With the one-month mark till the Baltimore Marathon having just passed Thursday, Sept. 17, it seems like a perfect time to do a check-in with training. I’m not following a super-specific plan, but I am following a long run plan, and I’m making an effort to run a good amount otherwise and do hill work. … More Less than a month to go till the Baltimore Marathon
Follow @VanessaJunkin// When my alarm went off shortly before 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 2, I considered not getting up and heading out to the group run at McDaniel College. I had woken up at about 4:30 a.m. the previous day to make it to the Casey Cares 5K from Salisbury, and I don’t think I … More Group run with the Westminster Road Runners Club is fun, hilly
I’ve reached the halfway point to 1,200 miles for the year, one of my goals for 2015. With my 10-miler on Friday, I passed the 600-mile mark. If each month were to be even, I would have passed the milestone on the last day of June, running an average of 100 miles a month. However, I hit … More Halfway through the 1,200-mile goal
With a Friday off work, I wanted to do a run in a different place, preferably somewhere I hadn’t featured on this blog yet. I have run in Ocean City, Maryland, before — and even somewhat recently on the beach — but this is the first time since I’ve started this blog that I have … More Ocean City a fun place for a long run
The Baltimore Marathon is in October, but it’s closer than it seems. Actually, Oct. 17 is only a little more than three months away. I started training for the marathon at the Baltimore Running Festival — my fourth 26.2 — on Sunday, with a solo 10-mile run. It was the first time I’d run 10 miles since … More First day of Baltimore Marathon training complete
I ran every day of June, completing my first real attempt at a run streak. I actually ran 32 days in a row, as I also ran the last two days of May. I logged 92.21 miles during June, an average of about 3.07 miles per day. This included at least one mile per day, and … More Eight takeaways from my first run streak
I’m halfway through the first real run streak I’ve attempted. I put up a brief attempt in January, but I’m much more serious this time. I set a goal to run every day of any single month in 2015, and despite the heat, I decided June would be good. I’m not training for anything — meaning … More Halfway through the June run streak
I’ve reached 100 miles for the year for 2015 — just one day earlier than I did last year. I checked to compare my progress to last year and found that I hit 500 on June 9, 2014, during a run in Ocean City. This year, I hit 500 during a five-miler today: June 8. … More 500 miles down so far in 2015
Only four long runs stand between me and the Big Sur International Marathon. A large portion of my training is now behind me, as I just did my longest scheduled run of 22 miles on Sunday. The race is set for Sunday, April 26, in California — a state I’ve never been to but am excited … More 22-miler down, less than five weeks to go
Following in the tradition I started last month, I’ve come up with seven takeaways about my running in February. 1. I ran 80.95 miles. Since I’m going for 1,200 miles this year, I’ll have to make sure I run more than 100 miles some months, but in February, I only got in 80.95 — that’s just … More Seven facts about my February running
She Runs by the Seashore 