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Continue reading →: I DID A HALF. Like, NOT virtual. TWO RIVERS MARATHON RACE FESTIVAL race recap!!
Imma write this as two posts, in blue, what my race was like, and in green, what people should look for if they are racing this in the future, as I couldn’t find ANY information about this race anywhere. PRE RACE / LOGISTICS ETC My friend Carolina found this race…
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Continue reading →: please stop with the stooopid “MOTIVATION” lie!
Yes, I spend some time on social media, mostly Insta, and I can’t lie… every time everyone uses the word MOTIVATION or INSPIRATION, I roll my eyes. SO SO HIGH. I’ve said it a million times and I’ve posted about this a lot but it seems like I haven’t gotten…
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Continue reading →: February Recap (with two halfs!)
Heeeeey peeps! Napoleon February -short and wild! I did TWO half marathons, which is insane, two weeks apart and both were awesome. To start with, we went to Florida on the first weekend to run the Daytona Half, which was a blast. I totally planned to put together a post,…
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Continue reading →: New York City Half Marathon Tips, Course Strategy and Logistics
updated 11/28/23 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 12 times so far -since 2006, its first year, to last year, 2023 and I keep…
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Continue reading →: Daytona Half Marathon – race video, 2020
So, the world premiere… race recap, with all the juicy bits, coming soon, maybe even sooner than you’d want it! Enjoyed it? Hope so!!!!! Details SOON…!
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Continue reading →: Hey 2020! January Recap
January was like a dream. Awesome and gone too soon. To tell you the truth, I have no idea what happened before my amazing 2 weeks and 3 days in Buenos Aires, so let me go look it up, I really can’t remember. Well, turns out, maybe nothing interesting happened…
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Continue reading →: 2019 Numbers and Overall Balance
I’ve kept the last few years for comparison purposes… and my comments in Italics. I expect your comments below. What do YOU think are the wins and fails? what about your wins and fails? What is the most important factor for you? Mileage, PRs, races..?? . Total Miles: 2009- 678…
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Continue reading →: December 2019 – closing out the double doors.
was not like any recovery month… There was no “jumping into a training plan” right away but I got to squeeze some really good runs and workouts! I managed some good weeks and also reached my yearly goal of 1800 miles by December 19! Also, I raced a half marathon.…
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Continue reading →: November was a WIN
The month started all around the New York City Marathon… There was a run and fun times with my best Judys Jenny Simpson and Emma Coburn a couple of days before…no big deal you know, we’re all team New Balance… That was pretty cool… Then we got to the NYC…
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Continue reading →: 2019 NYCM – EPIC CRAZY DAY
I am so sorry this took so long. I really am. Life yada yada, all the excuses,but you know. I try really hard. Most of you already know what happened, on broad strokes, though not all the details, I had a crazy and great race… The video is here, so…
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Continue reading →: World Premiere of my 2019 NYC Marathon video…
not sure if you’re ready for this, but it’s here. Finally. I know. I could hardly wait myself 😂🤣 report coming soon… stay tuned.
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Continue reading →: October OMG WHAT
October was a kick in the face, LITERALLY Runs were good, did a half marathon -the Brooklyn Half, here is the race report, plus here is the video, did a couple of weekend “last ten miles of the marathon” runs, all good, but, of course, I had to fall again.…
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Continue reading →: NYCRuns Brooklyn Marathon and Half Marathon – race video, 2019
You might have already read the NYCRuns Brooklyn Marathon and Half Marathon RACE REPORT… but here is the VIDEO!!! So, the world premiere… here it is! Enjoyed it? Hope so!!!!! Here is a pic of the finish line which comes right after the video ends!
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Continue reading →: NYCRuns Brooklyn Marathon and Half Marathon – race report, 2019
So last week I run the Brooklyn Half for the first time! This is not the NYRR Brooklyn Half in May, this is the NYC Runs Half AND Full in November. The race has been happening for a few years but this is the first time that it ventures out…
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Continue reading →: 2019 TCS New York City Marathon: race week events!
I will be updating this every day. If you have anything to be added, just forward it to me. So, recheck every day! And don’t forget to re-read the New York City Marathon Tips, Course Strategy, and Info! post—- below updated 10/28 Monday, October 28th NYRR Member Monday Presented by Biofreeze:…
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Continue reading →: September is always a good time
Heeeey October, what’s up? I am SO READY for this… but let me get to the recap first! We started the month in Nice ->my husband was competing in the Half Ironman World Championships. Running in Nice was EVERYTHING -so amazing- and here are some pics! I truly enjoyed it.…
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Continue reading →: Running in NICE, France
Ooops, forgot about Nice but here we go. My husband was competing in the Half Ironman World Championships. WHICH IS A BIG DEAL, I swear. I had been to Nice before but seeing the Cote d’Azur overtaken by triathletes is a major sight. Everywhere we went there were super fit…
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Continue reading →: Running (and everything) in Paris
below: where to run/where to eat/what to do There is a LOT to see in Paris and there are a million websites out there with better recommendations than mine, but if you ask me… The running Downloaded a lot of run-maps from the Great Runs website. I can’t recommend it…
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Continue reading →: Running in Brugge, Belgium
below: where to run/where to eat/what to do well, this is a post to tell you all how I wanted to go to Brugge for TWENTY EFFING YEARS! seriously it never seemed like in the way to anything, or worth a trip. To tell you the truth, we got there…
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Continue reading →: August full of PRs! WTF?
I have no idea how this happened. Yes, I have been training like a beast since December and yes, I always surprised when things turn well (to me, the key to being happy is always having low expectations!!!) but omg how did I run the highest mileage I ever did…
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