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I ran my first Half Marathon!!! I absolutely died and regretted my decision by mile 10 but I did it and I’m so proud!!

I didn’t train and I had not run past 10 miles before but I went in with a goal to finish under 2 hours and I got it in 1:59 😅 maybe I’ll train next time but who knows 🤷🏼‍♀️

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A quick update

Hey you guys! It feels great to write this first line again, as I’ve been such a slacker this year with blogging. I think the main reason for that is that I just haven’t had as many open dialogues with myself or others on things related to running, that inevitably gets regurgitated onto this blog.

2013-2016 was a big re-learning phase and now I’ve just got to keep on applying what I’ve learned. There’s good reasons to share progress or regress with others along the way though, and I’ll keep doing that. 

I class myself as macro or big picture when it comes to analyzing, so I tend to only look at progress over a month, or a year. For anyone interested in the micro details though, I usually log 1 or 2 brief thoughts in my daily logs on either Instagram or Strava, and you’re welcome to follow me there too. A few followers on here have already found me 🙂

Since a minor calf strain in early January forced me to take 2 days rest and remove speed for January and most of this month, I’ve been aiming to run 80-100 mile weeks. Tiring stuff, haha! An unusual amount of snow in Vancouver this winter has made this a little challenging some weeks, because it’s slightly more effort to run on snow (normally Vancouver city gets no snow). 

I’ve been staying close to 80 miles and haven’t gotten to 100 miles yet. I’m aiming to finish this week in the low 90′s and get to 100 next week though. 

A couple of weeks ago I added in a hill session once a week. I’m focusing on longer hills at tempo intensity (rather than short repeats at VO2max) to build up my hill fitness again for trail races. From next week I’m aiming to add in a 2nd speed session per week, focusing on leg speed on the flat. 

I’ll end this with a couple of photos because why not, this place is too pretty not to include photos in blog posts: 

A snowed over beach shot from 2 weeks ago, and me soaking up the sunrise after finishing hill repeats in Stanley Park. Have a great weekend! 

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I recently ran my first half marathon and 3 days later I ran a thanksgiving 5k and then went straight into a slump. I didn’t want to run. I was burnt out. I hated it.

Long story short I had my first run since thanksgiving today and it was hard and slow, but each step I began to like it more and more. I can’t wait to continue this running journey and get back to where I once was!

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How to get Better at Running:

step 1: RUN

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Finally was able to go running today and it was 77 degrees 🙌🏻 1 day down for my goal of working out 3 days this week!

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Late night runs are good for the soul 🏃🏽‍♀️

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2 mile run after a very rainy weekend

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