Amara in Training

Tag: consistency

  • Failing your training plan

    Failing your training plan

    Have you ever been so proud of your progress and then completely fell off the bandwagon? I have! So many times… I buy my training plans from TrainingPeaks. I find the software useful since I use a smart bike trainer that sends data to my various apps, which then uploads it to TrainingPeaks. I also…

  • Race Recap: Rock n Roll Arizona 2018 Half Marathon

    Race Recap: Rock n Roll Arizona 2018 Half Marathon

    With the 2017 hall of fame behind me, I had a few weeks of downtime. The school year came to a close, and so did Q4 at work. Christmas and New Years came and went. We stayed in Denver for the holidays, because we closed on a new-to-us townhouse! By the time Rock n Roll…

  • 2017 Retrospective: The Year I Pushed My Boundaries

    2017 was a fun, interesting, wacky, bumpy year. By the numbers (even though the year isn’t over yet)… 28 races 3 marathons 16 half marathons 1 10Ks 8 5Ks Total distance ran: 786.9 miles Of that distance, race miles: 319.2 miles Average pace: 15:01 min/mile (yup! run/walk…) 148 runs 89,543 calories burned 42,739 ft elevation…

  • Race Recap: Rock n Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon 2017

    Race Recap: Rock n Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon 2017

    Rock n Roll Las Vegas has been one of my favorite races on the tour for awhile. It’s been a few years since I’ve been able to come back to run this city. Each time I’ve been back, it’s always found me at a particularly dramatic time in my life. This time, I’d say that…

  • Race Recap: Rock n Roll Denver Remix Challenge 2017

    Race Recap: Rock n Roll Denver Remix Challenge 2017

    This was the second time I’ve ran the Rock n Roll Denver. It was very much a different experience running this city, now that we’re going on our third year here, and now that we’ve been heavily training for races for at least two years here. Although still not familiar, they certainly didn’t seem as…

  • Race Recap: Rock n Roll Philadelphia Remix Challenge 2017

    Race Recap: Rock n Roll Philadelphia Remix Challenge 2017

    When I first started running Rock n Roll races, I remember seeing the Hall of Fame status set at 10 races. I remember wondering to myself how someone could have the stamina and the means to accomplish 10 half marathons, let alone find the time to travel to different races around the country or the…

  • July 2017 Training Recap: 138.8 Total Miles, Zero Outdoor Riding

    I used to be able to do week-by-week recaps for my events. Now I suppose monthly recaps will have to do! Depending on the regularity at which you talk to me, visit my blog, or how much I decide to share with you at any given time, you may know that I’ve been toying with…

  • Reviving Old Ambitions

    Reviving Old Ambitions

    There’s something to be said about chasing old ambitions that never quite died. After the Dopey Challenge, I’ve been searching for the next big thing and I haven’t quite found it yet. I’ve come full circle from time goals, distance goals, and now I think I’m back to triathlons again. At some point, I wonder…

  • Race Recap: Rock n Roll Seattle Remix Challenge 2017

    Race Recap: Rock n Roll Seattle Remix Challenge 2017

    For the eighth city of the year I headed back to my favorite race city, Seattle! Seeing as though my office is based out of Seattle (well, sort of), I mixed work and fun. I flew in to the city and headed in to the office for some meetings, and then at the end of…