This may not be a surprise to most of you, but Maine is absolutely gorgeous. At least in August. I don’t even want to think about winter there considering I can barely keep myself out of a seasonal depression funk in New York come January and February. Spending this past weekend there with a great …
I came, I saw…..uh, I did not conquer. Don’t let those thumbs up fool you, there was a grimace, a head shake and a thumbs down when I first saw Ulysses about .25 miles from the finish, but I quickly realized how horrible of a picture that would make and changed my tune. Some days …
Since I registered for the Palm Beach half marathon about 36 hours after finishing Philly, I knew I needed to get some sort of plan together to 1. allow my body to rest and recuperate and 2. prepare for Palm Beach. Last year after running Palm Beach, I basically just sat around for 4 days, …
We did it! I kind of cringe posting this picture because let’s just say it’s not my best look, but it is the look of a new PR! Woohoo! Two things I’d like to establish up front: 1. All you people that told me it’s a flat course are LIARS! This is not a flat …
Want to know how to make yourself feel better about the fact that you spent 6 hours on a beautiful day indoors eating greasy, fried Italian-American (I can’t bear to call it actual Italian) food? Come home and make your half marathon training plan. Is it odd that I had a smile plastered on my …
Yesterday was my first ever 10K race. I wish I could say it was my best race, but it definitely wasn’t. Not bad, just not the best. The “over scenic, shaded rolling terrain” as described in the sign below is basically the best euphemism I’ve ever heard for HILLY. The temperature wasn’t bad, a nice …
This trip is turning out to be quite the foodie adventure. Yesterday’s meals included tri-tip tacos for lunch, self-serve frozen yogurt and a Thai feast for dinner. All of which made up for the fact that I missed breakfast. We had a late meeting so I used the time in the morning to get my …
Guess what I did yesterday on the plane? Signed up for my first 10K race! 5 hours of free uninterrupted internet can be dangerous. I almost actually signed up for the Philadelphia half marathon at the end of November but, I thought that might be a little too spontaneous. Training for 13.1 miles when my …
Holy humidity. I don’t think I’ve ever sweat so much in my life as I did during yesterday’s 5k. Of course, yesterday morning started like every other race day, questioning why the heck I was waking up while it was still dark out to run. I’m pretty sure blog accountability is the only reason I …
Yesterday morning started out like every other race morning, EARLY! Every single race I’ve done I wake up with the same thought: “why, oh why did I sign up for this? I could totally just go run X miles myself today and not have to be up this early.” (Hi, it’s 5:30am on Sunday) The …