Week 13 was a cut back week to give our bodies a little bit of a break before the next increase in mileage. What a nice break! Here’s how it went: Monday 9/3: Ran 4 miles in 43 minutes with Ari and Nicole. Had the day off for Labor Day, and it was a really… [Read More]
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NYC Marathon Training Week 8
We are in week 9 of NYC marathon training now! WOW it has flown by! Week 8 was a pretty good week of training, minus my long run fail on Sunday. That’s ok, though, because I got my ass out of bed and ran when I REALLY wanted to go back to bed. Ari texted… [Read More]
NYC Marathon Training Weeks 6 and 7
Has it really been 7 weeks already?? Wow!! Time flies seriously! So we’ve been training in the blazin’ AZ heat for 7 weeks now, and probably have another 4-5 to go before the mornings start to get bearable again. (Hopefully!!) I can’t wait to see how we all improve once the temperature comes down! So… [Read More]
Ladder Workouts will getcha!
Yesterday, Team Chances NYC did a ladder workout at track that definitely kicked my butt! A ladder workout looks like this: 1-1-2-1-3-1-4-4-4-1-3-1-2-1-1-1 One minute hard, one minute easy, two minutes hard, one minute easy, and so on. The 4 minute hard intervals were killer!!! My legs are still sore today! I had to run to… [Read More]