When I signed up for Ironman Chattanooga in August, I immediately thought ahead to the next time I'd be home visiting family so that I could go on a course recon mission. I flew home for Thanksgiving, and two days after I got there had planned a drive of the bike course. The following day I had ...
thoughts
Jacksonville Bank Marathon {Marathon #2 Goals + Thoughts}
Hope you had a Merry Christmas if you celebrate! If not I hope you had a wonderful Wednesday! While everyone is couch surfing and wishing they hadn't eaten the 3rd (or 4th or 10th) cookie, I'm sitting here doing the same plus thinking about the marathon I'm running on Sunday. It's a weird feeling to ...
Thoughts going into Rev3
Last week was a step back week of sorts. It included slightly less than what I had been doing, but it was still pretty intense in some ways. I did my longest tempo run, I still did a 3 hour long ride, and there weren't any fewer workouts than normal. Quickly, Monday was rest. Tuesday was 2 x 15 ...
Training Solo + Weekly Workouts Last Week
I'm going to do something a little different this week. Instead of posting a longer post about my workouts, I'm just going to include the chart and list the workouts quickly on a post about a different topic. I figure it works out for the best. If you care about all the thoughts that went along with ...
Airport Thoughts + A Big Congratulations!
I'm at the airport writing as I head off to Birmingham (via Atlanta) to go to my sister's graduation from University of Alabama Law school. There's something I love about airports, and every time I get to one I always have the same series of thoughts... 1. I park the car and I get out and walk ...
keeping tempo
I can tell you with certainty that I'm not an expert at anything, and I often times find that the more I learn about something the more I realize I don't know. Running is one of those things. I started running with the Couch to 5k program in March of 2011, ran my first race in August 2011, finished ...