I woke up this morning and I just didn’t have my game face on. Or race face on. Whatever. I knew before I even started that I did not have it in me today to really push myself. It was…
Race report coming to you live from the drive home! My goal — nailed it! I dared for a sub-2-hour marathon and I did (according to my watch) 1:55:12. (Edit: Official race time is 1:56:04. That’s gun time.) That is around…
I am happy to report that this was a totally awesome race. My goal was 1:35; my time was 1:30:31! That’s the 6-second video Tony recorded of me crossing the finish line. Backing up … My little sister by 7…
And this is how I’m going to dress.
So tomorrow is my next race — my first race since the end of November! Last year, wen I was training for my first marathon* I didn’t sign up for too many races. As I was training for one big…
For what it’s worth — I put together a spreadsheet of all the races I’ve run, the times I got and my average pace per mile. I haven’t run that many races, but if you consider that it’s only been…
Indescribable. When Tony and I pulled into the University of Southern Maine parking garage, it was torrential rain. I looked out at the runners around me (who were intelligently wearing rain jackets or trash bags, which I did not think to do),…
Race day! You know it’s race day because I’m: – eating oatmeal with maple syrup. – wearing my race day tank. – up at 4:45 am. I didn’t sleep well last night. It’s always like that before a race because…
So the Old Port Half Marathon is this weekend! It will be my second half marathon. I had a really great time at my first one and unexpectedly kicked ass. At Race the Runways, that was the big race I…
So, it’s pay day, and I celebrated by signing up for the Old Port Half Marathon! It coincides with this week on the marathon training schedule: That seems to fit in quite well. Granted, 15 miles is 2 miles more…
