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Japan Day 4M Race Recap
NYRR had two races this weekend – the Healthy Kidney 10K on Saturday and the Japan Day 4 miler on Sunday. I knew I wanted to do one as kind of a test of fitness and to see how the knee held up, but I...
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2014 Buffalo Marathon Race Recap
So, I ran a marathon on Sunday. smiling around mile 26 I started thinking about maybe running the Buffalo Marathon in the beginning of May, right after the New Jersey Marathon (the one I had been...
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marathon training part 7; summer hydration {nutrition}
Getting back to running after a marathon is always tricky business – at least for me. I know a good amount of rest and recovery is necessary both mentally and physically, and I’ve been trying to honor...
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oakley mini 10k race recap
I signed up for the “mini” probably back when there was still snow on the ground – it’s a fun race and I missed it last year due to injury. It was 1.5 months after the New Jersey Marathon, so I figured...
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countdown to chicago {marathon plan}
Seventeen weeks seems like a super long time, but when it comes to marathons it’s (usually) just enough time to get down to business. I feel a little unprepared to “officially” start training, mostly...
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catching up {work/nutrition things, long runs}
Blogging is definitely the first thing to go when things get busy around here! I have no idea how we’re already almost halfway through July. Yikes! One of the (many) things I’ve been keeping busy with...
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fueling fumbles {a bit on glycogen depletion}
Not really sure how it’s been more than a month since I last posted, but here we are! This summer (which is now almost over??) has been pretty busy with work and life things, but mostly good so I’m not...
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training update {brief}
Not going to lie, I’ve been a bit nervous about Chicago for the last couple of weeks because of some IT band and hamstring soreness. Haven’t done any workouts and kind of felt like my training was at a...
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catching up & Chicago {updates}
So here we are, less than two weeks out from the Chicago Marathon. I haven’t been great at tracking my training here (or anything else!) – my job, other side projects and life in general has taken...
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2014 Chicago Marathon Recap
I meant to blog again before the race, but… oops. Sometimes taper seems to last forever, but this time it flew by and before I knew it I was meeting Betsy at the airport for our flight to Chicago. We...
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2015 check-in {part 2 – running}
I spent a good amount of time after Chicago (three months ago now? Another yikes), being fairly low key with my running. I think I needed some time to not think about workouts, mileage and race times...
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running update; nyc half recap (ish)
Yeep! It’s been quite a while. I had the best intentions earlier this year, but guess I’m best at updating this blog when I’m sick and incapacitated. So here we are, in some kind of pseudo-spring in...
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running strategy lately
crisp temperatures (finally!) and watching the Chicago Marathon on a live stream over the weekend while tracking runner friends really made it start to feel like marathon season. Or at least, marathon...
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race week nutrition (some dos and some don’ts)
for 40,000 or so humans in nyc and across the world, it’s race week. That means a whole lot of freaking out, phantom aches and pains, shakeout runs with or without a Meb or Deena spotting on the bridle...
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marathon recovery nutrition (with) kitchen sink granola bars
marathon recovery starts the second you cross the finish line. Yeah, I’ve heard this one before too and still have taken exactly zero ice baths after all of my 26.2s. Typically, recovery isn’t as at...
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running updates & boston training
it’s been a while since I last talked about running on this here blog. To be honest, my head hasn’t really been in the running/training game game since starting my new job and I’ve had what seems to be...
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