I have a lot of questions about what my training actually looks like (not just the projected training plan that I posted last week), along with the questions of ‘how can you run that much?’ ‘What can you think about while running so many miles?’ and the inevitable ‘How do you feel after all this…
In just 11 weeks, I will be running the longest race of my life. It is something that I have been registered for since February, and yes, I have also been training for it since then. I’ve lost toe nails, suffered blisters, enjoyed fantastic runs, been discouraged, spent quality time with my husband on long…
This Saturday, I am participating in my fourth Flowers Sea Swim since moving to Grand Cayman. It is one of the highlights of the sporting event calendar on island, with now 900 participants involved in the infamous ‘cuisine-art start’ one-mile swim along Seven Mile Beach. The Flowers family has been organizing this for more than…
So I haven’t even run one marathon, and yet I am already signed up for another one. Somehow, it just ‘happened’ that I have chosen to take on the challenge of the Route 66 Marathon in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on November 22nd. It will be only 4 weeks removed from the Marine Corps Marathon, which means…
As I have been training for a long distance run over the last few months, I have had to really make time for running to ensure I get the miles in so my body is prepared and ready on marathon day. Of course, when I wasn’t working, it was fairly easy to make sure it…
It’s official. I am registered to run in the 40th Marine Corps Marathon on October 25, 2015 in Washington, DC. Twenty-six point two (26.2) miles of determination, sweat, tears, and possibly blood. Almost 50,000 steps. I have yet to run more than 18.6 mi in any one effort. And even then, I have only done…
When I first got ‘serious’ about running last year (basically when I committed to running my first half marathon), I used to absolutely DREAD my weekly long run. There was nothing more torturous in my world than running for more than an hour by myself. Seriously. I think I would rather eat brussel sprouts! I…
Robyn Runs the World 