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Tag Archives: half marathon
Setting Goals and Sticking With Them
Having goals is good, sticking with them to the end is even better. If that sentence doesn’t scream, “duh,” I don’t know what does. A few months ago I set out on a plan to try an improve my 5k … Continue reading
All That Thankful Stuff
So here I am on Thanksgiving with my dog stretched out on the sofa with me. My best buddy will be here later and we will chow down on our Thanksgiving feast. I am so thankful for that but this … Continue reading
Who Runs DC?
In short, I did and improved my time from the Miami Half. Score one for me for hitting a goal. Last Saturday at this time (7:14 pm ET) I had finally managed to get myself out of my AirBnB apartment … Continue reading
Posted in Half Marathons, Race Recap, Races
Tagged AirBnB, half marathon, miami, RFK Stadium, Rock 'n' Roll DC, Rock Creek Park, Running, Washington DC
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My Consistency is Like a Roller Coaster
So just about every week I am convinced that I’ll finally be able to do some consistent running and follow this training plan that I am on but right now, just about the most consistent thing I have been able … Continue reading
Posted in Half Marathons, running
Tagged Adidas Pure Boost X, half marathon, Miami Half Marathon, Running, training
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Testing the Waters
I’m slowly dipping my toe back into running but it’s still hard. The fact that I haven’t been running consistently means that I’m still horribly out of shape and have very little conditioning. I am running slower than I ever … Continue reading
SoBe It Half Marathon
So there was this little half marathon down in Miami at the end of January, you may remember me writing about this a few times. Well, it happened and I learned a few things along the way. It became known … Continue reading
Posted in Half Marathons, Race Recap, Races, running, travel
Tagged beach, half marathon, miami, Miami Half Marathon, racing, Running
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Brooklyn Half Marathon
I ran the Brooklyn Half and lived. The race actually went better than that. It wasn’t great, it was 11 minutes off my half marathon PR but it was a course PR and it was the first race since my … Continue reading
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Tagged Brooklyn Half Marathon, half marathon, NYRR, racing, Running
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Redemption
Finally! After struggling through most of 2014 I finally had a race that I felt good about so a huge thank you to the Sleepy Hollow Half Marathon. With last week’s major decisions about running the NJ Marathon behind me … Continue reading
Posted in Half Marathons, Race Recap, Races, running
Tagged half marathon, Hudson River, racing, Running, Sleepy Hollow Half Marathon
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It’s Over
Well, the decision has finally been made. I will not be running the New Jersey Marathon. How did I get to that final decision? For those of you who follow my little blog on a regular basis you know how … Continue reading
Consistently Inconsistent
That blog title perfectly explains how my training runs have gone lately. Between the weather and a grumpy kidney stone that I named Fred I just have not been running as consistently as I have wanted or planned to. I … Continue reading
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Tagged half marathon, marathon training, Running, training, vdot system
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