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Current Countdowns
Yesterday marked Snow Day #2 of the week, and with having President’s Day off on Monday, I’ve spent quite a bit of extra time at home this week. Between the extra time at home and with so many...
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Friday Five – February 20th – Five Races I’m Looking Forward to Running This...
At the beginning of the year I shared my tentative 2015 Race Calendar. Naturally, plans have already changed slightly, as I’m constantly editing and making changes to my racing plans and figuring out...
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Shamrock Half Marathon Training Log – Week 14
Its hard to believe that four weeks from yesterday I will run my fourth half marathon! I haven’t run a half since August 31st, and I cannot contain my excitement for this upcoming race weekend! On...
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Shamrock Half Marathon Training Log – Week 15
For the first time yesterday in several weeks, I was able to run outside. Granted, it was race day for the St. Patrick’s Day Double, but during the races it was either snowing, sleeting, or raining....
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Shamrock Half Marathon Training Log – Week 16
What a week its been! We’ve seen everything in the DC area weather wise this past week, including temperatures and wind chills in the single digits at the beginning of the week, 8 inches of snow on...
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Shamrock Half Marathon Training Log – Week 17
Alright, so when you’re tapering you’re supposed to cut back on running, right? What about the rest of exercise? I took the term “tapering” very literally this past week, as I only worked out three...
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My Goals for Sunday’s Shamrock Half Marathon
The weekend of my fourth half marathon is finally here! My hard work, persistence, and dedication over the past 18 weeks has led me to this race weekend. To say that I’m excited about heading to...
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Shamrock Half Marathon Training Log – Week 18
What an incredible weekend this past weekend was! All of my hard work, persistence, and determination paid off yesterday morning, as I PRed by over 10 minutes at the Shamrock Half Marathon! I can’t...
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2015 Shamrock Marathon Weekend Expo
Shamrock Marathon Weekend kicked off this past Friday. I took Friday off from work in order to still fit in an appointment with the chiropractor before getting on the road to Virginia Beach. Kathleen...
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2015 Shamrock Half Marathon Recap
I woke up the morning of the half marathon both excited and nervous. I knew that I had done all that I could during my 18 weeks of training to prepare myself for the race, and based on my long …...
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15 in 2015 Update
Its hard to believe that today is the last day of June. This year is just flying by! With this being the halfway point of the year, I wanted to take time to reflect on my big goal for 2015: …...
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Friday Five – Favorite Races and Medals
Its always fun to sit in our office and look up at our medal display, which we put together last fall. As I look at our medal display, I think back on many wonderful memories of incredible...
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15 in 2015 Update #2
You may recall that my big fitness goal for the year is to complete 15 races. So far this year I’ve crossed the finish line of 13 races: St. Patrick’s Day Double (5k followed by 10k) Shamrock 8k...
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2015: My Year of Running
2015 has been an absolutely incredible, and life changing year. I accomplished so much when it came to my running, and even though I usually wait until later in the month to start sharing my end of...
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Running Survey
Remember back in the 1990s when personal surveys went around by e-mail like wildfire? It was such a fun way to get to know more about friends. When I read the answers to a recent running survey that...
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Top 5 Posts of 2015
Its hard to believe that there’s only two and a half weeks left in 2015! If you read my 2015: Year of Running post last week then you already know that I decided to get a head start on my … Continue...
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2015 Year in Review
What a year 2015 has been! At this time a year ago, I never imagined how much my life would change over the course of a year, let alone that I’d be sitting here writing my year end blog post …...
View ArticleI’ve Run 50 Races!
Monday was a monumental day. Not only did I secure a new 10k PR for myself at the Ringing in Hope 10k (which I will recap once I receive my race photos), but it was also the 50th race that … Continue...
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