Amara in Training

Category: Marathon Training

  • Race Recap: 2013 Zappos Rock ‘n Roll Half Marathon Las Vegas

    To tell you the truth, I started off my race weekend a bit disappointed. A few months back, I had registered for the full marathon. However, with my lack of training and inability to truly run a full marathon in less than 4 and a half hours, I had settled into the mentality that I…

  • 66 Days & $777 in Fundraising To Go Until My Next 26.2

    Okay, so I’ve stayed off my feet and tried to relax a bit at work. With only two weeks until my next half marathon and only 66 days until my next full marathon, I want to focus and get my energy levels back. That said, I actually haven’t made it out the door for my…

  • Overthinking Is My Downfall

    I’ll preface this blog post by admitting that I am about to go on a self-loathing rant. Feeling lost seems to be more and more normal for me lately. Overthinking is my downfall. The more I overthink my training and my nutrition the more difficult it gets to maintain any semblance of normalcy. The last…

  • Race Recap: Rock ‘n Roll Half Marathon Los Angeles 2013

    I’ll never again take the sunshine for granted. I departed from Seattle on a gray, wet afternoon. Up until the race, my runs had been wet and chilly. I packed my warm weather gear — a running skirt and a t-shirt. Arriving on Friday night, my boyfriend and I headed to a great pho restaurant…

  • Running Zen + Running Inspired

    Can every weekend be this fun? I got two new books on running that I’m trying to read simultaneously. (It’s really hard to pick just one. As a matter of fact, I’m in the middle of four books right now…) The title of the first book caught my eye immediately. Make peace with my pace?!…

  • 14 More Days Until Rock ‘n Roll LA Half!

    I have exactly 14 more days left until the Rock n Roll Half Marathon in LA. And, with an intense product launch at work, I’m really going to have to be diligent about logging my miles either before, during, or after work hours. It’s been a decent training week. I’m hoping to log some more…

  • Catching Up With My Marathon Training

    So I’ve written and trashed and rewritten this blog post a few times. It’s not even a tell-all or anything. I’m just trying to get back into the swing of things here! I took about two weeks off from any serious marathon training and blogging to take care of some things at work. In that…

  • Would you be interested in joining my virtual training team?

    Hey ladies and gents! I just posted a new vlog after a year-long hiatus. (Warning: it’s pretty much the same thing I’m blogging here.) So after reading about a friend who just joined Team in Training for Goofy’s Race and a Half Challenge next January, I clicked through to another blog from a charity runner…

  • Yoga + Bike Goodies + Hotel Booked + Oh Yeah, Please Donate to my Fundraiser!

    It seems like just yesterday I was crossing the half marathon finish line, and now we’re already at Thursday! I’m still relatively tense and stiff from the race and I’ve been meaning to get to the massage therapist’s office all week. I will most likely have to schedule it for the weekend. In the meantime,…