I’m a liar

I promised myself that I would hold off on racing until December, when NYRR is holding a bunch of fun looking races.
BUT…
I lied!!
A good friend told me she signed up for the Goodwill 5000 Meter Run in New Jersey (ahhhh Jersey….boo).  I couldn’t resist signing up with her, especially since it’s her first race ever!  [...]

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Poland Spring Marathon Kick-Off

To appease my sadness over not getting into the NYC Marathon lottery, I decided to run the 5-mile kick-off run today.  I was looking forward to this run initially, but honestly 3 weekends in a row of racing is too much for this girl. My legs and body were just tired.  Also, the exhaustion from [...]

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Slacker

I was supposed to do an easy 4 today and then hit the gym for some weights.  I seriously underestimated how cold it was outside this evening and froze my butt off for 4 embarassingly slow miles.  I made the mistake of stopping by my apartment for a sweatshirt before going to the gym and [...]

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Off the Pavement

I ran the Off the Pavement race up in Bedford this morning.  Damn was it cold at 8:30am brrrr!  My hands were little ice cubes for the first mile or two, but I warmed up.
The course was about 5.2 miles around the John Jay Homestead.  It was a beautiful course and morning, but also really [...]

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The Big Loop

Despite aching quads, I went for a long(ish) run today since I got home from work early.  I did the big loop in Central Park, which is 6 miles plus the 3/4 of a mile it takes to get there and back from my house.  Again, I tried to ignore the tightness in my legs [...]

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Staten Island Half Marathon

Yesterday was the Staten Island Half Marathon and it was the greatest race of my life!  Well, except for the whole being in Staten Island part of it….I kid, I kid!
I ran the race in 1:53 and I had 8:39 mile splits!  That is AMAZING for someone like me who is a life long ten-minute [...]

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