First race back since the injury and I of course have to pick a 10K. Why did I pick a 10K?…I’ve only run one before (Texas Round up 2009) and that was such an awful experience I never ran the the distance again until now. All week long I have been unusually calm about the [...]
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Cap 10K race weekend began today with the Junior ‘Dillo. It is a 1-mile timed run for kids ages 15 and under. The course is a loop on Auditorium Shores and Riverside Drive. There are seven age group divisions, each with their own separate start time. Over 1000 kids participated in today’s event. It was [...]
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“Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don’t so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head.” – Joe Henderson Race day is coming up soon and I really need to summon up the tough turtle within. [...]
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Nothing on the running front today.. just a picture of a tiny tortoise that made me smile.
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With the Capitol 10K coming up in two weeks I have really been trying to get myself used to running faster again. This has been challenging especially since I only had a month to do this and I have been stuck in turtle gear for quite some time. It has been two weeks since I [...]
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“We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon.” -Emil Zatopek My thoughts keep turning towards running a marathon. It is my favorite race distance. I think I like it the most because I enjoy the journey of [...]
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My husband has developed out some iPhone apps for runners that I find useful and thought maybe some of you would as well. The most popular is the free Running Pace Calculator. By entering a recent or goal race time and distance it will calculate your pace per mile. It will also calculate approximate equivalent [...]
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People who knew me before I started and lost weight often ask me how I got into running and ask for a few pointers on how to get started. So I wanted to share my top 5 tips/lessons I learned along the way to help people who are just starting out running or are thinking [...]
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Super windy day for the Diva 5K but that didn’t stop any the 700 participants from getting out and running. So great to see so many women out celebrating their beauty and strength. I really was surprised that they had so many participants for their first year and think they did a great job organizing. [...]
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Now that the heel spur and plantar fasciitis pain is nonexistent on most of my runs I have started to added some minimalist shoes back in the rotation. I know that the podiatrist I went to would advise against this, since he is against minimalist and barefoot running. When I asked about it, he told [...]
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