When I originally decided to do 13 in 2013, my goal was to do 13 races of any distance, virtual and IRL combined. Then I missed my first race of the season due to injury and decided that I’d do all half marathons. I still planned to do a mix of virtual and real…
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Half Marathon #13 for 2013!
Gar Williams Half Marathon December 15, 2013 2:16:27 This race was sort of anticlimactic. There was no t-shirt. There were no medals. I didn’t even take a selfie. I wasn’t DFL (dead effing last), but I was close. But there was a huge sigh of relief that I’d finished my quest. The good: The course…
Half marathon #12 for 2013: Rehoboth Beach Half
Rehoboth Beach Half Marathon December 6, 2013 2:20:01 Yes, that :01 is killing me. Really? I couldn’t find one more second to knock off??? The good: The course was mostly flat and 6ish miles were on packed dirt. The start was 2 blocks from our hotel. Dogfish Head Brewpub for dinner. Eating pancakes, mac and…
Rain Rain Go Away
I’ve been taking part of Laura’s 5 (or 10 miles) by the 5th of the month for the last few months. December brings this round to an end. For a variety of reasons, I almost missed this one, but then Shoo went to school and the stars aligned. I actually ran with the ladies of…
Lessons learned and 14 in 2014
Lessons learned from back to back half marathons (s0me of these I should have known LOL): Fueling and hydration are key. I did not eat enough of Friday or Saturday morning, nor did I drink enough during the race. (Just ’cause it’s raining doesn’t mean you aren’t sweating…) I ate pretty much constantly after the…
Half Marathon #11 in 2013: Potomac River Run
Potomac River Run Half Marathon November 17, 2013 2:21:22 When I went to bed the night before this race, I was pretty sure I had a really long walk ahead of me. I was already sore, despite a long Epsom salt bath. I had also never quite gotten ahead of the lack of food and…
Half Marathon #10 for 2013: Richmond Half Marathon
Richmond Half Marathon November 16, 2013 2:14:21 Once again, I went into a race undertrained. I managed one 10 miler in the month in between Heritage and Richmond. My plan was to run this easy to save something for the next day. I’m quickly learning that I suck at planning. The good: My splits were…
1 down, 1 to go!
Richmond was my 10th half marathon this year! There were many things about this race that rocked, including how I ran it. The rain, however, I could have done without. I leave shortly for half marathon #2 for the weekend. I’m feeling pretty good, but my quads are tired and sore (Richmond is somewhat hilly…
Here we go!
If you see me on the course at Richmond, say hi! I’m certainly going to need all the cowbell and high fives I can get! (I’ll either be in the NWM half zip or the green shirt with blue and green armwarmers. It will be a “morning of” decision.)
This is gonna hurt
Remember when I ran 5 half marathons in 5 days? Remember how hard I trained for months? Well, here’s a news flash: No matter how trained you were 7 months ago, if you stop running that kind of mileage, you WILL lose endurance. In 8 days, I am running the Richmond Half Marathon. I am…
Half Marathon #9 for 2013: Heritage Half
Heritage Half Marathon October 13, 2013 2:14:37 Going into this race, I knew I was undertrained. I briefly toyed with the idea of using Galloway, but in the end decided to run with my dad for as long as I could. We agreed to aim for a 10:20-10:30 pace (and I planned to keep him…
So, how are those goals workin’ for ya?
At the beginning of the year, I declared “This year is going to be epic. I just know it. After all, 13 is my lucky number.” So far, this year has indeed been epic. I’m on track for 13 half marathons in 2013 and that sets me up nicely for 13 halves in 79 days…