… Continue reading Marathon Training Blog, Week 5
Welcome to week 4 of our Marathon Training Blog series! Click here to read week 1! Week 4: Monday: REST! Tuesday: 3 miles in 31m, 8s with an average of 10:23 min/mi. I'll be honest... I'm writing this over a week later and I can't remember anything about this run other than it was at the… Continue reading Marathon Training Blog, Week 4
Welcome to week 3 of our Marathon Training Blog series! Click here to start with the first week. Week 3: Monday: REST! We're pros at resting. We can rest like nobody's business. Tuesday: 3 miles in 31m, 15s with an average of 10:25 min/mi. We ran at the gym because we're trying to save me from some… Continue reading Marathon Training Blog, Week 3
Does anyone else love scrolling through the "Memories" posts on Facebook? It's usually how I start every morning and love seeing what we did as a family years ago. 2 years ago yesterday on June 20, 2016, my husband and I decided to go hiking. For the first time. One kid was at camp and… Continue reading It’s all an adventure . . .
Last week, I began a new series where we will document our Marathon Training. Let me know if you enjoy reading these! Here's the blog for week 2! Week 2: Monday: REST! It's the most favorite day of the week! The past two weekends have been crazy at our house with birthdays and parties and… Continue reading Marathon Training Blog, Week 2
Our official Marathon Training Plan kicked off on Monday, June 4. This is a 20-week plan that I got from somewhere I can't remember and then tweaked to make it our own. I can tell you now, we won't be 100% successful at executing all of this. There will be bad days. There may be… Continue reading Marathon Training Blog, Week 1
I chaperoned a field trip recently. Let me specify… I chaperoned a middle school band field trip recently. To an amusement park. On a 90 degree day. I had seven kids in my group and I only knew the names/faces of four of them. Even before MS, I’ve never been good with names and faces,… Continue reading When Grace Runs Out…
So, y'all non-MS'ers, sorry this post won't be of any use to you. You're welcome to read if you enjoy reading about my personal medical/food experiments :). SO. If you are new to Tec or a Tec veteran, you've likely dealt with all the fun side-effects. I almost didn't make it through the first month… Continue reading New Tecfidera Routine!
Not Today, MS 