Happy New Year and welcome to my first Random Thoughts Thursday post.  I hope you are having a fabulous week whether you are in a warm or cold part of the country/world.   • How is is that years ago I would look forward to watching the clock strike 12 to welcome the new year?  Nowadays,…

Week #5, December 25-December 31 M Ran 30 minutes for 2.35 miles  T OFF W Ran 45 minutes for 3.59 miles TH OFF F Did not run S Ran 80 minutes for 6.46 miles S OFF Started off the week on Christmas morning with 30 minutes of running.  It was cold with lots of snow on the ground making it…

Hello there!  We are so close to saying goodbye to 2017.  It was another good year for me with great trips to Utah and Alaska as well as fun times with family and friends.   I am borrowing ideas from Courtney and Elizabeth to write a blog post with my running stats.  All of this comes…

Another great week of marathon training.  I am loving these “easy” runs but I know that eventually they will not all be “easy”.  The weather has been decent enough to continue running outside.   Week #4, December 18-December 24 M Ran 30 minutes for 2.58 miles  T Quality Session (10 minute warmup, 3.10 miles, 10 minute cooldown) W OFF…

Illinois Marathon training has begun.  This week I did minimal running because I hurt my ankle.  It feels better now but taking a few days off helped and I am ready to resume training.      Week #3, December 11-December 17 M Did not run  T Did not run W Did not run TH Did not run F Did…

Illinois Marathon training has begun.  Now it feels like winter in Chicago.  It was nice and warm on Monday and then dropped 30-40 degrees for the rest of the week.  As mentioned in this post, I’m training with Mary from Lift | Run | Perform for a few weeks before I start my “official” training with a few…

Illinois Marathon training has begun.  It doesn’t feel like winter here in Chicago so it has been awesome to run outside.  As mentioned in this post, I’m training with Mary from Lift | Run | Perform for a few weeks before I start my “official” training with a few other women that are training for the Boston Marathon. …