Amara in Training

Tag: perspective

  • Week 5 Base Training: It Might Be Sinking In

    I feel like I’ve been playing to my weaknesses this week. I don’t feel like I’m putting enough time in my training. An hour here, an hour there. Is it really enough to get me through 140 miles? I feel like I should be amping it up a bit. Perhaps when I get back to…

  • New Trainer/Coach, New Race, and Week Recap

    What a week! It’s been very productive. On Tuesday, after a lot of internal debating, I hired a personal trainer to help me reach my goals. On Wednesday, he proceeded to metaphorically kick my ass in a very good way. On Thursday, I looked in to my goal race (Rev3 Portland) and it was cancelled!! I was…

  • Learning To Love The Long Run

    So, after feeling a bit lame-o for registering for a full marathon and then downgrading to the half, I’ve decided to do it again. I’m going to train for a marathon *and* a triathlon at the same time. Not sure why I like this sort of punishment but for some reason, I can never focus…

  • 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…

  • Week 2-3 of 70.3 Base Training Recap

    I have a bit of catching up to do! Haven’t been blogging much since training and traveling was sucking up my schedule, but here’s my recap of my second and third week of my half Ironman base training. Monday, November 26: Rest day, since I was traveling from LA back to Seattle and took the…

  • This Type of Logic is Toxic

    I spend a lot more time on Twitter and blogs than I do on Facebook. Most of the time, my timeline is filled with things that are of little importance — people’s opinion of politics, senseless partying photos, quips about sports teams, and more. One of my acquaintances generally strikes up cool conversations on Facebook…

  • Planning for Rev3, Personal Training Certification, and More

    A bit of trailing exhaustion and/or fatigue has gotten in the way of doing anything somewhat routine. After my short half mile pool session yesterday, I felt a bit under the weather because I was convinced that I might’ve caught some dreaded germs from the water. I felt a bit lethargic today but just chalked it…

  • 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…