The Blue Ridge Marathon bills itself as "American's Toughest Marathon." I'm here to tell you that the half marathon is no joke either. It was definitely the hardest race course I've ever run on. Short story: I finished in 2:20:48 (my slowest half where I wasn't pacing someone), 13th in my age group and darned proud of my finish. At the end, I felt like I'd run a full marathon, not a half. Long story: I caught a ride down to Roanoke with some runner friends. We stopped at a brewpub for lunch and a couple more for tastings. Thanks to small country roads (and the stops), it took us 6 hours instead of 4, but we finally got there. They dropped me off at my hotel where I immediately met up with T and R. We quickly picked up our … [Read more...]
Love the Run You’re with 5k race report
AKA sometimes you have to leave it all on the course. It's been a long time since I've been in "racing form". I feel like I've been trying to come back from injury since Thanksgiving of 2010. I've had some good runs since then, but no really good races and most of my speed work has been on the treadmill. I've been dying to know where I am. And I chose Love the Run You're With to find out. I set out with two goals: 26:xx on the clock and leaving everything I had on the course, possibly even my breakfast... Short story: I missed my time goal by 16 seconds (27:15), but I could barely walk when I got done. The day dawned wicked cold and windy. The "feels like" temperature was 12. I wore two pairs of running tights, a … [Read more...]
Handing over my "Tough Chik" card
I just joined Team Tough Chik. It's an awesome group of women and there are some seriously Tough Chiks in the group.I feel like I should hand back my membership card. I'm choosing to be a wuss today and I'm ok with that.I have a 10 mile and two 3ish mile runs left to do this week. It is currently 16 degrees out. Tomorrow at this time it should be 42 degrees. Guess who's choosing to do 3 on the treadmill today and 10 outside tomorrow? This girl. This girl right here. OK, I'll hand over my Wisconsin card too. On the bright side, it gives me an extra day to find some yellow and green to wear. (As a Packer fan, you'd think this would not be a problem LOL.)Do you move your runs around to … [Read more...]
Handing over my “Tough Chik” card
I just joined Team Tough Chik. It's an awesome group of women and there are some seriously Tough Chiks in the group.I feel like I should hand back my membership card. I'm choosing to be a wuss today and I'm ok with that.I have a 10 mile and two 3ish mile runs left to do this week. It is currently 16 degrees out. Tomorrow at this time it should be 42 degrees. Guess who's choosing to do 3 on the treadmill today and 10 outside tomorrow? This girl. This girl right here. OK, I'll hand over my Wisconsin card too. On the bright side, it gives me an extra day to find some yellow and green to wear. (As a Packer fan, you'd think this would not be a problem LOL.)Do you move your runs around to … [Read more...]
