Browsing Tag: running

Marathon Training Monday: Breakthrough Runs

I’m presently writing this from a plane somewhere in the air between Kentucky and Pennsylvania, after wrapping up a great few weeks in Lexington. While I’m so, so sad to be leaving Kentucky already and before Pony Finals and Derby Finals, I am looking forward to getting back into a non-horse show routine, because do […]

Marathon Training Monday: Mileage is About To Get Real

Did you know that in 2014 the Palm Beach Area Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society alone 254 patients received co-pay assistance totaling $553,321.47!? In the United States, someone is diagnosed with a blood cancer approximately every three minutes and the need for financial assistance is huge! This week, I’m asking each of my […]

Philly Half Marathon Recap!!

After yesterday, I can finally check “run a half-marathon” off my lifelong to-do list!! I don’t know what took me this long to finally do one; it was so much fun, and I’m already really looking forward to my next one! (Tentatively the Sunshine State Half Marathon on January 17th.) Here’s my recap from the […]

24-Week Half Marathon Training Plan

I’ve consistently been running 3 to 4 miles about three days a week so I have a tiny bit of a foundation going into my half marathon training, but I’ve never run more than 5 miles at a time! With that in mind, I wanted to find a plan that would allow me to gradually […]