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Chicago Marathon Training Week 11 – 8/10-8/16

Vacation has been great! My mom is a planner extraordinaire so our days have been filled with fishing, hiking, walking, and exploring the different ports.  I wish I paid attention to her itinerary in advance, because I could have scheduled in some early morning runs while I was in Ketchikan and Juneau (here is a great post by Pam of We Run Disney on "How to get it done: training while on vacation").    Monday 8/10– Fishing Tuesday 8/11 – Walking…

2015 Baltimore Women’s Classic 5K Race Recap

The Baltimore Women's Classic is the second oldest women-only race in the country.  This 5K had been on my radar for awhile  (see my Maryland Race Bucket List here).  I was excited that I could fit it into my schedule this year and saw it coincided with their 40th Anniversary - fun!   My mom also signed up for the race, it was her first 5K! Funny since she has walked several half marathons. Packet Pickup The BWC is managed by Charm City Run.  They offered…

Chicago Marathon Training Week 7 – 7/13-7/19

Well last week was a bit of a bust.  It started off with two good (tough) strength training sessions (Tuesday = arms and Wednesday = legs).  I've had back to back sessions before, but never have I ever been that sore to miss my runs through the weekend (usually my strength days are Tuesday/Thursday and I am recovered by Saturday/Sunday for my long runs).  Today I am linking up with Tara at Running n’ Reading for the Weekend Update. Monday 7/13–…

Chicago Marathon Training Week 6 – 7/6-7/12

About a week and a half ago Kristina kindly reminded me that Chicago was 100 days away!  Now we are down to the 90 day mark - crazy!  My training plan is ~18 weeks long - so I am about 1/3 done with training.  Today I am linking up with Tara at Running n’ Reading for the Weekend Update. Monday 7/6– 2 mile walk + 30 minutes cycling Tuesday 7/7 – 2 mile walk + 60 minutes personal training + 1 mile elliptical  Wednesday…

Chicago Marathon Training Week 5 – 6/29-7/5

Hope everyone had a nice long weekend! Even though it is the same number of days, Saturday-Monday always seems longer than Friday-Sunday! Today I am linking up with Tara at Running n’ Reading for the Weekend Update (One day later than usual...will get back to my usual blogging pattern soon! I have so many posts in draft mode to share).  Monday 6/29– 2 mile walk  Tuesday 6/30 – 2 mile walk + 60 minutes personal training + 1 mile elliptical  Wednesday 7/1 – 2 mile walk…

Chicago Marathon Training Week 4 – 6/22-6/28

Last week = rain + thunder + lightning.  The upside to all this rain....it cooled DC a bit! On Sunday we were greeted with some amazing weather for the Baltimore Women's Classic 5K - wasn't the Baltimore skyline gorgeous?!?  Today I am linking up with Tara at Running n’ Reading for the Weekend Update. Monday 6/22– 2 mile walk  Tuesday 6/23 – 2 mile walk  Wednesday 6/24 – 2 mile walk + 3 mile run @11:42 min/mile Thursday 6/25 – 2 mile walk + 15 minutes…

Throwback Thursday – Old Race Photos

Every few days or so I get an email from our lovely friends at MarathonFoto (and I get quite a few reminders since I run ALL the races haha).  I've been lazy about ordering my New York City Marathon photos (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) and decided it was time to look through the proofs again (confession: I've never ordered from them before).  I noticed there was a reference to their MarathonFoto® Rewards Club while I was on their website (FAQ here).…

Chicago Marathon Training Week 3 – 6/15-6/21

Last week was another scorcher...when/will I ever acclimate to the heat? Maybe not... it will always feel uncomfortable to me.  Today I am linking up with Tara at Running n’ Reading for the Weekend Update. Monday 6/15– 2 mile walk + 60 minutes personal training Tuesday 6/16 – 2 mile walk + 45 minutes cycling  Wednesday 6/17 – 2 mile walk + 3 mile run @12:13 min/mile  Thursday 6/18 – 2 mile walk  Friday 6/19 – 2 mile walk + 2 mile warm up/cooldown + 3 mile run @ 11:37 min/mile Saturday 6/20 – 60 minutes…