A few weeks ago I got the chance to run and complete my first marathon. As some of you may know from following my running journey, I started running earlier this year and to-date I’ve ran several races including two half marathons and one full marathon. Prior to starting my running journey, I’ve always heard amazing […]
A few weeks ago, I completed my very first Half Marathon (13.1 miles, 21 kilometers), at the Brooklyn Half. I steadily trained for a good 6-8 weeks (originally it would have been 12 weeks of training, but I had to cut my weeks short because of minor injuries, and last minute race registration). The day […]
In the previous post I told you about how I got past my comfort runs, those runs that we keep doing on replay because that’s all we think we are capable of doing. Mine were anything under 3 miles. I was on 1 to 2 miles for at least a good year or so. In this […]
As I get ready to start a 12-week Half-Marathon training next week, I am getting more excited about it. I have already visualized myself, at a race, during the race and finishing the race, all with a smile on my face and proud sweat. As I look at my 12-week training plan, I’m ready for […]
After 5 weeks of training for the NWM 10K. The race is finally here. Am I excited? Yes. Am I ready? Yes. Am I anxious? Yes I’m excited because I committed to something and I did it and now I get to finish it off. I trained for 5 weeks, and I made it to […]