by Sara | Aug 30, 2015 | Long Run, Running, Weekly Recap
If you haven’t already, go and enter my Original Worm giveaway! You won’t regret it! The panic is starting to kick in a little bit more every week. I’ve really focusing on making the most of these last weeks, but just looking at a calendar is making...
by Sara | Aug 28, 2015 | Product Review, Recovery
Marathon training, or running in general, can be pretty brutal on your body. Throughout the years I’ve dealt with a plethora of different issues varying in severity. Two common issues I’ve dealt with throughout are: tight calves and tight IT band. They have always...
by Sara | Aug 26, 2015 | Speed Workout, Workout
One of unfortunate things about doing a lot of my runs before the sun comes up is the lack of the track in my life. I’ve been missing it a lot. We got back from the beach on Sunday, but I had taken Monday off from work. I am really glad I did because I got a lot...
by Sara | Aug 23, 2015 | Running, Weekly Recap, Workouts
I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend. I’m loving that mine is a little longer than normal! That means next week I’ll only have 3 super early morning wake up calls. We’ve had a beautiful and wonderful weekend at the beach. The weather has been...
by Sara | Aug 21, 2015 | Music, Running
If you see any random changes on the blog, I’m in the process of redesigning it! It’s been a busy week but I’m really liking the outcome! Hoping to have it up and running very soon! My apologies in the mean time. First off, someone needs to...
by Sara | Aug 19, 2015 | Marathon, Running
Happy Happy Wednesday! The weeks just seem to crawl by don’t they? Or, maybe that’s just because I am anxious to get on the road! We are heading to Wes’ family’s beach house for a long weekend and I am already ready to go! There is nothing more soothing to me than the...
by Sara | Aug 16, 2015 | Marathon, Running, Weekly Recap
I guess all my reset and refocus goals for the week paid off. It was still a challenging week, but I felt like I was much more mentally in tune with running this week. It was much overdo! I didn’t stick to the Hansons plan this week, instead did my own thing. I think...
by Sara | Aug 14, 2015 | Marathon, Running
Is it just me or has this been an extremely long week? The past two weeks of work have been crazy busy, but this week it slowed down which has made some of my days drag. Thankfully, it is officially Friday! Today, I wanted to focus on something that so many of us deal...
by Sara | Aug 12, 2015 | Chicago Marathon, Marathon, Running, Workouts
Hello friends! Happy Wednesday! It’s officially hump day so the good news is if you are reading this, you’ve made it this far. I’ve decided to title this week: reset and refocus week. I’ve made it a point to be very honest with all throughout this training cycle. It...
by Sara | Aug 9, 2015 | Running, Weekly Recap, Workouts
Running was a bit crazy this week. I think crazy is a nice word for “most days were a struggle” but I made it through. I had to make a few changes but I’m hoping with them it will set me up to destroy next week! One at a time! Some noticeable changes in my schedule: 2...