MR PIC & I many warm moons ago One would think after over 10 years of racing and over 7 years of long runs during marathon training I wouldn’t have anxiety pre-long run, but I do. It first began on any run in the double digits. I simply could not wrap my head around the fact that I [...]
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Feb 2011
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Jan 2011
Megan, Meredith[MR PIC], and I before the Richmond Marathon! Name: Megan Parker Age: 30 Location: Potomac Falls, VA Years Running: 14 PRs: Marathon: 3:26:06Half Marathon 1:35:0210K: 42: 498K: 34:37 Favorite Race Distance: My shorter race history isn’t very long, and on top of it, I haven’t raced all the distances. But, the race that I [...]
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Oct 2010
Saturday morning the alarm crowed. Literally crowed. The rooster on my phone seems more fitting these days to wake up to than a loud alarm bleeping. The alarm meant it was finally time for Chloe and Miles to run the “kids race” they had been looking forward to. I get giddy on race day. Whether I’m running or [...]
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Jul 2010
Do you ever have a moment when you feel like the world is just right? It’s like you find peace if even for a second. You feel that life is good, you forget your worries, complaints, to-do list, and you just live in the present. I had one of those moments yesterday. I want to [...]
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Apr 2010
saundra asked?How did you train to improve your marathon time so drastically? Did you follow a specific plan? How many days/miles per week were you running? I’ll tell you my whole story – since I think the progression as a runner begins the day you start to run. In 2003 I decided I wanted to [...]
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Feb 2010
Saturday morning I started out the weekend by running. Meet up with South Riding Runners, my local running club and ended up running with MR. PIC. I’m not sure why but I seriously felt like I was dying. The run felt great, don’t get me wrong, but it was HARD. Thanks to me giving some [...]
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Jan 2010
For those of you who have been reading my blog for a long time now you may have noticed an absent person from my posts. MR PIC[my running partner in crime] otherwise known as Meredith Samson is not training for a marathon this season. Why? Because she is preggo! So what does this mean for [...]
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Dec 2009
I have hopes and dreams that one day my daughter will be a runner but for now she is a ballerina. Not only do MR PIC and I have running in common, but we both have little girls who were botn only 3 months apart from each other.[And our 2nd children were born a month [...]
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Oct 2009
Meredith Samson is a runner, a wife and a mother of two little girls. She lives and trains in Northern Virginia. Name: Meredith Samson Age: 29 Years Running: 12 Favorite Race Distance: the marathon, which is the distance I’ve raced the most, but DURING the race I probably wouldn’t say it was my favorite Favorite [...]
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Oct 2009
Marine Corps Marathon – have I told you before how much I love this race? Well if I haven’t – I certainly will now. It’s my favorite – I LOVE MCM. I ran my first marathon there and will hopefully be completing my 5th Marine Corps this year. For 7 years I have been heading [...]
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Sep 2009
Yesterday morning I had 5 easy miles I needed to run. Easy is always a funny word to me when I head out the door pushing two kids. However I tried my best to keep the miles relatively slow. My mind started wandering to my long run this past weekend with MR PIC. I had [...]
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Aug 2009
Ever have one of those days that you feel like you could run for forever? Maybe it’s the endorphins that repeatedly drive me to run crazy distances and then want to repeat it 7 days later?! I still feel like I’m on an endorphin high every time I think about my long run two weeks [...]
Runner, dreamer, marathoner x24, mommy of 3, Women's Running Magazine cover model, published writer, Saucony contributing blogger, running coach, and lover of all things running. I Run This Body. 
