Training Week 357

Training Week 357

by | Aug 21, 2016 | Running + Training

Highlight of the Week: Getting to do a “long” run! Monday | August 15, 2016: 6 m run + teaching strength class Loc: hood, Temp: 77°/78, Time: 57:51, Pace: 9:38 avg, Difficulty: easy/medium, Felt: good! grateful it was overcast Strength: plates and cards,...
Run the World Book Review

Run the World Book Review

by | Aug 20, 2016 | Books, Raves, Running + Training

For my birthday, Gina gave me a copy* of Run the World, the recently published memoir documenting elite athlete Becky Wade’s one-year post-college grant-funded journey across the world she took in 2012/2013 to study different running cultures. How’s that...
Final work week

Final work week

by | Aug 19, 2016 | House

It’s our final work week before the drywall ceilings start to go up on Monday (August 22) and we still have quite the to do list: List as of Monday, August 15 – it gets added on to each day (luckily, things are checked off, too!) We started the week with...
Random Thoughts Thursday 106

Random Thoughts Thursday 106

by | Aug 18, 2016 | House, Life, Running + Training

I hit a 700 day streak practicing Spanish on DuoLingo! I am practicing stuff I’ve already learned though, since I went through the entire Spanish course late 2014/early 2015. It would be awesome if they added more vocabulary and lessons. And if I practiced with...