Lace Up & Listen is a space for honest conversations about movement, emotions, and figuring out life in real time.
This channel isn't about perfection or pace..it's about what movement teaches us when things don't go as planned.
Here you'll find raw reflections, test episodes, and conversations rooted in running, recovery, curiosity, and showing up even when the answers aren't clear.
If you're navigating change, rebuilding trust with your body, or learning how to move forward without having it all figured out...you're in the right place.
What if it works out?
This week on Training Together, we're picking up exactly where we left off.
The workouts are getting more specific, the mileage is building and now the work is starting to add up.
We're talking about cumulative fatigue, what normal training tiredness can feel like, when something deserves more attention and why one or two shitty runs do not mean your season is falling apart.
Then we're getting into fueling, what I got wrong in the beginning, why carbohydrates matter, glycogen, practicing your race-day strategy and why somebody else's fueling formula is not automatically yours.
And finally?
We're checking our shit.
Shoes, socks, clothes, costumes, hydration, fuel storage, and all the little things you've now had enough training time to actually test.
Because by the end of week 7, you have evidence.
Stop asking whether something SHOULD work for you.
Ask whether it actually does.
The roads never lie.
And in Post Run Clarity, I'm catching you up on where I've been, what I'm finally letting go of, and what it feels like to start building a life that actually feels like mine.
19 Aug 2026
Training Together: The Workout Has A Why (Part One)
As we navigate through weeks six and seven of the Dopey Marathon training season, this is usually where the shiny new training plan feeling starts to wear off.
In this episode of the Training Together series, we're getting ahead of what comes next:
Back to school schedules, the holiday season, changing priorities and the point in training where your plan starts asking more from you,
We're talking about why marathon training becomes more specific, what speed work is actually doing, strides, speed play, cadence, run-walk training and why harder does not automatically mean better.
And maybe most importantly...Stop trying to win the workout.
Your training doesn't need to look impressive online to be effective. You don't owe anybody your splits, your heart rate, OR an explanation for every adjustment you make.
If the workout only feels valuable when you can prove you did it, we've lost the plot.
Your body is the receipt. The adaptation is the proof.
We're keeping the ball in play, and I'll meet you back here for part two, where we're getting into cumulative fatigue, soreness vs pain, undertraining, shoes, fueling, and what happens when all this work starts adding up.
3 Aug 2026
Training Together: Protect the Habit
Around week 6, marathon training starts to change.
The mileage climbs, life gets louder, and suddenly you're balancing work, kids going back to school, family, social plans, recovery and everything else that doesn't stop just because you're training for a race.
In this episode of Lace Up and Listen, we're talking about what to do when life gets in the way. We dive into the difference between adjusting and making excuses, how to use cross-training the right way, why strength starts to matter more, when to trust the plan, and why protecting your mindset might be just as important as protecting your legs.
I also share the role visualization has played in my own training, the sacrifices that come with chasing big goals, and the lessons marathon training has taught me that have carried far beyond running.
Because sometimes the most important thing you can protect isn't the workout...
It's the person you're becoming while you train.
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