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GIZMO GABS! WEEK #11 Recap! (September 15 - September 21, 2024) - 2024 Chicago Marathon Training - On Pace to Race!
MY FAMILY 💕 TRAINING: Hello everyone! Welcome to WEEK 11! Here it is, the week of the 20 Mile Monster! As much as I would like to hate...
MONICA
Sep 24, 20246 min read
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GIZMO GABS! WEEK #10 Recap! (September 8 - September 14 , 2024) - 2024 Chicago Marathon Training - 16 Miles Too Many
MY FAMILY 💕 TRAINING: Hello everyone! Welcome to WEEK 10! When 16 Miles is on deck, and you just spend the week dreading it. However,...
MONICA
Sep 17, 20245 min read
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GIZMO GABS! WEEK #9 Recap! (September 1 - September 7 , 2024) - 2024 Chicago Marathon Training - Confidence & The Run Hole
MY FAMILY 💕 TRAINING: Hello everyone! Welcome to WEEK 9! When the run hole becomes bigger, the miles get longer, but things begin to...
MONICA
Sep 10, 20246 min read
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GIZMO GABS! WEEK #8 Recap! (August 25-September 1 , 2024) - 2024 Chicago Marathon Training - HALF MARATHON ON DECK!
MY FAMILY 💕 TRAINING: Hello everyone! Welcome to WEEK 8! Half marathon week! I had a much better week and made some major changes this...
MONICA
Sep 3, 20246 min read
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GIZMO GABS! WEEK #7 Recap! (August 19-August 25, 2024) - 2024 Chicago Marathon Training - THE STRUGGLE IS REAL!
MY FAMILY 💕 TRAINING: Hello everyone! Welcome to WEEK 7! This was definitely not my week. I never felt right, never had much of an...
MONICA
Aug 27, 20246 min read
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GIZMO GABS! WEEK #6 Recap! (August 12-August 18, 2024) - 2024 Chicago Marathon Training
MY FAMILY 💕 TRAINING: Hello everyone! Welcome to WEEK 6! This is the week that leads up to the dreadful 10-Mile-long run. Why is it...
MONICA
Aug 20, 20246 min read
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GIZMO GABS IS BACK!!!!!!! - 2024 Chicago Marathon Training Status: FULL FORCE!!
Hello Everyone!!! Giz is baaaack!!!! and so is Gizmo Gabs! I had to think about whether I even had to time to blog this year's...
MONICA
Aug 14, 20242 min read
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RECIPE OF THE WEEK - 3/27/20 CAULIFLOWER MAC & CHEESE
Ok guys, I heard you! You are welcome! CAULIFLOWER MAC & CHEESE Ingredients: · 1 Medium Cauliflower (separated into 1-inch florets) · ...
MONICA
Mar 27, 20202 min read
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GIZMO GABS! WEEK #11-13! (9/17/18-10/7/18) - 2018 Chicago Marathon Training - TAPER & RACE WEEK!
TAPER WEEKS #1 & 2 As you may have noticed, I didn't end up posting a blog last week, as I had a major computer meltdown which led to an...
MONICA
Oct 1, 20185 min read
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GIZMO GABS! WEEK #10 Recap! (September 10-September 16, 2018) - 2018 Chicago Marathon Training
TRAINING: Week #10, this is the week that I always look forward to, but also know how tough it will be to get through. 20 MILE RUN ON...
MONICA
Sep 18, 20186 min read
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GIZMO GABS! WEEK #9 Recap! (September 3-September 9, 2018) - 2018 Chicago Marathon Training
TRAINING: Week #9, I was already dreading...as a matter of fact, after last year's 16-mile run, I already began to dread the 16-mile run...
MONICA
Sep 11, 20185 min read
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GIZMO GABS! WEEK #8 - 14 Miles, 14 Thoughts (Aug. 27-Sept. 2, 2018) 2018 Chicago Marathon Training
Hey Everyone! So, this week was all weird coming down from last week's triathlon and working with my clients, extra pain in my legs and...
MONICA
Sep 5, 20184 min read
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GIZMO GABS! WEEK #7 Recap! (August 20-August 26, 2018) - 2018 Chicago Marathon Training
TRAINING: Week #7 put me at my halfway point in my 14-week program! I can't believe this race is coming up so quickly! I knew this week...
MONICA
Aug 28, 20184 min read
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GIZMO GABS! WEEK #6 Recap! (August 13-August 19, 2018) - 2018 Chicago Marathon Training!
TRAINING: Ok, after a crazy couple of weeks emotionally, I was ready to attack this week more core and weight training. I decided to...
MONICA
Aug 21, 20184 min read
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GIZMO GABS! WEEK #5 - MY TOP 5 MARATHON TRAINING TIPS! - 2018 Chicago Marathon Training
Hi Everyone! So, this last week was a bit weird and I really couldn't document my training and force a blog without much to say in...
MONICA
Aug 13, 20185 min read
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GIZMO GABS! WEEK #4 Recap! (July 30-August 5, 2018) - 2018 Chicago Marathon Training!
So...Monday...bad news struck early...that beautiful woman above passed away in India. She was one of the strongest women I have ever...
MONICA
Aug 7, 20184 min read
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GIZMO GABS! WEEK #3 Recap! (July 23-July 29, 2018) - 2018 Chicago Marathon Training
TRAINING: Ok, so the plan today, being Monday, was to do a 40-min bike ride, which is perfect considering I am playing a little cautious...
MONICA
Jul 31, 20185 min read
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GIZMO GABS! WEEK #2 Recap! (July 16-July 22, 2018) - 2018 Chicago Marathon Training
TRAINING: Ok, so the plan is that on Monday, there is a 3-item rotation throughout my whole training program. Last week was a tempo run,...
MONICA
Jul 24, 20186 min read
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GIZMO GABS! WEEK #1 Recap! (July 9-July 15, 2018) - 2018 Chicago Marathon Training
TRAINING: So, I had my first tempo run of the season on Monday, which basically is a 20-30 minute run at a CONSISTENT faster than usual...
MONICA
Jul 17, 20185 min read
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GIZMO GABS! 2018 Chicago Marathon Training - THE WEEKLY TRAINING BLOG IS BACK!!
Hey Everyone! WELCOME TO GIZMO GABS!!! Gizmo is back! Yes, as you all know I am running my 3rd Chicago Marathon this October. While I...
MONICA
Jul 11, 20182 min read
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