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If you read the title of this blog post carefully, it says "My First Half Marathon!!" You would be correct to read between the lines and guess that I want to do more. Surprised me, but I had been warned by many runners...so they can't say they didn't tell me. :-) Anyway, I am super happy to tell you about the half marathon I finished on Saturday. If you have been reading my blog, you know that I ... Read More about My First Half Marathon!!

Hi everyone - this will be the last post before my big race! I can't believe I have made it through 18 weeks of training and my race is just a few short days away. I think my training has really slacked in these last few weeks, but sometimes that is what life brings. My Dad keeps telling me I have built a good base and I am going to be fine. I hope he is right because I sure deviated from my ... Read More about Training Tuesday: Half Marathon Training Week 17 & 18

I'm excited to share with you my update on my half marathon training as well as my results from my 10K race this weekend. So, let's get right to it. I didn't have the best training week ever. I got in my first short run for the week. I also wanted to explain that most Tuesday's now, I'm opting for the 'rest option in my plan. I am doing that because we have our homeschool co-op on Tuesday ... Read More about Training Tuesday: Half Marathon Training Week 16 & 10K Race Results

It has been two weeks since my last half marathon training update. Did you miss me? I missed you and missed running. I got a cold and didn't make a lot of my plan because I wasn't 100% and couldn't breath as well. I let some of my planned runs go. Below is what I did complete. First, let me just say that I don't follow the plan perfectionistically. I do things on the days that work for me, so ... Read More about Training Tuesday: Half Marathon Training Week 14 & 15

Apparently, I started celebrating my 41st birthday early. When you see my training for this week, you will understand. I was a bit of a slacker OR I could say I lived my life and trusted that I have trained enough up to this point to let it go for a weekend. First things first, above is what I used for electrolyte replacement on my longer run this week. It is called Vitalyte. It was hard to get ... Read More about Training Tuesday: Half Marathon Week 13

This week as you will see below, I completed all of my plan. While that might sounds like a victory. It sure didn't feel like one to me. I guess this week was just an off week all the way around. I started the week off by sleeping in. I had slept really poorly on Sunday night and couldn't get up and go for my usual run. Mr. T didn't have job that day though, so in the afternoon, Snowflake and I ... Read More about Training Tuesday: Half Marathon Training Week 12

I'm going to attempt to keep this short as I'm tired. I didn't sleep well last night and had a long day that ended with Snowflake taking a big spill on her bike and getting pretty banged up. I need to do something other than blog tonight. I hope you understand. This week in my nutrition and electrolyte replacement learning I tried the things you see above. Well most of them. For the last two ... Read More about Training Tuesday: Half Marathon Training Week 11

Hi, Welcome back! I'm glad to have you back to see how my training is going as well as join in our new discussion and topics each week. I wanted to make sure the updates on my training don't get boring, so I'm adding a discussion, topic or tip each week as well. I hope you will join in!  Last we we started a discussion with regard to electrolyte replacement drinks. I told you about my ... Read More about Training Tuesday: Half Marathon Week 10

Another week down! Yay!  My tip for you this week is in regard to electrolyte replacement drinks. I'm not sure it is a tip so much as I would love to have a discussion with you. I have obviously tried Gatorade because that is what is given out at every race I have finished. It tasted good, but in case you haven't noticed it has a big sugar content and in addition to that it is high fructose ... Read More about Training Tuesday: Half Marathon Week 9

This week, I certainly didn't hit the mark in terms of training. I was tired and stressed and trying to fit 4 weeks of projects into one week. It didn't work and I had to change expectations. I thought I would start this Training Tuesday with a tip for you. This may sound gross to talk about, but let's just be real. Running is a sweaty sport. Just wait until you hear your five year old daughter ... Read More about Training Tuesday – Half Marathon Week 8