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
July 4, 2015 I have never proud of a grocery list before, but this took a solid week of prayer, rest, and practice to be able to write legibly again. It's not pretty, but it's a VAST improvement from Monday. It’s so surreal to see this. I remember this literally took me 20 mins to… Continue reading Independence Day
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
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
Today is World MS Day And this year's theme is #bringinguscloser. A bad diagnosis can mean depression. If can mean loneliness. If can mean a change or loss of friendships as priorities change. Something I never anticipated when I was diagnosed almost three years ago was just how close I became with my best friends… Continue reading Bringing us closer…
Race photos crack me up. They catch the true awkward that is me. Like this: I mean. What is this even about?? What am I doing? Who knows. And then the last mile I took off and finished without my crew and the cameras caught this little gem: I mean, am I giving a little… Continue reading Photogenic?
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!
We had a lovely race this morning. Perfect weather, sunny, temps in the 50s, and awesome friends and this guy by my side. We are sleepy and sore, but our hearts are full ♥️. Thanks so much for the prayers and well wishes today! They were certainly felt! May is full of recovery runs and… Continue reading 13.1 and not done!
Not Today, MS 