When I began training for marathon number four, the one thing I was sure of was that it was not going to be in Texas. Of course, life almost never goes according to plan and I ended up on the starting line of the Dallas marathon on December 9th instead of CIM on December 2nd. [...]
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We continued our Thanksgiving tradition of running the Thankful Turkey 5K out in San Marcos this year. Being only 2 weeks out from my marathon, my goal for this race was pretty simple: win a turkey, I figured anything else would just be a bonus. My daughter also had a goal of winning some kind [...]
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Even though I was in the peak of my marathon training I decided to race the Boo Run this year. Like last year, I seriously considered just running it with one of the kids but I really wanted to see if I could manage to come in first overall female again. This was our third [...]
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After two long years I finally completed marathon number 3. I decided to run the Missoula Marathon again so that we could go on a family vacation to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons afterward and because I enjoyed it in 2010. Going into this race I was pretty confident I could PR because my training [...]
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Our fifth and final 5K of the spring was the Chuy’s Hot to Trot Cinco on Cinco which was on May fifth of course. Lots of fives. This is the third time we have participated in this race. I like it because it is fun, it has a good course, benefits a good cause and [...]
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We decided to run with the best bunz in town at the 30th Schlotzsky’s Bun Run benefiting the Austin Sunshine Camps for our fourth 5K of the spring. We ran this race last year and it is a pretty flat course with a fast field of runners (plenty of people to try to chase down). [...]
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I scoured the Run Tex Calendar for a our third 5K and saw the Master’s School 5K in San Marcos. This year was their first year putting on a 5K benefiting their school and I thought it would be nice to go out and show our support at a smaller race. We woke up early [...]
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On the top of everyone’s list of 5Ks to do again this year was the Blue Bell Fun run. I love the fact that it benefits the Brenham high school athletic department but I think the real appeal is the FREE ice cream. The difference this year would be that I would be running the [...]
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I started the Spring racing season fat and sassy, which also happened last year. This always makes me nervous because I know the more I weigh the slower I am. That coupled with the fact that I had done no speedwork leading into this race promised me that I would not be coming anywhere close [...]
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Today my family and I ran the Thankful Turkey 5K in San Marcos. We did this race last year and it was so much fun. I was really looking forward to a small, low key race after last week’s disappointment in San Antonio. My main goal for the race was have a good time with [...]
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