turkey trot week! workouts + brief race recap
The Tampa Bay Times Turkey Trot officially rounds off my summer/fall racing season, and my body is beyond ready for lower mileage and…
Tag: lifestyle
week of 5k workouts + pre-marathon training recovery protocol
Aside from a Colorado run that filled my soul with happiness, this week was not a strong one. My paces, while pretty good,…
the athlete’s travel toolkit: snacks for airplane travel
Much as I love sampling local cuisine, the process of home-to-destination involves a trek through morbidly expensive, often bland airport snack counters. I’m…
week in workouts + the simplest fried egg (in the microwave!)
First week back after the Lake to Lake 10K and I certainly dealt with more fatigue this time around than with the Fort…
how i eat in a typical 15k training day
First and foremost, I am not a number-cruncher. I do not track macros, I only input meals in My Fitness Pal to gauge…
sunflower bliss balls
I used to eat a peanut butter-chocolate chip version of these little oat nuggets religiously every morning. That formula I see most often,…
15k training: week 4 workouts + the beauty of down weeks
A down week, at last! I cut my mileage back 20% for week 4 to give my body a bit of time to…
15k training: week 3 workouts + boat hold benefits
Week three yielded one of my best long runs in quite some time. A few days felt less stifling than prior, though the…
15k training: week 2 workouts + curtsy lunge demo
Florida won’t relent with neither the heat nor the rain. Several days in a row now the streets and sidewalks slicken with puddles…
one day in salida, colorado
Volunteer efforts during the High Lonesome 100 ultramarathon occupied much of our short expedition in Salida. Even so, the small town layered quite…