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Summertime… and the Thighs are Chafing
A Post Dedicated to My Personal Favorite Summer Running Sh*t It’s Memorial Day, and Summer is officially unofficially here! This spring race season has been essentially less eventful than last year’s, which is more than okay. It was chock full of racing- I did some larger Winter Series events (8 miler, 15K, half) in Tyler…
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Child-free since ’23
[A follow-up to my last post] I made the decision, at the suggestion of my Ob/Gyn last year, to finally go through with a more permanent solution to birth control. For those of you who haven’t been following along as closely, having a stroke most likely caused by birth control means that pregnancy can be…
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On a slightly more serious note [stroke-related]
I’ve mostly used this blog to write about running tips and my comeback after my stroke, but today I’d like to write more about a smaller after effect of my stroke. And it’s a perfect time to write about it- it’s my off season, and I’ve been dealing with some hip tightness lately that I’d…
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It’s OK to Defer
This isn’t giving up, no; this is letting go. Been meaning to write this post for a while now; but life, the universe, and everything got in the way. About a month ago, I decided to defer my Marine Corps Marathon entry to next year. It was a decision I wasn’t thrilled by, but what…
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Spring Race Report 2022
This was a great race season for me, despite my disappointing DE marathon. I did a lot of smaller races this season, and what I like is the diversity of the distances I covered. This season, I ran every distance between 5K and a full marathon. I will post a few highlights now. 4M: RunBUCKS…
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FULL Speed Ahead
Race Report- First Official (in-person, chip-timed) 26.2: Delaware Running Festival. I wanted to make a separate race report relatively soon after my first official marathon while it was still fresh in my noggin. Training I want to start by saying that my training was a little non-traditional, but still really diligent and varied. I completed…
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I said, “BRRR… it’s cold in here!”
Tips + Gear for winter running I love winter running for the sole reason that I hate heat and humidity. I don’t, however, love all of the layering and gear that I have to put on. Therefore, I figured I’d make a post about some things I’ve learned that have helped me love winter running.…
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‘Party pacing’ = my group therapy
2021 was a year that I started facing some interesting (and mostly COVID-related) challenges in both my personal and professional lives. I resolved to work on some of these in 2022. In 2017-2018, while I was just starting my running journey and was finding it hard to break out of the 10K distances. So, I…
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Weekend Report
I double booked myself this weekend. I’ve been running a loop series run by RD John Beck at Uptown GentleFriends . The series is run on the towpath that runs alongside the Delaware and Raritan Canal on both the NJ and the PA sides of the river. Each loop starts at one bridge, goes up…
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Starting off Strong, Part 2:
In Defense of the Couch to 5K or Interval Training Program Couch to 5K (Or, C25K as the free app labels it) is a running program designed for any person who wants to start running, or has taken a break from running and come back from it. The essential design is run/walk intervals. You start…