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…
Category: Half Fanatics
Call me crazy
So, I’ve started looking at my plans for 2014. In fact, I’ve started registering – 6 already paid for and 1 I’ll be registering for tomorrow. I’m finding two problems: I’m missing 1 race for the 13 in 79 days (found one) AND I’ll have a race every weekend for 6 weeks. I’m not worried…
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…
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…
Double Digits!
I haven’t broken double digits since June. In fact, the last time I ran a half marathon was June 2nd. After that, I didn’t do a run longer than 4 miles for the rest of the summer. My “long run” three weeks ago was 6 miles. Oops. Remind me not to do that again. And…
Trying to reset
I didn’t really run last week. I’m not even sure what I did. It was kind of a blur of car buying, insurance fighting, kid wrangling, and job juggling. I just know that by Friday I was wrapped so tight, I thought I was going to shatter. Finally, I went for a run on Saturday. …
Goals Revisited
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.” And so far, it has been. I trained hard, I broke myself, and yet, somehow, I accomplished my big goal of finishing my five half marathons in five days. …
Color me crazy
Beer Geek says I’m happiest when I have something to obsess over. I say I’m happiest when I have goals and am working toward them. Either way, I don’t do well when my life is in “wash, rinse, repeat” mode. I find myself unmotivated and just sort of blah. Things are fine here and even…
I’m a Fanatic!
OK, really just a “Half Fanatic“. Yep, with that lovely combination of two half marathons in two weekends in May, I qualified for the lowest level of membership, AKA a Neptune. The best part about it? Now I have my first goal for 2010 – to qualify for the next level. I don’t know if…