So this past week officially started my training for the Naples Half. The training overlaps with my Cocoa Beach training for a few weeks. This past week also marks my first week back training with my coach Jess. This was both a good week and a bad week. The bad part was that my left thigh/hip has been bothering me. I have seen my chiropractor and gotten cryotherapy for the issue, both helped, but not enough. The good part was that I won the second place ...
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October 2017 Goals
I cannot believe that it is already October. Where has this year gone? The Cocoa Beach Half is less than four weeks away and the Naples half is less than 15 weeks away. It is crazy how fast both races are coming. I have pretty big goals for both races, but Naples is my biggest running goal thus far. This past week I had to really take a step back and reevaluate my workouts and how they are affecting my running. I exercise a lot and it is taking it’s toll on ...
2017 Cocoa Beach Half Marathon Training Recap Week 9
[Tweet "Toni's Week 9 Cocoa Beach Half Training in the books, 6 weeks to go!"] I am definitely glad this week is over. School’s were closed the entire week due to Irma and in addition to Abby being off, I had off from work. Now, for any other reason I would have loved a week off, but not for this reason. I am not complaining. I am very lucky that Tampa was spared and my heart goes out to everyone who was affected by this storm more than me, but I was definitely ...
2017 Cocoa Beach Half Marathon Training Recap Week 8
[Tweet "Toni survived #HurricaneIrma & Week 8 of #CocoaBeachHalf Training"] This past week was a rough one. Irma caused catastrophic damage to many areas including Florida. Thankfully, Tampa Bay was spared, but many areas were not. It was a stressful week to say the least and at the last minute we ended up evacuating to Orlando when predictions said Irma may hit Tampa as a cat 3 or 4. Luckily, Irma turned and she was only a cat 1 when it hit Tampa. Other areas ...
Progress Not Perfection
We are headed into the last 3rd of the year and I decided to post an update on my progress since January. After the Key West Half I knew I needed to change. I wasn’t happy and part of it was because I did so poorly at the race and part of it was a slump I had been feeling for quite awhile. I left Key West with a sense of renewal and motivation to make the changes in my life that were going to make me happy. Change is never easy and lucky for me I was starting an 8-week ...
2017 Cocoa Beach Half Marathon Training Recap Week 7
[Tweet "Toni's week 7 #CocoaBeachHalfMarathon training recap is live!"] This week was okay. My runs definitely were not on point. I had my period and I hate to use that as an excuse, but it just drained me this week. Plus, I ended up getting a hormonal migraine which just knocks the heck out of me. This was not my week at all, but it happens. I am proud to say I listened to my body and I did what it asked, not run. Sunday I woke up with an ache in my right ...
2017 Cocoa Beach Half Marathon Training Recap Week 6
[Tweet "Check out Toni's Week 6 #CocoaBeachHalfMarathon Training Recap:"] So this week I took a little break. After my long run on Sunday I had experienced some slight pain in my right left shin on Monday. I ended up taking it easy and resting it until Thursday. I have been burned by shin pain and by injuries, this time I was wiser. I decided to rest instead of pushing through and risking a worse injury. Well, that turned out to be the right decision. I ...
Cocoa Beach Half Marathon Training Recap Week 5
[Tweet "Toni's Week 5 #CocoaBeachHalfmarathon Training Recap is live!"] This week’s recap is a little late, but better late than never, right?? Monday 8/14/17: Emily Skye Circuit & Ab workout; Cycling 6 miles. Allison and I have been meeting on Monday mornings in my garage to lift weights. It’s a great way to start the week! Tuesday 8/15/17: Body Back; 3 miles, 8:16 avg. pace. Since I had Body Back in the am I am left with running in the ...
2017 Cocoa Beach Half Marathon Training Recap Week 4
[Tweet "Check out Toni's week four training recap feat: @juicefromtheraw @missemilyskye"] I was a little concerned about this week would play out with my training, because Chris and I were doing a 3-day juice cleanse that started on Monday-Juice from the Raw. You get six juices to drink a day. We actually did this cleanse last year and it wasn’t so bad, but I was much less active. You are a allowed one vegetable a day, so we had a salad with a little oil, vinegar, salt ...
2017 Cocoa Beach Half Marathon Training Recap Week 3
[Tweet "Check Week 3 of Toni's #CocoaBeachHalfMarathon Training"] Training for Cocoa Beach is coming along great! I think this may be the best I have ever felt while training for a race. I really attribute this more to cross training and weight training rather than the actual running. The Florida heat has been rough, but I am just pushing through. All my runs are outdoors. I don’t care how hot it is, I refuse to run a treadmill. The only weather I do not run ...
2017 San Francisco Half Marathon Recap Part One: Expo Day #TSFM2017
[Tweet "Toni's #TSFM2017 Day One Recap: The Expo:"] I want to start off by saying that San Francisco is now my favorite city. I absolutely loved it. I loved the feel, the architecture and just the overall experience that I had there……I would have stayed forever if I could afford it. We drove up from Los Angeles on Friday and decided to take the scenic route, unfortunately half of it was closed due to all the rain, so we had to head to Monterey to catch the Pacific Coast ...
2017 Cocoa Beach Half Marathon Training Recap Week 2
[Tweet "Toni's 2nd week of #CocoaBeachHalfMarathon training is in the books!"] This week was great, but I did miss running in California. The air is just so beautiful and the air here is not. Apparently it is not the humidity it is the dew point that makes it so hard to run here in Florida (post to come soon on that). Running here is so much harder, but my paces are still good. What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger, right? Monday 7/24/17: Rest; We flew ...