Last weekend’s weather cooperated to make for a postcard perfect weekend in Upstate New York. Major races were held all over the place – Utica, Geneva, Binghamton – and a local festival took front and center from Friday until Sunday. JulyFest, in its 53rd year, takes place in downtown Binghamton. In conjunction with the festival… Continue reading A July Summer Weekend
The Greater Binghamton Bridge Run has been in existence for four years. It is basically my hometown race. I had never run it until yesterday. The first year I was injured with a hamstring strain. The second and third years I was in Pittsburgh running either the full (2012) or the half (2013). 2014 is… Continue reading Greater Binghamton Bridge Run – A Race Recap
While I live in NYS and schools do not start back until after Labor Day, friends across the country are sending their children back to school which means summer is slowing coming to a close. This past weekend I spent time inside and out as I did house things I have been working on over… Continue reading Ending Summer
Last Thursday evening I ran my first 5K of the year. I am not a huge 5K fan. I do not like running miles prior to a race and 3.1 miles just seems too short to get going. I like mid-distances best but because of what this particular race stands for, I run it if… Continue reading Women’s Distance Festival 5K – Race Recap
I have to admit that I have been woefully neglectful of my blog this summer. I have been running – literally and figuratively – around a lot this summer so I am going to try and catch up these next few weeks as the kids, not quite sure why I still use plural as I… Continue reading Women’s Distance Festival – Binghamton
So I know that most people list “resolutions” at the beginning of a new year. I have already told you all where I stand on the word resolution. I will say that some of my 2011 goals – which are in rough form at the moment but will be here soon – involve running. I… Continue reading 2011 Race Schedule
I am not a short distance runner. I just about mile two or so am getting into a groove. I like the longer distances. I love my seven or eight mile training runs. I do not particularly like a 5K race. I have, though – as of last night, run three of them. My first… Continue reading Red Dress Race – A 5K Recap
I admit it has taken me a while to write about my second ever race – the Chilly Chili 5K in Cazenovia, New York. Cazenovia is a small village outside of Syracuse, New York. There is a small liberal arts college in town and a lake. On top of the Chilly Chili in February, there… Continue reading Chilly Chili 5K
Today is the day. Back in the summer of 2007, when I started walking every day, I swore I would never be a runner. About two months through summer and Labor Day rolled around and I started running. I laugh because at first it was running to the next mailbox then walking a bit. Then,… Continue reading My First Race
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