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These are the first two weeks of my newest Garmin Coach training plan. I’m training with Coach Greg and aiming to complete the half marathon distance. The plan doesn’t start off great for me, I had to skip a few runs and I clearly disappointed my virtual coach.  Stride repeats 8 repeats, 20 seconds My

The last few months have been messy. In October I was ready to crush my half marathon PB, but I crashed halfway through. Pain in my knee, but my physical therapist later determined that the problem was in my hips/back. Lots of sessions followed, but not much changed. My runs got shorter and slower each week.

After my failed virtual half marathon, I was determined to come back for a second attempt within a few weeks. It’s been six weeks and it’s time for an update. In short (long version in the race report here): I ran my half marathon attempt with an annoying little niggle in my right knee. It

Today is race day. I’m running my first virtual half marathon. It’s not my first virtual race though, I ran a virtual 10K four months ago and my first virtual race, a 5K six months ago. In both cases I didn’t reach the goal I had set out for myself. I’m still blaming the missed PR on my

The last two weeks of my training plan with Garmin Coach Amy have started, it is time to taper: reducing the training to ensure I arrive  fresh and well-rested at the starting line. I adapted the plan a little, my longest runs were 16,5 and 17K instead of the much longer runs Coach Amy wanted me to do.  Time

These are the last few weeks of my half marathon plan with Garmin Coach Amy towards a new PB. I have my longest run, another set of increased speed repeats and a new time trial. My morning runs are getting darker, so I got my lights out of storage again and I’m paying more attention