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Maintaining focus

May 15, 2014 by MCM Mama 18 Comments

Maintaining focus

Last year, I set a goal to run 13 half marathons in 79 days.  Why?  To "moon up" in Half Fanatics.  I figured that I'd run 13 half marathons in 2013, how hard would it be to run 13 in 79 days? (And yes, I realize it's kind of an arbitrary goal, but aren't many of our running related goals arbitrary?) As it turns out, harder than I realized. Not the physical aspect.  I'm trained.  I can run 13.1 and know I'll finish.  Sometimes it may suck. Yeah, Kentucky, I'm looking at you.  And there may be more walking than I like.  But I can do it.  And mostly I can do it well and have fun while doing it.  In fact, barring something stupid like tripping over my own two feet (BTDT), I'm not really worried about my body not being able to complete … [Read more...]

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Running late on my runfessions

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