[Tweet "Check out Toni's amazing year of running!"] This has been quite a year for me in the running department. I started the year in Key West where I ran my second worst half ever and in comparison, my first worst half was by choice and one of my favorite races ever. Key West however, was not by choice and it made me realize that I needed to change. Taking a good look at my year of running tonight & really proud of how far I have come! I started my year ...
Half-Marathon
2017 San Francisco Half Marathon Recap: Race Day
[Tweet "Check out Toni's Recap of the San Francisco Half #TSFM"] Well it took me awhile to write, but here is my recap of the San Francisco Half Marathon, my favorite half marathon experience thus far. My alarm was set for 4:30 am which gave me jus enough time to get dressed, fuel up (honey stinger and black tea with a drop of half and half) and be in from of the hotel by 5 am for my Lyft. I debated walking to the start, but it was so early I was a little nervous about the ...
My Top 3 Training Tips For Running A Half Marathon Plus A Giveaway For One Race Entry Into The Newport Liberty Half Marathon
Half marathons are my favorite distance to race. Training is hard, but not too hard and the distance is long, but not too long. I think it is the perfect race. I ran my first half marathon in 2011, fell in love with the distance and have run 9 more since then. My race times have ranged from 1:54:36 (PR) to 2:40:16. I have hands on experience in what works and what doesn’t when it comes to training for a half marathon. [Tweet "Check out Toni's Top 3 Training ...
A Training Plan is Born
My Half-Marathon Training officially started yesterday, exactly 12 weeks until the Diva's Half-Marathon and 8 weeks until the Virginia Beach Rock'N'Roll Half-Marathon. Perfect timing if I say so myself and it was completely unplanned, I actually thought I was closer to 10 weeks so this works out much better. Here is week 1's plan: Full 12 week training plan I finished the plan last night (talk about last minute), but be mindful I have not filled in my cross training for the whole 12 weeks ...