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…
Category: half marathons
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…
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…
Smarter than I look
I got an offer this weekend that I couldn’t refuse: a bib to a localish half marathon for the cost of a 12 pack of beer. (The person making the offer is familiar with my beer cellar and knows he wouldn’t be getting Budmilloor from me.) Cheap? Local (aka no travel costs)? Half Marathon? Sign…
Perhaps a plan is in order
I’ve been flying by the seat of my pants all summer. I had vague ideas about working out, entertaining my kids, doing my job, but I haven’t exactly been organized or methodical about it. As a result, I am currently surrounded by chaos. My house looks like a bomb went off (and that’s not even…
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. …
North Face Endurance “Half” Marathon
This past weekend, I completed my 8th half marathon for 2013. It was also the 8th state I ran in this year (5 were new states and 1 was a new half marathon state). What made this race different? It was a trail half marathon and that, my friends, is a whole different experience. Before…
North Face Endurance Challenge
Alternate title: Comfort Zones are overrated. I spent the last 30 hours fairly far outside my comfort zone. I did a few things I’ve never done before – one of which included a worm and a hook. But I’ll tell you all about that in a post next week once I’ve downloaded the pictures. Anyways,…
Redemption, Wine, or Outside the Zone
So, it will likely come as a surprise to no one that I really want to run one more half marathon this spring. I’m in a groove and I’m liking it. But, my spring is a little crazy with soccer games and events and other social activities, so I’m pretty well limited to one weekend….
Half Marathon #7 for 2013: Frederick Running Festival
If I had to pick one word to describe my running this weekend, it would be “perfect”. Seriously, this was one of the best running weekends I’ve ever had. Both boys had overnights on Saturday, so Beer Geek and I headed alone up to stay at my boss’ house (Beer Geek’s fraternity brother and Shoo’s…
Nike Women Half Marathon non-runner report
When I was hired a year ago to work the Nike Women Half Marathon in DC, I had no idea what I was getting into. I knew I was going to be helping to manage packet pickup and I had plenty of experience volunteering (and picking up my own packets LOL), but I’d never been…
Girls’ Weekend Half Marathon
A while ago K from Just Trying is for Little Girls mentioned she wanted to do the Flying Pirate Half Marathon as her North Carolina race. Somehow, G, T, and I were all able to clear our schedules and join her. We met in Richmond and headed down to the Outer Banks. We made good…