Fall is my favorite time to race but since I have been injured I have not participated in any events. Last week I decided to see if I could find a race that the whole family could do together, no goals other than spend some quality with my family doing something good for us. I [...]
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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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About five weeks ago I decided to run the Missoula Marathon. The reader’s of Runner’s World voted it the best overall marathon and since we had never been to Montana we thought it would be a great way to combine my love of running and a family vacation. I had already started training for [...]
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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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By nature I am a shy person. That is actually how the whole turtle thing started. A friend of mine gave me a little stuffed turtle who could come out of his shell. My friend said that reminded him of me. Running has really helped me come out of my shell and it seems to [...]
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Today on DailyMile people shared their before running and after photos. So many people had incredible transformations. It was so motivational and inspiring. Some of them have lost over a 100 pounds and are now great runners. It really made me think of all the changes I’ve made in my life over the past two [...]
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I’ve been having a hard time believing that I am going to be able to run a half marathon in one hour and forty minutes. The pace required seems to fast for me. Even though I have gotten faster over time, I really still consider myself a turtle when it comes to running. Setting goals [...]
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I was originally planning on running the Zooma Austin Half Marathon this year but found out about the Angie’s Half Crazy! Half marathon and decided to do that instead. One of my twitter and Daily Mile pals recommended it and I thought it would be fun to run it and spend the weekend in Houston [...]
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A couple of weeks after I ran the Rock and Roll San Antonio marathon my right ITB has been tight and painful. The knee pain has made me walk home a couple of times from a run or cut a run short. I keep thinking I have moved past it and then it comes back. [...]
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In an effort to gain the benefits of barefoot running without actually running barefoot or running in my vibrams (which I love but still haven’t managed to run more than 4 mile in) I bought a pair of Nike Wmns Free 5.0 V4 354751-301. I really love this shoe. They are light and comfortable. They [...]
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