2015 Running Total Weeks 15-16

The last two weeks have kept me busy; busy enough to not even have time to post an update last Monday! They were also the final two weeks of training for the Rock'n'Roll Madrid Half Marathon so I had a lot of interesting runs thrown in there at the end - from long and slow to short and speedy, exploring new trails and pounding out the familiar paths. Between five final training runs and the actual race itself, my kilometer count has definitely spiked.

I'll be posting a full race recap about my experience at RnR Madrid later this week, but until then here's a preview pic from yesterday, rocking the drowned rat look at the finish line.

My 2015 running total is now up to 211 kilometers!

2015 Running Total Weeks 12-14

My last update was posted during our last week of school before spring break, and admittedly school wasn't the only thing I took a break from. I've been working on my longer runs and hills lately, in preparation for the Rock'n'Roll Madrid Half Marathon which is now two weeks away. I did get in a lot of solid runs though, and some of them could even be considered milestones. 

We took one of our Running Club students on her first 5K, but my GPS didn't start tracking us until we'd already run half a kilometer! 

The night before I left for vacation, I did a 10K that took me up a hill that, up until that point, I had not been able to run without stopping. I may have been the slowest person on the path that night but the victory I felt upon reaching the top of that hill gave me a renewed energy to finish the rest of the run strong.

On my beach vacation I ran along the beachfront path while my friend rollerbladed, both of us weaving in and out of "traffic."

Be jealous.

After returning from the beach I hosted a visiting friend and showed her some of my favorite running paths. 

I was really hoping to hit 150 km by the end of March so that I could be back on track with my personal goal of running 600 km in 2015, and I got so close! Instead of pushing it, I decided to let my body rest. I have no doubt that I will hit 200 by May 1!

These last three weeks have brought my 2015 running total to 158 kilometers!