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Today I ran my first ever 50 mile run. It ended up being 50.57 miles in 7:47:59 (avg 9:15 per mile pace). Yes, this time includes all of my stops as I never stop the stopwatch. Therefore, my actually running pace was faster than 9:15 per mile. I got up at 1:51am and started preppingContinue reading “What does running 50 miles feel like?”

100 Miles? Yep, I am attempting my first ever 100 mile run on October 24th. This weekend I will run 25 miles on Friday and then 50 miles on Saturday as part of my training. The back to back long runs are meant to prepare me for the 100 miler but I know the biggestContinue reading “100 Miles?”

As an ultrarunner I have been learning how to burn more of my “fat” stores as energy on long runs. My hope is to incorporate this into my races in the future. Why burn fat? Well, the body has way more fat calories than it does glycogen calories. There are 3,500 calories in just 1Continue reading “Burning Fat and Carbs in Running”

I just recently did a 35 mile run. The next day I did a short shake out run and then followed that day with a no run day. However, on the third day I did an intense interval workout and total day of 18 miles. I look back on it now and it was tooContinue reading “Training With An Injury?”

I’ll be honest, when I was young….I didn’t really put much thought into “fueling” for my workouts and races. I ate what I wanted and drank what was popular. I tried to have a filling breakfast before races with at least three or four hours for digestion and I drank mostly water and sports drinksContinue reading “Fueling Properly Introduction”

So…I haven’t blogged in awhile about training. I have not felt the same. Things have not been the same. My training lately has not been the same. I just don’t have the same “fire, drive, and determination” in my workouts. The Boston Marathon was canceled and then my second race for the year was canceledContinue reading “When Things Are Not The Same”

It has been HOT! This summer I have been training in above average temperatures. The result? I feel exhausted! Running in humidity or higher temperatures can be draining. I can’t seem to replace fluids fast enough and even breathing this year has been suffocating at times. What do you do? Be patient! If I doContinue reading “Hot Hot Summer”

Sleep? Are your really talking about sleep on a running blog? Isn’t sleep the opposite of what we should be doing? Runners get better by running, not sleeping…..right? Sleep is vital if you want to have success in running. I hope that is good news to you because I love sleep. When it’s about 8:30pmContinue reading “Sleep…..zzzzzzzzzz”