I cannot believe that we are already headed into Week 3 of my Chicago Marathon Training Plan. We have another sixteen weeks to go before towing the start line at Grant Park on Sunday October 10th and I am giddy with excitement! (Here are my confessions: I am a week late with my blog post because last Sunday was so […]
I do not know about the rest of you, but the month of May certainly went by in the blink of an eye. It felt like yesterday when I put the theme together to Train Big and here, we are at the end of another month of running. If you are anything like me, you are partial to fall running. […]
Summer 2018. I can only describe that period in my life as traumatic. When I look back on that time, I think that a casual observer would note that I was having the time of my life. I just returned from a European cruise. I was in the thick of training for my first full marathon. My birthday was three […]
I have a confession: I always get butterflies in my stomach when the month of May rolls around. They are mainly good butterflies though. The kind that stems from the anticipation of one of the most grueling seasons on the year is on the horizon: marathon training season. The beginning of May is the time that I use to focus […]
If you ever had the experience of competing in a race, you know the range of emotions that go with the race training cycle. Weeks and months of hard work, training miles, anticipation, fear and doubt. It is literally a time of a mental balancing act. Can I really do this? Can I trust my training? Can I trust my […]
One of my clients pointed out today an image that showed up in her Facebook memories from exactly one year ago. We are at the beginning of full lockdown measures here in the Bahamas and I had challenged the group to “yard miles” as an avenue to maintain run training and fitness by doing the only thing we were authorized […]
“I could never run an entire marathon!” “I cannot run a mile without stopping or getting winded.” “I am not a runner. I am not a REAL runner.” “I need to get in shape before I can start running.” How may of us have uttered one or more of these statements? How many of us believe that running is good […]
Let’s acknowledge it: the Covid-19 restrictions have brought out the fitness enthusiasts in our people like never before. It is understandable. Those fleeting hours of being able to feel the sun on our faces and the tropical breeze surround us are moments of freedom in the midst of uncertainty. As the number of persons jogging along the streets, parks and […]
It has been just over one month since I made the decision to adopt a plant-based lifestyle. If you had a moment to glance over at my personal Instagram page @linda_runs_naturally or my YouTube Channel (Linda Clarke) you would be aware that this lifestyle change emerged from a decision to reset at the start of the year. (Yes-I have issues […]
(Repost from October 2020) Truth be told, I remain under the cloud of exhaustion from early Friday morning. However, I felt that it is important to document my experience of running my first virtual long distance race. Prior to Friday, the longest distance that I would commit to for a virtual run was the 5K. My race day strategy was […]