That time I got hit by a cab…

When I last updated about 2 months ago (sorry!), I was pretty frustrated– I wasn’t able to run because of my knee/IT issues, and I wasn’t seeing much progress. I was throwing myself a bit of a pity...

One step forward, two steps back.

Well, it’s been about a month since I last wrote– and I’d been meaning to post earlier as I was gradually returning to running and workouts (woo!), but the good times didn’t last too long. I...

Adventures in cross-training

It was just about a month ago when my knee got so bad I decided to stop running on it. I figured I’d take a few days off to rest, and it’d go away. The few days of training lost wouldn’t be a huge...

The Knee Update

It was bound to happen, sooner or later. After a history of being plagued with random running injuries through high school and college (2 stress fractures, rotated pelvis, tendinitis, low iron, IT...

Goodbye, 2012!

Hope you all had a great holiday season! I enjoyed a nice longgggg week at home with the family in NJ. It was really good to kick back, relax, and spend some time on the couch. I finally caught up...

‘Tis the Season

Although Christmas is just 8 days away (what!?!) I’m only just now feeling in the spirit. It hasn’t been terribly cold or snowed, I haven’t thought much about Christmas shopping, work has been...

Thanksgiving Thankfulness & Running Lately…

I know it’s a bit belated, but (obviously) I’m back from spending Thanksgiving in Santa Barbara, CA and still can’t get over how amazingly relaxing and fun it was. I turned off my work email the...

The Game Plan

As I write this, I’m somewhere 30,000 feet above Newark and Phoenix, en route to sunny Santa Barbara, California for Thanksgiving. (edit: And now posting on my layover in Phoenix!) I booked my...

Why I Didn’t Run the Chicago Marathon

Hello world, are you there? It’s me, Lindsay. It’s been about 4.5 months since I’ve posted, which means a lot has passed and I’m not sure where to start. Though the race happened a month ago, I...

Back At It, Slowly.

Last time I posted about the importance of taking a break, I suppose I needed one from blogging as well as running. Let’s be honest: without much running happening around these parts lately, I...

The Importance of Taking A Break

I love running, but sometimes, I love not running even more. It’s hard to believe it’s been just about a month since the Boston “Speed Can Kill” Marathon, and about 2 weeks since I trudged through...

Boston 2 Big Sur: Challenge Complete

I feel like it’s been forever since I’ve written, because it has, and it’s taken me a bit to get over the blahs post-Big Sur and because I’ve been traveling like a maniac. I took the red-eye back...

Boston Marathon 2012 Recap: 3:09:28

Never, ever, did I think the day on which I ran my slowest marathon would be one of the happiest. But Monday was exactly that: a new personal worst time and a new favorite marathon experience. I...

Pre-Boston Reality Check: “Speed Can Kill”

In less than 20 hours (fingers crossed), I’ll be making a right on Hereford and left on Boylston. I’ll see the finish line in the distance and hopefully cross it in one piece. For the last year+,...

It’s race week! And oh goodness, what a relaxing weekend will do. This sounds silly, but I haven’t woken up well-rested, without an alarm, or without some semblance of a hangover both weekend...

Race Recap: Cooper River Bridge Run 10K

Less than 2 weeks to go, and the taper is on! Except my legs feel like lead and I’m exhausted. Not surprisingly, given a busy work trip, 10k race, and late nights this weekend. I’m going to try to...

Peak Week (72!!) & Taper Time in SC

Greetings from Charleston, South Carolina! Yup, traveling again. No surprise, this week has been busy and I am TIRED. Last week, I hit my peak mileage week before Boston and spent the weekend...

Birthday Week! And Other Cool Stuff.

Ever feel there’s not enough hours in the day or days in the week? Yeah, me too. It’s been a busy week around here, but with a little flexibility and a little compromise on sleep, I hit 67.5 miles...

20 Miles & Blood Test Results

Well, I survived my solo 20 miler in Montclair on Saturday. I felt relatively good and kept a decent pace despite hillier terrain miles 9.5-15. I started out around 8:00 pace and dropped it down to...

It’s All In The Numbers…

One of the reasons I like running is that it’s quantitative. It’s easy to measure success; you either ran faster or farther, or you didn’t. It’s simple to measure fitness gains or losses by...

60 miles!

Although last week’s cut back week was pretty nice (and much needed!), it felt good to hit 60 miles this week with a decent workout and long run. My legs are feeling a bit heavier and my calves are...

Will Run For Waffles

It’s not news that marathon training makes you hungry. Being able to have a healthy, hearty appetite is one of the things I like best about running. A meal always tastes better when you’ve worked...

Cherry Tree 10 Miler & Cut Back Week

On Sunday, I trekked down to Brooklyn (/got a ride there so I wouldn’t have to take the subway, thanks Alex & Steve!) to run the Cherry Tree 10 Mile race. I didn’t really have a plan going into it...

Time to Chill

Ah, after a busy week I’m finally enjoying a semi-lowkey weekend to relax and catch up on a few things I’ve been putting off, like sleep (!!!), putting away my laundry from Wednesday, and writing...

Chicago 2012!! (??)

Lately, running and I have been quite hot and cold. After NYC, I needed a big break..mentally more than physically. And when January rolled around and it was time to start training for Boston, I...

50+ miles, Hot Chocolate & Super Bowl Dip

Happy Monday! Looks like I’m getting on a weekly posting schedule…though I’d like to write more frequently, I’ll start by recapping this past week. It was a pretty awesome one largely because it...

Winter ain’t so bad…

This past week was pretty good in terms of running, aided greatly by the not-so-awful weather we’ve been having this winter. Mother Nature, if we can make it to April 16th without anymore sub-20...

Work Hard, Play Hard

Lately I’ve been thinking my life has been a little unbalanced…I’ve been going out more, sleeping less, eating poorly, running too slow…Quite simply, just being a normal single 24 year old in NYC...

Boston 2012 Training Plan

As much as I’d like to continue living in blissful denial of the reality I’ll be running a marathon in 12.5 weeks (gulp), it’s time to figure out my game plan and get myself together. Fact is,...

Under the Weather

Unfortunately, week 2 of training didn’t quite turn out as I had hoped, but that’s ok! Yesterday afternoon I started feeling a bit achey and flu-ish, but figured a nap would make things a bit...