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I literally just got off the phone with Kara Goucher and I’m smiling from ear to ear. Pinch me. Did that really just happen? Kara is in Nashville this weekend for the Rock N Roll Nashville Marathon. She had a few moments to spare before a shake out run with around 400 Nissan employees {who [...]
Today I ran for only the 4th time since marathon #24. 4 easy treadmill miles. My 1st run back was an easy 3, followed by an easy 4 the next day. Saturday I ran 6 miles outside. I needed to feel like a runner again and feel the fresh air in my lungs. I needed [...]
Two weekends ago I was supposed to run 20 miles on Saturday and race a 5K Sunday. The run didn’t happen on Saturday. I didn’t run when I first woke up and I kept putting it off. Then I came up with a million and one reasons why it was everyone’s fault but my own as to [...]
I get mind blocks. My mom once went a year with out cleaning her car because she had a block about it. I get it. I get those type of mind blocks and no matter how hard it is to overcome them sometimes I can’t. I get mini blocks about writing race recaps. I don’t [...]
It’s been three weeks since Marathon #21. A LOT has happened since then – including the wonderfully painful Marathon #22. I don’t want to forget #21 mostly because I was happy, really happy. So here I sit, a in a state of self induced force, writing my own words down so years from now #21 doesn’t mesh together [...]
My goal for Richmond Marathon was to do nothing other than run the day. I would arrive to the start with the mindset of wanting to run under 3:30 and if my legs still had any speed in them I would try to drop down and run faster than MCM. Running the day meant that [...]
A new marathon and half marathon is coming to Reston, Virginia! The Reston Marathon and Half Marathon will take place on March 24th, 2013. Race Information: Start: South Lakes High School, Reston VA Marathon Start Time: 7:30 am Half Marathon Start Time: 8:00 am Race website: http://www.runnersmarathon.com/ Questions: email info@runnersmarathon.com Registration opened this past Sunday [...]
Melissa Romero from the Washingtonian recently posed this question to me. It took all of 5 minutes for me to respond to her with my admition that I do *race hair* before a big race. The admission ended with me laughing to myself over how silly it seemed that I do this before races. Silly [...]
I wish the story that I am about to tell you was all butterflies and rainbows – it’s not. I wish that I was able to tell you that after months of DREAMING and training that I had the best day of my life – I won’t. What this recap will say is that [...]
I write and re-write blogs posts in my head every day. Sometimes I get a chance to type them up – others are lost forever because I can not find the time to put the words down. Still others I start remain drafts for various reasons. Yesterday in the car I started this post. I [...]
Prior to Columbus Marathon I put it out there that I had BIG DREAMS of one day running a 3:10 marathon. When I decided on that DREAM I didn’t think I could or would even come close to it for a VERY LONG time - it seemed like a BIG DREAM [and a huge goal]. Then decided to go [...]
It seems I wait all year for Christmas and then it’s over before I know it. The decorations around the house have been put away but I can’t seem to let go of the tree yet. Hubby brought up the boxes this morning so I think that is his hint that it’s time, but I [...]
There is something about a long run that I love and hate all at the same time. When I don’t HAVE to do long runs. I MISS them. I find the distance intimidating yet exhilarating. December is usually a blah month for me. It sounds crazy since it’s a time for celebration, but the post [...]
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. Read More
Today I ran my 20th marathon. It's always surreal to me when my … [Read More...]
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