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A biking MACHINE!

March 19, 2012

Ok, I’m not a biking machine YET, but I’m on my way.  Jamie, you will be SO proud!  I biked to work again today!  …and then I did my tempo run!

Commute to work 5.9 mi
5 mi run with miles 3 & 4 tempo pace*
Splits (9:01, 9:00, 7:40*, 7:32*, 8:26)
Cannonball
Commute home 6 mi

I was determined to do my Cannonball routine after my run.  I wasn’t going to let the small … [Continue reading]

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Daylight Savings won’t get in my way!

March 12, 2012

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My friend Jamie will be really proud of me. I biked to work today!  I used to bike to work when I was training for the half Ironman, but then got lazy. The beautiful weather inspired me to get on my Dolce to warm up for my TEMPO! I haven’t done a tempo in a while, so I was a bit nervous, but I wanted to still give it a go!

Standard warm-up (modified)
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First Tempo Run of Training and MORNING workout!

January 3, 2012

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I have been avoiding speed for a while now because I know its important to build up your base mileage first. Yesterday I incorporated some speed because I have been running more consistently and had a good yoga session. I wasn’t going light speed but it was fast for me right now.

4 miles
33:38
Avg 8:25 pace

Even better than including speed, I got up this morning and RAN with my friend Sarah! It’s … [Continue reading]

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