So the wonderful ladies at Saltyrunning.com have included me in a competition called, "The Greatest Women's Running Blog." It's set up like the NCAA tournament and I need votes to win. Honestly, I haven't been blogging due to pregnancy sickness, and my effort was truly lacking for part of … [Read more...]
Running for two
Most know now that Houston and I are expecting our second child in August this year. I am started to look and feel very pregnant, my belly is about twice as big as it was with my first child and I am running short on wearable clothing. I have continued to run, and now that I am in the neighborhood … [Read more...]
World’s latest/worst race recap
(I started writing this in November, added a little in December, and finally finished it in January. It's really not very good, so for anyone that wants to give up 5 minutes of their life reading it, here you go.)Results: 3rd female (see previous post)I want to start by saying that we did not go to … [Read more...]
XTERRA Trail World Championships Results
XTERRA Trail World Championships: 3rd female overall in 1:40:26(13.1m)Went out to fast and died in the middle pretty bad, but all in all I really can't complain with a 3rd place finish. Recap coming soon. For now, it's back to the beach.TrailPodiumCanadian Running … [Read more...]
Indianapolis Monumental Marathon Recap
Indianapolis Monumental Marathon: 2:49:28 for 26.27 miles (6:27 avg) 9th female(just 22 seconds off my PR!)Though I didn't run a personal best, I have nothing but positive thoughts after this race. Sure I have had some major success this year off the road, but I haven't posted a single respectable … [Read more...]
Taper
After running a disastrous half-marathon in NOLA in record heat and humidity (still finishing 2nd, I may add) I decided to really scale back my training. Surprisingly, my workout Wednesday after the weekend race went well, and the following Saturday I had a great 15 miler with the middle 12 at just … [Read more...]