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Continue reading →: Please do NOT
You know, I like to think I am a very open minded person. And a very open minded runner. A really very open minded runner. I don’t care if you talk, wear headphones, go slow, weave, sweat on me, snotrocket, take over most of the street on your run. After…
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Continue reading →: I never thought I’d be THAT runner…
You know those people you see… taking their run like a joke, and chatting on the phone? yeah, those people. Well, that was me yesterday. Yes. Well, you gotta try everything once, right? Or so they told me… I wanted to do a very slow run (LIKE, REALLY slow.…
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Continue reading →: Fun or Speed? Self-Acceptance or Long-Term Goals?
Yesterday I did my first long run in a while, minus a botched one, the only one I did in over a year, last October before NYCM. So… it’s probably been the first one since the marathon in November, and the longest I’ve run since in the three halfs I’ve…
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Continue reading →: What have I done?
Part 1I was at a couple of running stores on Monday… Uhm. How do even say this? I heard people talking about me, or the bikini, or the Central Park Bikini. On one side, I think what’s the big deal, really?? On the other side, it made me a bit uncomfortable and left,…
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Continue reading →: Running through Central Park in a bikini? Check
Before you even have to ask, yes: (there’s more pictures, but they really can’t be posted!!!) The Mini10k last weekend was a women’s teams points. My team said they’d be cheering topless for all the women. They didn’t. Yesterday was a 5 miler with team points for the men. I…
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Continue reading →: Adidas Grand Prix, Icahn Stadium
Last Friday I had a very busy day at work where I didn’t even remember to eat, even when I was racing a 10K the day after… and I get an email from the boyfriend “want to go to a track meet tomorrow?”. He was working too so brevity and…
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Continue reading →: Junk Miles – Love’em or Hate’em??
Call them easy runs, call them recovery, call them junk miles. Call them whatever you want but sometimes I have trouble getting up for these runs, mostly because they usually follow a tough day (race, tempos, speedwork) and I am not properly rested. It sucks when you start. And it’s…
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Continue reading →: The -National Running Day- Run
These days… It’s always a struggle, SO much to do, so many events to attend… For this National Running Day, I limited my options to two (I did THREE last year!) as I have a race this weekend and definitely need to back off from this past week’s speed workouts and…
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Continue reading →: Wisdom from the Ultra/Barefoot World:Chris McDougall/Scott Jurek/Peter Saarsgard/Steve Friedman
This was the event: JackRabbit Presents The Eat & Run Experience with Scott Jurek International Launch of Scott’s memoir “Eat & Run” With special guests Christopher McDougall Peter Sarsgaard Steve Friedman Tuesday June 5th The New York Society for Ethical Culture Fun Run 6:30pm Event Starts 8:00pm Scott Jurek is…
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Continue reading →: Mini10K – We’re getting warmer
This race… I’ve done this race every single year since I’ve started running. It’s the race I’ve done most times and haven’t missed one since 2007. That’s 6 in a row. This race is full of history: it introduced women to running, 40 years ago. It cracked open a world…
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Continue reading →: HAPPY National RUNNING Day! (What’s YOUR running day/week like?)
Happy Best Day Ever! I am not gonna lie, this day creeped up on me, just like anything else. But, I am having a good running WEEK, so it’s ALL A-OKAY. Here is my National Running Day Happy List: Somehow I managed 35 miles last week. CRAZY. Average this year had been 20. I…
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Continue reading →: Racing Like a Kid (Or chasing our ancestral wild animals!)
If you are a runner in NYC there are always many ways to get busy. There is a race in every corner, for any reason, for whatever price and distance length you’d like. There is always a 5K, a 10K, or a half around the corner any given day. But,…
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Continue reading →: ODDYSSEY Half in Philly… BOOM!
Not sure what BOOM in the title was for, just felt like it. OK, let’s break this puppy down (not literally of course!!!). What?A Half. Outside of Philly. Saturday May 26. Around 60 degrees. Why?– The ODDyssey Half remembers that running is fun– Costume Contests– Certified course, photographers, around 2K runners, pretty flat course, scenic, medals, Beer Garden at…
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Continue reading →: ODDyssey, Return to Ithaca, uhm, I mean Philly
ODDysey, Half Marathon, Philly, this Saturday, it’s happening, costumes, beer garden, fun, and… I have no idea if I should even do it. There’s still some other plans and obstacles on the course, but I’d have to be packing now if I end up hopping on the two-hour Megabus to…
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Continue reading →: BODYGLIDE 101 Uses = 5 BODYGLIDE Winners
Randomly Selected (using random numbers generator) winners from our fun Giveaway! here we go! run.puget.sound I use it for chapstick when I forget mine… which is often! JamesTrue who needs a slip-n-slide when there’s BodyGlide! atombuddy The hinges on my door used to squeak, until I discovered Bodyglide. flying tomato Body Glide, there is nothing…
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Continue reading →: The “101 uses of BODYGLIDE” GIVEAWAY. Yeah, a fun giveaway
Want to play and win the BODYGLIDE product of your choice? It’s very simple! -Post in a comment below what you use BODYGLIDE for, besides the usual uses… Or what you could use it for… -PG13 please! -One comment per screen name per product (you have two products you want to…
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