Monday morning I woke up tired and a little achy but decided to go on my group run anyway. Bad idea. Normally I would not have run, I would have taken a rest day. After all I did run a 10k race on Saturday, and then ran in the 5K with my daughter on Sunday. [...]
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Dear Mom, I am so excited about the 5K. I like to run with you. You’re kind of like my “running Cheerleader”. It’s so fun to talk to you while I run. It’s going to be so fun. That is an excerpt for a little note that my daughter gave me last night. As you [...]
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Those are the two words that best describe my 10K race today. I guess I should not have expected to much considering the fact that I signed up for the race last weekend and have not really been training for a 10K. Since my half, I have really just been running whatever the running group [...]
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Did another 4 mile run with hubby this week. He did much better this time, well at least he did not puke. Once again my goal was to run 9 minute miles. This midweek run is really just maintenance mileage, not speed. First mile we were on target, 8:58. Second mile he actually sped up [...]
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When I arrived at my gym today, I saw some ladies bringing spin bikes outside and I realized we would be spinning outdoors. This was a first for me, but not really surprising since somebody told me they sometimes do this. It was a very nice day out and the room we usually spin in [...]
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Over the weekend I purchased some cycling shoes for spin class. I put off buying them for a little while to make sure I was actually going to continue spinning, since they are not exactly cheap. I ended up going to REI. We have quite a few small bike shops here, but I did not [...]
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Procrastinator, that is me. Everyone else seems to have their race year planned out but I wait till the last minute to sign up for race. I am all signed up for two next weekend, but I am only going to really be running one for full speed. Saturday, I will be running in the [...]
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When I left home this morning it was raining, I wasn’t sure whether we were going to run outdoors or not so I came prepared to. I arrived at the gym and found out there was a hail/thunderstorm coming our way, which meant we were running on treadmills. It was an interesting experience because even [...]
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Mr. TurtlesCanRun and I went for a run yesterday. I had had a goal pace in mind so I went for it, nothing too fast, half marathon pace. Mr. T made it through mile 1, he said it was an uncomfortable but doable pace for him. By mile 1.5 his breathing was ragged ( he [...]
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The weather has been beautiful the past couple of weeks and I have been enjoying running outdoors. Saturday, I ran 8 miles solo and felt good during my run but did not eat or drink anything after. I was severely fatigued and dizzy the rest of the day, even after I ate. So I ended [...]
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