Half Marathon Training

Pre-race emotions & a mango smoothie

by Running to the Kitchen on December 4, 2011

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No pancake Sunday this week guys. Sorry, but with being away from home and running a half marathon this morning, it just didn’t happen. Speaking of said half marathon, you know, the one I was so quick to register for not even 48 hours after Philadelphia. The one that required $600+ in flights for Ulysses [...]

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Palm Beach half marathon training plan

by Running to the Kitchen on November 28, 2011

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Hope everyone in the US had a great long holiday weekend. Usually Mondays after a long holiday are even tougher than normal but this one isn’t nearly as bad knowing we’re heading to Florida on Thursday! If you’re catching up from the long weekend, here’s what you might have missed. Things I’m thankful for this [...]

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Philadelphia half marathon training: week 9

by Running to the Kitchen on November 14, 2011

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I had this song in my head all weekend (possibly the best 80s hair ever.) It’s the last week before the Philly half and after my long run on Saturday, it somehow popped into my head and has stayed there since. We actually used to listen to this song warming up for soccer games in [...]

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Booyah!

by Running to the Kitchen on November 12, 2011

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-No knee pain -Negative splits -Perfect run Bring it Philly!

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Philadelphia half marathon training week 8

by Running to the Kitchen on November 7, 2011

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So who was glued to their TV or computer yesterday watching the NYC marathon? <—ME! I watched the coverage for the first time last year and can guarantee that if I wasn’t already into running, I would’ve been after that. I’m seriously amazed by those runners who can run 26 miles at an average pace [...]

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