Friday Five 2.0 is hosted by bloggers Running on Happy and Fairytales and Fitness. This week’s topic is “Spring fitness goals”. This is an easy topic because I’ve already blogged about my 2018 running goals. So it’s probably a perfect time to update you on how I’m doing so far. 2018 Goals: PR in a 5k: DONE. I PR’d during…
Tag: learning to run
Two runs in one day — that’s a first!
Two runs in one day completed. Who would have thought that I would ever do that! A few days ago, my friend Jennifer said she was feeling better and would like to resume running with me on Tuesdays and Thursdays. (We’ve run together a few times recently and we used to run together as part of the Luke’s Locker training…
USA Fit Houston first week done!
USA Fit Houston training has been good so far. I finished my first week of training and I have to admit that it isn’t easy for me. The first Saturday was the 3 mile time trial and I’ve already blogged about that experience. Suffice it to say that I spent most of the rest of that day getting warm then…
Double run weekend x2
Double run weekend two weekends in a row! My running schedule has been pretty steady since I first started running. I run on Tuesdays, Thursdays and once on the weekends. This seems to be about what my body can handle as I’ve never really been injured and I’ve been running over 2 years now. For the past 2 weekends, however, I…
Friday Five: My running and blogging anticipations
Friday Five 2.0 Linkup. I confess that this is my first link-up post. Running on Happy and Fairytales and Fitness are the hostesses of the Friday Five 2.0 linkup and it looked interesting, so I thought I’d try it out. Apparently each week they choose a weekly blog topic and invite other bloggers to also write about the same topic – then…
My running goals for 2018
2018 Running goals – Why are my this year’s running goals so difficult to choose? I have been thinking about what I should do in 2018 to improve my running. Should I run more? Should I do something differently? Should I sign up for more races? Commit to running XXX miles or kilometers over the year? I’m so confused… How…
Feedback on my blog and my fastest short run!
This past week, I decided I needed get some honest feedback on my blog. I posted on the Facebook group “Slow Runners Community” asking members to to read my blog and provide some honest feedback. This was difficult for me because I know that I needed some feedback but it’s scary putting my writing out there, knowing that it won’t…
New Year’s advice for newbie runners
Newbie runners – New Year’s Advice. This advice may be helpful for someone who has NEVER run (like me when I started, aka “Newbie runner”) or someone who is looking to add running to their current fitness routine. 1. SHOES (& socks) – do not start running until you have good running shoes. It will be next to impossible to…