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Planning Your Running Comeback After an Illness or Injury
** This is a post I pre-wrote before my surgery! I am over the worst of the recovery, but still am not feeling great. I’m following doctors order to rest so I can come back to work (my first priority!) as quickly as possible!!** The comeback. I think it’s something every “athlete” thinks about the [...]
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Disney Princess Half Marathon- Tips and Pictures
The Disney Princess Half Marathon is this weekend! Are you running it? I am obviously not going this year, but I ran the race two years ago and it was hands down my favorite race experience ever! I ran it with my best friend Sarah and we regularly talk about how much fun we had. [...]
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Frostbite 10K Training Program
I’m a runner without a plan. For the past two months I’ve been heading outside (or eh-ehm to the treadmill when it was REALLY cold) to run 3 days a week with 3 to 6 miles in mind and running as long as I felt like it. On my non running days, I’ve cross trained on the elliptical or [...]
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Tips for Making and Keeping New Year’s Resolutions
Are you guys ready for it? Christmas week is almost over. I don’t know about you, but I can’t believe it’s already come and gone. Isn’t Isabella, our Goddaughter, darling? As our attention turns from Christmas to New Years, you may be thinking about how you want to try to improve your life in the [...]
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New Running Goals
For the longest time my biggest running goal was running a marathon. I wanted to prove to myself that I could go through the training and conquer the ridiculous task of running 26.2 miles. I told myself that it didn’t matter how long it took me to do it, but I wanted to cross that finish [...]
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Holiday Gift Guide for Runners
It’s finally starting to look a little like Christmas in our house. This weekend we cranked up the Christmas tunes, poured some peppermint mocha creamer in our coffee, and pulled the Christmas decorations out of the attic. With everything that has happened this past month with the loss of my Mom, it felt a little [...]
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Chicago Marathon– It’s On!
Hello from windy & cold Chicago! We’ve had a fun couple of days getting ready for the big event tomorrow. We arrived Friday morning before sunrise. The early direct flight from the Asheville airport is awesome and makes this such a quick trip. I highly recommend it. Well, hello tall buildings! After we landed in Chicago, [...]
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Marathon Monday! Advice and Tips from Marathoners – Part 4
After a nice relaxing weekend, It’s time to focus on the big weekend race. Look what I got! These people say I signed up to run 26.2 miles on Sunday. That’s nuts. Did I really do that? The dogs are thrilled, but they haven’t figured out that they aren’t going yet. Hey Mom, I know [...]
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Marathon Monday! Advice and Tips from Marathoners- Part 3
It’s under two weeks until the Chicago Marathon and I’m resting. Turns out my sore hips were actually a strained gluteal muscle. Yes, a strained butt. The doctor said it’s a minor problem and I’ll be fine for the race. I just need to make sure I don’t make it worse and give it some [...]
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20 Mile Run – Chicago Marathon Here I Come!
When I signed up for the marathon and wrote down my training plan, I put three stars next to the big 20 mile training run. It’s like the run was a big neon sign blinking in the country that was just impossible to ignore. I was looking forward to it, because it’s farther than I’d [...]
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