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’ve only had 2 races where I feel like I fell apart, they both happened on warm, high humidity days. So when I awoke on race morning and the temperature said in the mid to high 60s with 90-100% (yes accuweather said 100%) humidity I wasn’t exactly thrilled. But instead of adjusting my race plan [...]
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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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My daughter loved having her last race report up on my blog, so she will be writing up a full report for yesterday’s walk . I just wanted to say a few words and share some pictures. Originally just my daughter and I were going to participate, but the whole family [...]
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Race morning, I woke my little guy up and the first thing he said was that his stomach hurt. I think it was nerves. So I told him we would eat some breakfast and then see how he felt. After breakfast he said he was feeling better, and still wanted to run. He [...]
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