Weekly training update: The art of recovery runs.
Life is very much an ebb and flow of chaos and calmness. Some weeks of managing the run-home-work balance beam are completely effortless and smooth, whereas other weeks are hair-pulling,...
View ArticleLet’s Punch It: Integrating harder efforts during training.
I’ve completed a full month of recovery runs (described HERE) and base pace runs (HR zone 1, pace that feels smooth and relatively effortless) and FINALLY this past week I was allowed to PUNCH IT!...
View ArticleBoston’s South Shore Road Race Calendar: June/early July
A few days ago a customer came came into the running store and asked me about how she could find a local road race in her area. Naturally, I pointed her towards the New England Road Runner Calendar...
View ArticleThe Lone Runner: One-on-one coaching
The night before the Boston marathon I had a heartfelt and tearful conversation with my parents about my career and my future. “We love you. You have to understand that – we love you no matter what!...
View ArticleMeet the Dreaming Runner
I met Molly nearly two years ago when I started working at the running store. She is small, unassuming, innocent, naive and young- so very, very young (24 years young to be exact). She has no clue what...
View ArticleBreaking up is hard to do: Bye bye Brooks Adrenaline
When I first started taking running seriously I was a little nervous to commit to a new running shoe. I had been running (on and off- err, mostly off) in Asics Gel-Nimbus for the previous decade. Why?...
View ArticleHeart rate training update: Time to think big picture.
Do you remember when you were really young and it seemed to take forever and ever to get across town to your grandparents house? Back then you didn’t know the names of the roads or what turns. You...
View ArticleHomemade trail mix ‘get-in-mah-belly’ bars.
There is no maybe here, you have to make these utterly delicious trail mix bars! Made with peanut butter, chocolate chips, dried cherries and oats, these bars are a scrumptious on-the-go snack. I tend...
View ArticleDeconstructing the narrative: The real reason behind why I blog.
A few weeks back I received an email from a reader that begged me to reflect on why I choose to write this blog. The reader is a father of a young little girl, a competitive runner, a Jersey native...
View Article5 tips to successful marathon training.
You’ve decided that you want to train for a marathon! You love the idea of tackling the distance, finishing the marathon and being able to say that you are a marathoner!! Wahoo! On the flip side when...
View ArticleHappy Fathers Day!
He works. He cooks. He cleans. He trains. He fixes things…. usually things I break. He mows the lawn. He does the taxes. He make sure we have life insurance, regular insurance, car insurance… mostly...
View ArticleTraining Update: Heart rate training and redefining success on the road.
A little background Once upon a time I measured the success of my run by “beating my time” on a particular route.Sometimes I crushed my time and sometimes I didn’t. Unfortunately, the days where I...
View ArticleBaked Coconut Shrimp
Quick. Simple. Healthy. I’ll be honest, I am not the mastermind behind this healthy and delicious meal! My husband is at it again in the kitchen (hip hip horray for husbands who can cook!)....
View ArticleAmerica The Beautiful
Hello from mountainous Durango, Colorado!! Yesterday Owen and I flew across the country to attend his best friend’s wedding weekend festivities. During the long flights from Boston to Dallas and the...
View ArticleOur weekend in the Rockies: Quick pics from Colorado
This past weekend Owen was best man in his college friend’s wedding held in the mountain town of Durango, Colorado. Even though our travel time and budget have become more limited since we had...
View ArticleC is for Consistency: The key to long-term success on the road.
Running is hard work! Day in and day out just plain hard work. And this is coming from someone who has been running for over two years, finished three marathons and currently runs about 35 miles a week...
View ArticleGPS Watches Explained
Finding the right GPS watch to meet your running needs can seem like an incredibly daunting task. Some people may be asking themselves, why do I need a GPS watch in the first place? Isn’t the app on...
View ArticleThe Lone Runner blog turns 2: A look back and planning ahead
Today The Lone Runner blog turns TWO YEARS OLD! First, I want to say THANK YOU for all of my readers. Over the past year the TLR blog has quadrupled by the thousands in readership and this absolutely...
View ArticleIndependence Day 5K 2015 Race Recap
Left to right: Molly, Me and Lilly. Independence Day 5k, 2015 You know when you want something SO badly that it nearly terrifies you try? When the fear of failure almost leaves you motionless when the...
View ArticleTraining Update: Seeing it through with Your26.2
Imagine that you want to run your first a marathon and you need a training plan. What makes a plan a good plan and more importantly a good plan for you? Since marathon training is about 4-6 months...
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