Knocking Out Self Doubt

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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Spring Half Marthon Training Plan

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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ITB issues

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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Nike Free V5.0

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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One Year Later – 3M Half Marathon 2010

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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Turtle Marathon

I headed out for my weekend long run on Saturday thinking I would maybe run 18 miles or 20 if I felt good and my ITB was giving me too much trouble.  It was cold out when I started (mid 30s) and this made my knee feel stiff so I started out slow and was [...]

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2009 It Was a Great Year

I kicked off last year with the 3M half marathon.  It was amazing! I met my sub 2 hour goal and I was ready to tackle the next challenge.  Over the course of the year I PRed in the 5k, 5 mile and half marathon distance.  I even placed for my age group in two [...]

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Zilker Tree Holiday Fun Run

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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Cedar Park 5 miler Race Report

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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Casa 5K

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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