How I Went Sub Two.

It’s been a goal of mine for awhile now to run a half marathon in under 2 hours. Almost month ago, I accomplished that goal – I ran one in 1:57:34. I know there are a quite a few people …

My Hips Don’t Lie

I may have made it through back-to-back half marathons with 2 consecutive PRs, but my hips don’t lie… I’ve been slacking on strength training. I admit it. For the past two weeks, I’ve only strength trained once a week during …

Race Recap: Bird-In-Hand Half Marathon… or, the Time I Met Bart Yasso

Two weekends ago, I ran one of, if not THE coolest race I’ve ever run. The Bird-In-Hand Half Marathon is run through the “Valley of No Wires” as featured in a Runner’s World article by Bart Yasso called “Running With …

Wednesday Weights, Round 2

Time for another round of Wednesday Weights! It’s been more than a little while, but since upping my personal training to once a week, I’m rolling in great workouts! It’s awesome not only to know that I’ll get one killer …

Race Recap: Warrior Dash Ohio II!

This happened. On Sunday, to be exact. Yep, I ran Warrior Dash again. I ran it in May of last year with Ian and some friends, but I tackled it solo this time around, and it. Was. AWESOME! I wasn’t …

10 Things Tuesday

I am LOVING shorter runs lately. Anything 6 miles and under, and I am FLYING these days! I’m somehow down to cranking out 8:30 -9:00 minute miles consistently, and I’m negative splitting these short runs like CRAZY! Strength training is …

Wednesday Weights

I’m starting a new (fairly) regular feature here on ye olde One Run at a Time… Wednesday Weights! I’m sure this will evolve over time, but for now, I’ll be sharing my current favorite workouts so that you can try …

#Fitdate!

Stuck in a fitness rut? Make it a #FITDATE! I had two awesome #FitDates in a row this week – one with the Huz, and one with Carrie. On Sunday, the Huz and I hit the treadmills for 30 minutes …

Seasons

Running and fitness definitely have distinct seasons. The first 5 months of the year were focused on taking a huge chunk of time off my marathon PR. Since then, my training has been much less intense, because… well, because I’m …

My Alpha Showdown

This Saturday, I did something unlike anything I’ve ever done before, or ever thought I would even have to desire to do, much less actually do. Lifetime Fitness offers its clients what they call Alpha Training and the Alpha Showdown …

Week 18 Training Recap

Week 18 was my last full week of training before Marathon #2, and it was good! Technically, I ran 4 days, but only got 1 strength training session in, but I also did some IT band exercises on Friday and …

Week 17 Training Recap

After a few really stellar weeks of training, my first week of taper was just okay – not spectacular, but far from miserable. Like many other runners, taper time is rough for me. I’m really pretty horrible at resting – …

Week 15 Training Recap

Week 14 was taper week, week 15 was recovery week! I took it easy this week to let my body recover fully from Athens before tackling 20 miles this upcoming weekend. Life also threw me some obstacles, so a lighter …