Trails in the Northern California foothills (our backyard and fond running grounds!) made the Wall Street Journal this month. Check out this article on over-training for an endurance race.
The featured coach in the article, Julie Fingar, is also a coach for my current running group, Sacfit. She organized the Sierra Nevada Endurance Run (12km) I ran last weekend in Granite Bay.
Running trails bright and early Saturday morning, as the sun peeks over Folsom Lake, is a beautiful, fresh way to start a weekend. I'm so grateful it's my backyard!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
The 17 mile long run on my schedule this weekend is looming over my head. Dread.
When I received an email from Active.com today with an article on "3 Tips to Keep Your Marathon Training Runs Fresh", I clicked eagerly and thought, Oh, just in time. Please help me keep my mind busy.
What I expected was some advice on how to entertain myself, like funny things to think about, talk about with fellow runner, or look at on the trail. For example, a mind game to play, top ten places I want to travel, or heck... birdwatching.
What I got instead was a complicated list of ways to run differently over the time period. Warm up, then run for a mile at this pace, then for this many minutes at another pace, back to a slow pace for however many miles, fast for another set of miles....... Are you kidding!? Not happening.
I am interested to see if I can come up with a better set of tips this weekend. I have 17 miles to think of some after all. So, I'll report back next week - that is, if I make it with out passing out and forgetting all of my thoughts! ;)
When I received an email from Active.com today with an article on "3 Tips to Keep Your Marathon Training Runs Fresh", I clicked eagerly and thought, Oh, just in time. Please help me keep my mind busy.
What I expected was some advice on how to entertain myself, like funny things to think about, talk about with fellow runner, or look at on the trail. For example, a mind game to play, top ten places I want to travel, or heck... birdwatching.
What I got instead was a complicated list of ways to run differently over the time period. Warm up, then run for a mile at this pace, then for this many minutes at another pace, back to a slow pace for however many miles, fast for another set of miles....... Are you kidding!? Not happening.
I am interested to see if I can come up with a better set of tips this weekend. I have 17 miles to think of some after all. So, I'll report back next week - that is, if I make it with out passing out and forgetting all of my thoughts! ;)
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