I’m going to warn you upfront. This race was amazing. This recap will be long. It may take more than one post to get it all out. Roanoke is a beautiful city. Friends that I have met before and those who I had not met yet made the weekend even better than the beautiful surroundings.… Continue reading Blue Ridge Marathon Recap – First 13 miles
I started my fifth marathon training about a month ago. I am running the Blue Ridge Marathon on April 20th so my training did begin just prior to Christmas. I have this to say about training through holidays. It is definitely easier to start a training cycle then. I trained, starting in October, for my… Continue reading One Month In
I thought I had it all figured out. I had to race schedule for July, August, and September that, with my training plan, would put me in good shape for my mid-October marathon. Unfortunately, my foot was still bothering me. First, the schedule. July 26th, the TCRC Women’s Distance Festival 5K. My 25 year old… Continue reading Summer Races
My second marathon in 21 days. I frequently wondered what I was thinking when I made that goal. There has to, somewhere, be a more realistic goal for a 50 year old woman who has only been running since 2007. Evidently, if there is, I am unaware of it and just “keep chuggin’ along” towards… Continue reading @BuffaloMarathon Recap
Sometimes I think I set goals that are too lofty. That is probably what a lot would say of my starting with the 5 hour pace group in Pittsburgh. I think that goals need to be a stretch to keep a person trying to do better. Since Pittsburgh, I have been thinking non-stop about what… Continue reading Buffalo Goals
The second half of the Pittsburgh Marathon saw me with the 5:30 pace group. This time would still be a PR for me so I was okay with being here. I spent some of the time chatting with a pregnant woman who was talking about roller derby. I overheard her talking about teams from Central… Continue reading Pittsburgh Marathon – The Last 13.1
The race itself is recapped in this post and the next as I am wordy. All race photos were taken by my kids (either my daughter or my son). Most were taken in Bloomfield , between miles 22 and 23. Being in the last corral – or even in the corral in front of me,… Continue reading Pittsburgh Marathon – First 13.1
Just a warning! This recap is going to come in pieces. This is the first part and doesn’t even get me to the starting line. Alarms when I am out of town are great. I have no problems waking to one. The problem the morning of the Pittsburgh Marathon was what side of the… Continue reading Pittsburgh Marathon – Pre-Race
Training runs are for more than training my legs for the marathon that is to come. I am also trying to test different nutritional plans for the run. I am not talking about what I eat pre-race. I have that down. I know just what is best for a 26.2 mile run. I am talking… Continue reading Race Day Nutrition Planning
One year! Just last year at this exact time, I spent the day trying to fit all the “stuff” into the car. My two youngest sons – then 16 and 20 – were heading with me for my initial marathon. Part of the attraction to come with mom lay in the location of that first… Continue reading A Year Ago
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