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Continue reading →: Finally feeling fit and strong
After about two years of dragging my feet, not only things are starting to feel like old times again, but I FEEL it, I really feel strong. My last PR was in May 2013, I was racing well until then. Then, UGH, things just went downhill fast, I was sick…
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Continue reading →: Feels good to feel good + 1st race as a MASTER #Scotland10K #ScotlandRun
I had assumed I’d be around 7:20 if all went well, given the 7:36 pace I had at the NYC Half 3 weeks ago. Well, I went out with NO GPS or music again, just to test this thing out. I am ok without the GPS, pacing well has never…
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Continue reading →: Newport 10k (NJ) Entry GIVEAWAY! #newport10K
I was planning on doing this race, because it looks amazing, but turns out I am going to the beach that weekend. Yeah, tough life! But, I figured, I’d let you all know about the race and raffle off the entry. Obviously, the entry is coming straight from the race organization,…
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Continue reading →: 2015 NYC Half Marathon: ALL the pictures
Just because, sometimes, when you’re having CRAZY FUN, it shows. And, instantly, I see myself shell $70 to pay for all the pics. I didn’t buy anything at the expo (cause I need nothing, maybe an extra room to store running stuff!!!) so let’s say I am even. Also, who would have thought…
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Race Report: NYC Half 2015 – running naked
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Continue reading →: Race Report: NYC Half 2015 – running nakedWell, the NYC Half happened. Again. For the 7th time for me. And I am VERY happy about it. Such a huge learning opportunity!!!I love that every race is something completely different from what I expect… (sometimes!) Where I Was: I wasn’t sure it was great, but I did a 5K two weeks before in…
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Continue reading →: #UnitedNYCHalf done: 1:39:26
Whaaaaaaaat? And I thought I would be doing 1:45, maaaaybe 1:43. The funny thing is my GPS was completely out of battery from the start so I had no idea what I was doing. I knew running naked would help me but I really had no clue what pace I…
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Continue reading →: and… we run 10 miles in the #snowstorm this morning
Juan got back from swimming around 6am and told me it had just stopped raining and started snowing. If I wanted to run today, at all, I had to leave in 5 minutes… So Daphne and I scrambled and rushed out! We managed to do 10 (slow) miles in constant…
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Continue reading →: Finally March. Finally. Winter Recap.
We are close to Spring guys, really, I don’t see or feel it but many of my friends are posting countdowns on facebook every day, so it must be a thing. Yesterday, March 1st, snowed quite a bit in NYC. This was me: The shock of still getting snow in…
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Continue reading →: #WashHeights5K done!
22:42 (still far from my PR, which I have been saying it for way too long!) but a good race overall! Loved the pace dropping 20 secs per mile and now wishing it was a 10K. The hills on the cords are rough but it is such a scenic view.…
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Continue reading →: 20 Tickets to Running Movie “MCFARLAND, USA”, the winners!
And the winners to get tickets to the new film MCFARLAND, USA (trailer here) are…. The screening is on Wednesday, February 18th at the Regal E-Walk (42nd st and 8th Ave) at 7 pm. Make sure you are free that day, and email me your full name by Friday, Feb 11. CONGRATS! Movie premieres on…
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Continue reading →: Winter Gear that made a difference
As you know, because I’ve complained a million times, my body doesn’t do well in the cold weather. Last winter (2013-2014) I barely run because of it so this past November, fearing the winter months ahead, I got ready by buying all the winter gear I could afford to stuff into my NYC apartment. I…
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Continue reading →: my favorite apps
My phone is in my hand ALL THE TIME. It’s my secretary. Most of the times it’s in airplane or, my favorite: DO NOT DISTURB mode, but I do use it like a paid assistant. You know, life has gotten more complicated these days, I barely have the attention…
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Continue reading →: NYRR Gridiron 4 Miler
First race of the year done!! Far from a PR and a whole minute slower than the 4 miler I did in December (Race to Deliver) but perfectly run in my opinion. Mile one is the slowest (opening and Cat Hill), mile 2 is fast (the only flat mile), mile…
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Continue reading →: New York City Half Marathon Tips, Course Strategy and Logistics!
You know the “don’t wear anything new on race day” and all the basics… now, let’s do the United NYC Half Marathon as well as we can. I have done this race 7 times so far -from 2:06 in its first year, 2006, to 1:37 in 2013, and the last two, and I…
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Continue reading →: Giveaway: 20 Tickets to Running Movie “MCFARLAND, USA”
Did you hear about Walt Disney Studios’ new film MCFARLAND, USA starring Kevin Costner? The film is based on the true story of high school cross country coach Jim White – watch the trailer!! It looks aaaaamazing (and funny!). IN THEATERS FEBRUARY 20 Synopsis: Inspired by the 1987 true story,…
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Continue reading →: Rockefeller State Park Preserve RUN. Oh My.
I had been there once before for another run, it was summer, it was amazing, long time ago. It’s a 30-40 minutes drive north of the city which for me is impossible or requires planning. Which, I don’t drive, UGH, no. But Kettia suggested we go, and there we were all…
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Continue reading →: I have 422 friends, yet I am lonely
This video is about 10 months old and it just haunts me. It’s simple and so heart-breaking too… just watch it. I promise the 4 minutes are worth it. We’re alive to make Connections. With everyone. With everything. That is the purpose of our finite life. Be engaged. There’s so much I…
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Continue reading →: 10 Things I wish I knew before I ran my first Marathon…
Originally posted on Girl Running Crazy: 1. It will hurt Obvious? Maybe. But what I didn’t know was how much it was going to hurt long before race day. Running more miles than you ever have before hurts. Speed sessions hurt, long runs hurt, short runs hurt, even rest days…
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Continue reading →: NYC Marathon 2015: yey or nay?
The NYC Marathon was MA-THING… But then, I think i run it way to many times… In 2011, after my 3:27 Berlin Marathon, I thought I’d have a great NYCM. Enter Sandy and the megamesscancellation in 2012. Then the stooopid ulcer in 2013, so I barely trained and had an awful race. And…
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