I never had the ambition to participate in a running race. I am still a little bit surprised myself that I signed up for and finished my first half-marathon a month ago. If you had told me this two years ago, I would have laughed in your face and called...
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Another Tuesday to link up with Erika, Patty, and Marcia for Tuesdays on the Run. Today we’re talking about race memorabilia. Do you display it? Toss? Repurpose? In all honestly, I am still in the “I-want-all-the-race-memorabilia”- phase. The reward-system works for kids, and it still works for me. It’s nice...
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On Sunday, after my first run of my new training cycle, I had a craving for something sweet and remembered that I wanted to try and make “protein waffles”. I don’t make waffles, pancakes and the like very often, so I don’t feel too guilty indulging every once in a while. I...
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You guys, I did it. I finished the 2nd half marathon course in the 2016 San Francisco marathon event on July, 31. What an amazing experience! Since this was my first half marathon ever, I didn’t have any specific time goals, although my training plan had aimed to prepare me for a...
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I am linking up with Erika, Patty and Marcia for Tuesdays on the Run again. This week I am bringing you the Davis Moo-nlight Run race recap. I decided a few weeks ago that I would throw in another 10k as part of my half-marathon training. I was particularly intrigued...
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I’m linking up with Erika, Patty and Marcia again for Tuesdays on the Run and today we’re talking about the thought process behind choosing races. Again, since I don’t have much race experience yet, this is a difficult question to answer. When I signed up for my first 10k last year, I...
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I’m trying something new here this week by linking up with Erika, Patty and Marcia for Tuesdays on the Run, a blog linkup where you share running related posts or your thoughts on a specific weekly topic. Since I am fairly new to race running, it’s difficult for me to...
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Eek. I got a reminder in the mail this weekend that my first half-marathon is ONLY 48 days away. This might be a good time to tell you how I feel about that and how my training is going. I am a little past the halfway mark of my training...
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