(L): It’s been a long, hard week since we last spoke about working out.  Since then I can safely say all I have done is walk this little pup.  Ella is my middle daughter’s puppy and she is about 16 weeks old.  She is a sweetie and she loves her walks everyday. I had to…

(G): Let’s call it what it is — torture. It seems I have developed a nagging case of plantar fasciitis that threatens to either make me lose my mind or take up all my time with stretching, icing, rolling and the like. After last week’s 5-hour run my foot was a little banged up. Not…

(G): The sixth day s-u-c-k-s. These words came out of my mouth so many times on Sunday that it’s possible even my husband, who has saint-like patience, was ready to club me. But it doesn’t make it any less true. As I mentioned last week, I am running six days a week and my longest…

(G) All week long there was one phrase that kept coming to mind, “push through.” Push through the fatigue, whether it was mental, physical or otherwise. Push through the day. Push through the hours. Push, push, push… This phrase and approach serves me well most of the time. You don’t get through hard times or…

(G): The week can be summed up in three words: Shoes — Recovery — Re-Entry Last week, I left you on what I can only imagine was a cliffhanger, spellbound wondering what will happen next in my adventure of training. Oh, you mean you don’t even remember last week’s blog? You have your own life?…