New Year’s Resolutions This week marked the “happy half-way” point in my half-marathon training and just about two months left until the Woodlands Half Marathon. I’ve gone from dreading three-mile runs to actually looking forward to sprint sets and exploring new trails for my long runs. It’s been a big transformation, but I still have … Continue reading
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Running the Terry Hershey Park Trail
Holy cow. Week Seven. Seven. That’s pretty weird experience writing that number. Seven weeks I’ve been running. Pretty consistent running too! Writing seven really puts into perspective how far I’ve come. I actually look forward to my Monday sprint workouts. I don’t completely cringe at the thought of running six miles on the weekends. Sometimes … Continue reading
12K of Christmas (Chronicles of a Swimmer who Dabbles in Running: Week 6)
I’m about half way through with my half marathon training (ahhhhhh) and what better way to commemorate this special moment than by running half half a marathon? Especially a Christmas themed one. Enter: Houston’s 12K of Christmas Fun Run. See what they did there? So 12K is 7.45 miles. Some quick math here…that’s over half half a … Continue reading
Running Buffalo Bayou
I have an upcoming race this weekend (12K of Christmas Houston —see what they did there?) and decided that I should probably research a bit of race theory or whatever in order to better prep myself for this daunting run. For those of you who don’t like math 12K translates to 7.45 miles—which is the … Continue reading
Chronicles of a Swimmer who Dabbles in Running: Week 4
After my Ireland trip, I’ve been a bit jetlagged. Not horribly so, but I’ve been waking up before my alarm pretty consistently for the past couple of days. On Friday morning motivated by the desire to get back into my training schedule and sweat out all the chips and beer I consumed on vacay, I set me alarm for six am … Continue reading
Running the Memorial Park Trail
So I’m a swimmer (well, water polo player technically) who dabbles in running. I played competitive polo for eight years, have done seven triathlons, and am a certified yoga teacher–so yeah I’d say I’m pretty active. But I have this weakness….it’s called land. After years of swim sets, tread wars and passing drills, I am … Continue reading