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Friday Five 2.0-5 Favorite Races
Read this Post: Friday Five 2.0-5 Favorite RacesTo date I’ve run over 150 races. Most of them I’ve run in Chicago or nearby but more than half of my half marathons have been in other states. Recently I ran a half marathon in Alaska. I don’t have a recap yet but have written a few posts about my trip and you can…
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Utah Valley Half Marathon
Read this Post: Utah Valley Half MarathonState #37 is in the books! And here’s how it went. Pre-Race I was looking forward to this race because I was meeting up with some blogger friends. My flight left Chicago at 6am and then I had a short layover in Denver. Then my flight left again at 9:25 am and I landed in…
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Road to BQ Week #11
Read this Post: Road to BQ Week #11As mentioned in this post, I’m attempting to get my own BQ. I am excited to be training using again the Hansons Method. In a nutshell, this training is based on the concept of cumulative fatigue. You train your body to run often so that you are frequently running on tired legs. The idea is…
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Buffalo Half Marathon
Read this Post: Buffalo Half MarathonThis morning I ran the Buffalo Half Marathon. It is state #36. My flight was at 10am but with the long lines at security, I decided to get to the airport early and avoid the long lines. The joke was on me because I was done in 5 minutes and had to wait over 3…
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BCT Harpers Ferry Half Marathon
Read this Post: BCT Harpers Ferry Half MarathonLast weekend I traveled to West Virginia to run the BCT Harpers Ferry Half Marathon which makes it state #35. While it was a hilly and challenging course, it was still beautiful. I left Friday morning for Baltimore and met up with Jaime for lunch. She went back to work and I went to the…
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Race shirts: Favorites and the ones we love to hate
Read this Post: Race shirts: Favorites and the ones we love to hateI am linking up with Marcia, Erika, and Patti for today’s Tuesdays on the Run. I will confess that I rarely keep any of my race shirts. The year I ran 14 RnR half marathons, I got 14 shirts but did not keep any of them. They were all nice shirts (Brooks) but really what was I…
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Spring Race Plans
Read this Post: Spring Race PlansI am linking up with Marcia, Erika, and Patti for today’s Tuesdays on the Run. I am very excited about my upcoming Spring races! I know it isn’t in the Spring season but my first race this year is RnR NOLA on February 28th. I did the marathon in 2013 and am excited to go back for…
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Garmin Marathon (or Half) FREE Entry Giveaway – Let’s go to the Land of Oz!!
Read this Post: Garmin Marathon (or Half) FREE Entry Giveaway – Let’s go to the Land of Oz!!“Follow the yellow brick road, follow the yellow brick road Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow the yellow-brick road Follow the yellow-brick, follow the yellow-brick Follow the yellow-brick road” How many of you grew up singing the lyrics to that song? I started off late and didn’t see the movie till about 6 years ago when…
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Shipyard Old Port Half Marathon
Read this Post: Shipyard Old Port Half MarathonAnother really late post. I am usually really good about posting race recaps right away but somehow I slacked with this one. It won’t happen again. I ran the Shipyard Old Port Half Marathon on Saturday, July 11. So that was state #34 for me. You can read about what I did the day before…
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Covered Bridges Half Marathon
Read this Post: Covered Bridges Half MarathonAlmost two weeks ago I went to Vermont to run in state #33. Jaime and I had registered for this race back in December and it sold out in a few hours. My flight left at 7am with a layover in Baltimore and that is where Jaime boarded the plane. I had not seen her…
I was a late bloomer to this running craziness. One of my coworkers would always talk to me about… Read more ›
