Training for a 50 mile race is a tough one. I knew this even before signing up for AR50, but I did not realize that it is a huge commitment. There is the commitment to do the miles, eat the right kind of food, and maintain a certain weight (especially being a light weight, I
I signed up for AR50 back in Sept 2011, and since then I have been logging all other activities I’ve done as my training for AR50. I log my training via dailymile.com, it is easy with Garmin (although I recently lost my Garmin ANT thumb drive, so I’ve been manually uploading my training runs and
There are approx 14 weeks till AR50. Â I have done endurance and base training the past 3 months, without tracking those training days. Â Beginning this week, I am tracking my mileage, nutrition, and all other training/workouts. Â I have finally put together my 50 mile training schedule for the next 14 weeks, and will record actual
Yesterday, I ran a marathon in Sacramento, with Claudia. Â On race morning, I was kind of nervous that I wouldn’t find Claudia, but we easily found each other (thank goodness for cell phones). Â On the bus to the start line, I met a 60 yr old man, who is now an inspiration to me. Â Basically,
This year, we did NWM again with Team JeannieXOXO. Â We had new team bibs, designed by my sissie, Raciel. Â I’m also glad that both my sisters made it this year to run the Nike Women’s half marathon in San Francisco. Â They loved it so much (including the hills!), they want to do it again next
