I’m just a little freaked out about the Blue Ridge Marathon being three – holy crap! – days away. I am feeling good. I think I’ve trained as best I can. I’m not quite as worried as I was a week ago about how warm it might be. I’m good with my decision to run… Continue reading Marathon #5 On Its Way
Yesterday was my fourth time running the Skunk Cabbage Classic Half in Ithaca. I ran this as my third race ever and my second half marathon back in 2010 and have been there every year since. This year the course was a bit different as Barton Hall was setting up for Bob Dylan to play… Continue reading Skunk Cabbage Half Recap
Hard to believe a quarter of 2013 has already gone by. I am loving this year but not a huge fan of how winter is hanging on here in Upstate NY. Unlike in February, I did add to my goal of running 13 races in 2013. I ran the St Pat’s 4 miler at the… Continue reading Quarterly Goal Review
The marathon is just under a month away. I really meant to write this yesterday but just didn’t have time to get to it. I have two other races prior to Blue Ridge Marathon – a 15K this Sunday here locally and either a half or a 10K in Ithaca the Sunday before the marathon,… Continue reading Training Update
I do not often have photos from my races as my camera is a DSLR and that is just too big to cart around. Add to that the fact that a shorter race like this one, close to home and I do not wear my fuel belt. I brought it with me but chose to… Continue reading St. Pat’s 4 Miler – Race Recap
Yes, another month has come and gone in 2013. I am really finding it hard to believe we are starting the third month of this year. Anyway, the start of that third month means it’s time to look over where I am with my goals. I made no progress at all on my running… Continue reading Goal Check-In
Monday night I put on a running skirt and tech shirt and headed to a local PT office – Oakdale Physical Therapy & Fitness – for a functional running analysis sponsored by my local running club. This session was limited to 20 people and you had to be club members. I had no idea what… Continue reading Running Analysis
This post may be becoming an annual thing. Last year I posted “10 Things I Love About Running.” This year I am reprising it but in a new manner. Thanks to therunchat.com for the call for these types of posts and to all those sponsoring the contest. There is only one reason I truly love running.… Continue reading Running Love
Week eight of eighteen is in the books and I am looking back at two months of training with a bit of fear and disappointment. I was worried when I realized my 18 week training plan started almost one week before Christmas. Was sure that all the holiday festivities would cause me to mess up… Continue reading Marathon Training
I spent Monday working on a few back end pieces of this blog. I did a couple of hours of work, making sure that each and every post was in a category. After that was done I started making sure each and every post had at least one tag. I have over 1,400 posts so… Continue reading This and That
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