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Continue reading →: Chrissie Wellington – Be Kind To Yourself
Chrissie was doing another talk yesterday and a lot of my friends were attending so I decided I hadn’t heard enough of her. The questions and answers were pretty much the same I heard the day before at the Harvard Club only in this occasion there was more time to go into the…
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Continue reading →: Chrissie Wellington and the Appreciation Lunch
Last year, around the same time, I had a post called Chris McCormack and the Appreciation Lunch so I figured copying the title would make things easier! I attended the lunch last year as I was working as an endurance events volunteer for various charities (Girls on the Run, etc) but I was…
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Continue reading →: Healthy Kidney 10K: Is it my kidneys?
I had a busy Friday at work… so busy I forgot to eat and had two cups of coffee instead. Huh? Yes, by the time I ate (too much but too delicious) I was in dire need to get some sleep. Beeeeeep beeeeeep beeeeep 6 am!!! Time to roll down…
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Continue reading →: NO Whining
I saw this shirt in a running store a few days ago. It stuck. I realize there should be no whinning on running. This is not a chore, it’s a gift, and we should be grateful every single minute that we’ve found something that gives us so much.. an outlet…
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Continue reading →: NJ Marathon – Pacing!#@#$*(@*#!@! and that course…
During the Summer, I like to have a weekend here and there when I don’t race. I could go on trips, do other things. As it is, I have around 85% of my weekends booked until November so I had left last weekend empty. Would I do the NorthFace Challenge?…
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Continue reading →: What Is Your Secret Weapon?
The more you run and race, the better you get to know what works for you and I’ve ruled a few things out and prioritized some by now. Gotta live and learn… I am good at not doing things I don’t want to do: speedwork, hard workouts, running hard, eating well, eating…
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Continue reading →: (Take 5) Bondiband winnerS!
If you haven’t read the entries, check them out; the theme was “Inspirational”. There are so many amazing ones in there… they had to pick TWO winners!!! The lucky winners of our Fifth Bondiband giveaways are: just4therunofit for Never look back. and forLilMsJunkmiler for I run for those that…
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Continue reading →: untitled post 344Happiness is not a station you drive at, but a manner of traveling. (via trainwithmarc)
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Continue reading →: Totals = Pathetic / Races Up Ahead
The last few days I kept seeing people totalling their April mileage.. and I thought when was the last time I looked at my monthly mileage???. I couldn’t remember… !! And there is a reason for that!!! Cause it’s RIDICULOUS!!! Check out my monthly totals for this year…! (don’t laugh!) Insane, right?…
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Continue reading →: NYRR’s Run As One – My second 4-miler in 7 days…
In my last post I had shared with you my “hardly a comeback” story of the 4 miler I did last Sunday. Having done no speed in a year, I was quite happy with the results: Finish time: 29:18. Average Pace: 7:20 Previous PR: 28.09. From: September 2009. Age Grading: 66.78%Overall Place: 1019 of 7303Gender Place:…
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Continue reading →: Run For The Park – Four Miler – Can we call this “racing”??
I am a bit late with this one, but late is better than never right? I guess I hadn’t raced in so long I had to remember to post about races… the truth is, I was waiting for the race pictures because I knew they’d be GOOD, you’ll see… Going…
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Continue reading →: NYC Marathon Opening Day – The excitement behind the scene!
As I posted yesterday, I was going to be part of the NYC Marathon Opening Ceremony, but in case you don’t know what it is, it’s a Kick Off party for the marathon, they bring some elite runners, some celebrities who will be running, there’s interviews, and it is all live.…
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Continue reading →: NYC Marathon Opening Day – Live Online today at noon EDT: Look for me!!!
Who is in for the lottery?? Sign Up is closed. Today is the Opening Ceremony and you can watch it online live at 12 pm EDT inNYRR’s TV. What is it?? Well… from their website: ING New York City Marathon Opening Day Presented by ASICS is almost here, so you don’t have to…
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Continue reading →: Scott Jurek (in a NYC minute!)
Hi People!!! (not sure why but I felt like shouting! ooops). All good??? Well, I will lower my voice and go into it then… You know Scott Jurek, riiiiiight??? If you don’t.. well, seriously… WHERE have you been??? Just kidding, but do check him out. Not only he’s an amazing ultrarunner,…
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Continue reading →: Bondiband GIVEAWAY, take five!!! Get your creative hat on!!!!
You know the drill by now (given this is the fifth giveaway…) The fabulous people at Bondiband are going to sponsor our little fun, AGAIN!!!! They make these amazing wicking hats (ponytail hole or not), headbands, and other cool running accesories; there’s stuff for everybody! And if you are the lucky winner, you’ll get…
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Continue reading →: Baaastin – The Meltdown
Ah, what a weird day to be up in Boston. It was so surreal. The talk about deferring, people getting scared and trying to figure out what to do, if it was worth even trying, what’s the best option now that we are here… I felt truly lucky not having…
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Continue reading →: (Shipping up to) Boston!! Who is in???
You know the song, right? If not, it should be on your playlist for this weekend! I have seen Dean’s post so I expect to see a few of you there! I am coming up Sunday morning as I will be coaching at a Natural Running expo all day tomorrow (should be…
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