I was hoping to meet up with a running group my friend told me about at Bates College this morning, but I did not meet them. So, instead, I did my longest run ever! 5.46 miles, 66 minutes (including warm-up…
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First 20+ mile week
by Pattie Reaves • November 27, 2010 • 0 Comments
Today’s run was the point where I made my first 20-mile week! The breakdown: Sunday: Turkey Trot 5K race — 3.1 Monday: Lunchtime run ~ 3 Tuesday: Nighttime run (so nice and steamy and Christmasy!) ~ 5 Wednesday: Lunchtime run,…
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Race report, and blog-posting fail!
by Pattie Reaves • November 26, 2010 • 0 Comments
So, I had a race report to do on Sunday … and I’ve been putting it off. I didn’t meet my goal, which was to do the race in under 30 minutes. Or at least, in less time than I…
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You have to want to run.
by Pattie Reaves • November 22, 2010 • 0 Comments
In this month’s issue of Runners World, the cover story is about motivation. Now, I’m new to the running magazine world, so I’m sure they have an article about motivation in every issue. But bear with me. In one of…
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Race tomorrow – again!
by Pattie Reaves • November 20, 2010 • 0 Comments
So, I was a little bit off last time I blogged about when my next race was scheduled, and it turns out that it is tomorrow morning, not next week. It’s the Maine Running Company’s Turkey Trot at Cape Elizabeth…
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by Pattie Reaves • November 18, 2010 • 0 Comments
Almost no part of me wanted to go for a run tonight. It was cold (39 degrees) and dark and … did I mention cold? It was supposed to be Week 3, Day 1 of the Bridge to 10K but…
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Getting back into the swing of things.
by Pattie Reaves • November 16, 2010 • 0 Comments
Last year, my thing was The Biggest Loser. I love(d) that show. I know that’s it’s sappy, not intellectually fulfilling, cheap-to-produce reality TV, but … there’s something really powerful about this group of people working to overcome the biggest obstacle…
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Candy Cane 5K (first race!) report
by Pattie Reaves • November 15, 2010 • 0 Comments
31:42! I’m looking back through my small archive and I see that I didn’t set goals with this race here. That’s probably a good thing. I’ve been using MapMyRun.com to see roughly how far I was going during my workouts…
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Race today!
by Pattie Reaves • November 14, 2010 • 0 Comments
I’m heading over to Lewiston High School in a minute, where I can hear the announcer has already started (we live about a quarter-mile from the high school). I have a new race-mix playlist in hand. This is actually not…
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Possibly TMI, but this is a fitness/weight loss blog, so dubs.
by Pattie Reaves • November 13, 2010 • 0 Comments
My husband Tony and I spent most of the day today walking around shopping for curtains. That counts as some exercise, right? But what I did buy as race motivation tomorrow was THE MOST AMAZING sports bra in the world.…