This marathon training cycle has been challenging, to say the least. It started off badly because I didn’t take a break after the Houston Half. I really wanted to squeeze in 18 weeks of training before the Woodlands and that required starting my marathon training literally the day after setting a PR in the Houston […]
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Years ago, when I was in high school running cross country there was a Nike commercial that featured the tag line, “Got the love.” I didn’t get it at the time, I didn’t understand what it meant but my parents did and they referenced it often when they were trying to push me to do
Occasionally, you do something in running, or in life, where you challenge your own perceptions of what you think you can do. My little story begins Sunday morning at 5 AM. I woke up to prepare for my long run, a scheduled 14 miles. Through the window of our bedroom I saw intermittent flashes of
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I realize this is the second time in only a few months that I’ve completely redone my blog. I apologize if this confuses or annoys you but I’ve got a good reason. When I was brainstorming for the relaunch of my blog back in February and March I was looking for something catchy and cute.
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This is my new friend, Garmin. More specifically it’s a Garmin Forerunner 410. Garmin was a gift for my birthday from my wonderful husband. While I was marathon training, I insisted I didn’t need a Garmin. After all, I’m not a serious runner. Only serious, fast runners need something as technical as a Garmin. I didn’t
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Back in the summer of 2009, I was sitting on a table in the orthepotedic surgeons office staring at an x-ray of my broken ankle. The brake had healed and I had finally gotten permission to start walking around without my boot. I asked the doctor, “Is there any activity I should aviod?” His reply was straightforward,
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Now that I’ve told you the story about the day itself, I want to post specifically about the technical details of the race – partly for my running nerd friends and partly to help myself remember. Here’s all the details about my pace, heart rate, GU intake, water stops, etc. Before the race even began my heart rate was higher than
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Sunday was the day I’d been waiting for since Christmas, the Big D Marathon! 16 weeks of training and the day had finally arrived! This weekend was special to me in so many ways. Not only did I accomplish something I wanted to do for a long time but I got to share it with my
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The Big D Marathon is Sunday morning, it is finally here!!! I started training on Christmas Eve with a brutal 4.5 mile, freezing cold, run in the middle of a rainstorm. When I cross the finish line, I will have run 531 miles (260 of which was pushing a jogging stroller) and worn out two pairs
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Sunday, I successfuly completed my longest run, a 22 miler. With that victory the hardest part of marathon training is officially behind me! I am in the beginning of my taper and I am thankful for the mileage reprieve. Last week, I ran 48 miles! Yikes! I’m not completely unscathed. I have some pain in the ball of my left foot and
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