Maui Warm-up

January 12, 2012

After the thrill of PR’ing at my New Year’s Day race, I’ve been suffering a bit of agony. Running all out after weeks of running slower for heart training left me more sore than I have been in a very long time. Since I was so busy reveling in my massive PR, I didn’t bother to [...]

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Polar Dash 2012

January 1, 2012

The Polar Dash 10K is getting to be a New Year’s Day tradition. This is the third time Mike and I have ventured out in Minnesota winter weather to run the race, and it’s the third time that we were impressed with the race organization and had a fun morning. Shuttle buses picked us up [...]

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Year-end Thinking

December 28, 2011

Seeing that it’s almost December 31st, it’s time for the obligatory year-end review. I can’t believe that just 12 months ago I was still undergoing surgical reconstruction from breast cancer. One year ago, treatment was constantly on my mind and training was a welcome distraction. Now, training is constantly on my mind and treatment seems [...]

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Top 10 Reasons to Embrace Heart Rate Training

December 20, 2011

10.  Having to wear more clothes to stay warm means each article of clothing gets worn more often. Cost of item ÷ number of times worn = cost per wearing. In my accountant mind, that means my clothes are cheaper and I’m saving money, which means I can buy more clothes.
9.  More time on runs [...]

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Patience, Grasshopper

November 25, 2011

While I’m not a physically gifted runner, I have some personality traits that are well suited to distance running. I like analyzing numbers, so training schedules, paces and heart rates are sources of endless fun. My husband says I’m persistent, which I think is his nice way of saying that I can nag on occasion. I [...]

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Crazy Likes Company: Ironman Florida

November 9, 2011

Less than 48 hours after getting home from Washington, D.C., Mike and I were back on a plane headed to Panama City Beach for Mike to race Ironman Florida. He did the same race in 2009, and in 2010 he did Ironman Wisconsin. Ironman Florida is a flat course, which he preferred, so it was [...]

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Marine Corps Marathon: Race Report

October 31, 2011

I made it! Marine Corps Marathon was wonderful, so I’m going to get straight to it!
Friday night we landed and headed straight to the Expo. Here I am picking up my number from one of the countless Marines hosting the race.

After picking up my number, it was time to shop!

We headed back to the hotel [...]

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Loafing

October 19, 2011

Is tapering legit? Don’t get me wrong, the taper is my favorite. What’s not to like? Build up mileage over three months and then do close to nothing for two weeks before the race. I’m not really doing nothing. After all, checking the weather,  going over race day outfit possibilities and obsessing about race strategy is keeping [...]

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Last 20 Miler

October 11, 2011

I finished the second twenty miler on Thursday, and I couldn’t be happier about it. I’m happy with the run itself and I’m happy to be done with it. I ran with my training partner, Deb, who is also doing MCM. Here is a picture after we were done. As you can see, it was a [...]

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TC 10 Mile

October 2, 2011

I’m not above stealing gimmicky writing crutches from other people’s blogs. My running life has been busy and there is too much going on for my usual ramblings, so I’m borrowing What’s Working and What’s Not Working from AM over at Goals for the Week. She actually sets goals for areas of her life and [...]

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