Woke up at 3:30..well really I was awake at 2:30. I can’t ever sleep soundly the night before a race and even though I felt pretty calm about this one I still couldn’t sleep. I wore my turtle socks for luck and lime green nail polish. When I am feeling hardcore and have a do [...]
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I ran this race last year but it was on a different course and month. This race was supposed to take place in March but because of some course issues they changed it to May. The new location (Round Rock Outlets) is much closer to home so that was nice. The weather was warmer than [...]
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A couple of weeks ago we decided to sign the whole family up to to do the Chuy’s Hot to Trot 5K. My son and I did this race last year and it was a lot of fun. My husband said he would run with my son and daughter and I could run the race [...]
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My daughter has been running with a running club at school. She usually runs 2-3 miles once a week and she wanted to do a 5k with me again. When I saw this Girls on the Run 5K on the RunTex calender I knew we had to do it. She is such a girly girl [...]
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I started this blog one year ago the day before I ran the 3M half marathon. It was an amazing experience, I loved it and after I completed it I really felt like a runner and knew I wanted to do a full in the fall. This year once again I ran the 3M. I [...]
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The whole turtle family ran this..first time the four of us have run in a race together. Comfortably chilly, Holiday music blasting out the speakers, light display, hot chocolate and cookies at the finish line=perfection. It was great to run a race that was not timed, no pressure to PR but just go out and [...]
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Ten months ago when I started this blog one of my goals was to run a marathon and today I can say “I did it, I ran a marathon!” Going into marathon training I had two main goals: finish in under four hours and not to get injured. I used the Smartcoach from Runner’s World [...]
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For some reason I was really nervous about this race. I think I always say that. But this time I had some added concerns. I was tired, I have had sluggish slow all week. My second concern was that I knew other people doing the race, many of the ladies in the running group I [...]
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I’ve been really excited about running this race. Last year I ran it and it was the first 5K race I had ever done. My goal last year was not to be the last runner in and to come in under 30 minutes. Now that I’ve done a few races I realize I never have [...]
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My daughter finally got around to writing up her report on the Arthritis Walk. Here it is: I did a walk with my friend Ashley a couple of weeks ago. The walk was the Arthritis Walk, a walk for people who like Ashley, have arthritis. Some people donated money for the walk so doctors can [...]
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