Jill Will Run

29 April 2010 ~ 6 Comments

Windy Day

Training

27 April 2010 ~ 27 Comments

I’m catching up on podcasts that have been piling up in my iTunes downloads and one of the episodes of RunRunLive talked to Heidi Harman, founder of the site Runalong.se out of Sweden. The site is devoted to female runners and helping them find groups and friends to run with. While listening I just kept thinking… us chick runners are mega tough!

24 April 2010 ~ 6 Comments

Team Challenge 2010 Napa Group Run #5

Charitable Training

This week our runners got to enjoy a little racing experience! They participated in a local 5K (that was organized by Desert Sky Adventures, so both Jimmy and I had a hand in getting the race off the ground anyway) as a “tune-up” experience. Many of them had never run in a race before so [...]

20 April 2010 ~ 14 Comments

Relay for Life 2010

Training

Last weekend I missed my Team Challenge run, but for a very good reason. I was helping my mom at the Relay for Life event in her town. She’s on the planning committee for this event each year, in charge of registrations, online set-up and accounting. So each year I plan my schedule so I [...]

16 April 2010 ~ 13 Comments

Running Heals

Training

I had a crappy day at work yesterday… it was just emotionally and mentally exhausting. And it’s still weighing on my mind. But for 40 minutes I got to forget about the situation and go for an awesome run, giving my body some physical exhaustion to match the other fatigues. I am traveling for work [...]

14 April 2010 ~ 5 Comments

How I Train

Training

This week’s Monday Brain Exchange question is: How do you train? Do you use a schedule, have a coach or go with the flow? Do you train alone or with group? In the past I have trained with a schedule and I’ve stuck to that very precisely. My first marathon training plan came from a [...]