Petersburg Half Marathon April 21, 2018 2:14:01 Temp: mid 40s to low 50s What I wore:hat, tank top, Reebok half zip, , a Skirt Sports Happy Girl, compression socks, and Altra One 2.5 Apparently the theme for this spring is "what the heck do I wear?" I was really torn on how many layers to wear and, in fact, changed my mind many times. At one point I had on a jacket and tights. Thankfully, I had the good sense to take some layers off and ended up dressed perfectly. The Petersburg Half Marathon is about 40 minutes south of Richmond and I happened to be in Richmond for the weekend to go to NASCAR (more on that another day.) Shoo and I were staying with one of his best buddies' family, so I was able to leave him with them and head … [Read more...]
Marine Corps 17.75 2018 Race Recap
Marine Corps 17.75 March 24, 2018 2:00:29 Temp: low 30s What I wore: beanie, tank top, half zip top, Ragnar jacket, Happy Girl skirt, Toasty Cheeks tights, and Altra Escalante I have a love/hate relationship with this race. I love the course, despite it being one of the hardest races I run each year. I hate having to drive down 95 on Friday to get my bib. I hate even more having to get up by 3:45am so I can leave my house by 4:45am to drive down 95 for the race. But I'm also way too cheap to get a hotel room and I'd have to leave DC around noon on Friday to get there in time to make it worthwhile. But I've still done it in 2015, 2016, 2017, and now 2018. Saturday morning came way too early, but I hadn't slept much at all, due to … [Read more...]
Lifetime Half Marathon #71: Rehoboth Beach Half
This year has been filled with amazing races. I tried out a couple of new races that I loved: St. Patrick's Day 10K and the Navy Air Force Half Marathon. I also returned to some old favorites: Marine Corps 17.75K, GW Parkway 10 Miler (one of my all time favorite races), Marine Corps Marathon, and then, just this past weekend, we went back to Rehoboth Beach for their half marathon. I know that the topic for Tuesdays on the Run this week is "Favorite Race in 2017", but really they were all my favorites. So, I'm going to recap my most recent favorite race. Rehoboth Beach Running Company Half December 2, 2017 2:12:48 Temp: low to mid 40s What I wore:hat, tank top, Reebok half zip, a Skirt Sports Happy Girl, compression socks, and Altra … [Read more...]
Marine Corps Marathon 2017 Race Recap
This past Sunday I finished my 4th Marine Corps Marathon. It wasn't my fastest and it wasn't my slowest. It did, however, have one of the lowest points I've had in a race in a very long time. My recap is super long, in part because I don't want to forget any of it. If you don't feel like reading the whole thing, my Facebook status from after the race pretty much covers it: "At mile 13.1, I was on pace for my goal race. At mile 15, I considered DNFing. At mile 16, I drank all the Gatorade and realized I could walk 10 miles if I needed to. In the end, it wasn't my worst race. 4:57 and change." Grab a coffee or a beer and come along for the ride... Marine Corps Marathon 2017 October 22, 2017 4:57:17 Temp: 55ish at the start, 75+ at … [Read more...]
Lifetime half marathon #70!!!: Autumn Georgetown Half
Autum Georgetown Half Marathon October 1, 2017 2:22:48 Temp: high 40s up to low 60s What I wore:visor, tank top, Nike arm sleeves, a Skirt Sports Gym Girl Ultra, Altra compression socks, and Altra One 2.5 This has been quite a week and it's only Monday, sigh. My cat managed to jump onto the table at precisely the wrong moment and cause me to throw a bowl of soup across the table. It covered my phone, my computer, and a bunch of important papers. It even got into my hair! I've managed to salvage everything except the computer. It is currently upside down over a fan, with hopes that it will dry out and be usable again. So, instead of following the topic of Tuesdays on the Run, I'm going with a race report since it was … [Read more...]
Lifetime Half #69: Navy Air Force Half Marathon
Navy Air Force Half Marathon September 17, 2017 2:28:42 Temp: 73* with 95% humidity What I wore:visor, tank top, a Skirt Sports Gym Girl Ultra, Balega socks, and Altra One 2.5 I am currently in the highest mileage month of training for the Marine Corps Marathon. I've been running a lot of double digit runs and, quite frankly, getting a bit bored with it. So I suggested to my running partner that we run the Navy Air Force half marathon and then run home instead of running our 16 miles on our usual route. (Don't ever suggest something like this without actually checking the distance to "home".) She was on board, so we both signed up. I had a crazy weekend lined up, so we took the metro over to the expo and picked up our packets … [Read more...]
Badwater 135 2017 Race Report (Guest post)
Since today's Tuesdays on the Run is a free topic and there's not a lot going on in my world right now, I asked my friend Chavet to write up a post about her experience at Badwater 135. Badwater 135 is 135 mile race from Death Valley to Mt Whitney, CA. It is known as the "world's toughest road race." I met Chavet a few years ago at one of the Mainly Marathons series that I did. I knew that since then Chavet had become an amazing ultra runner, but I did not know she was aiming for Badwater. She went from hearing about the race 5 years ago to picking challenging ultra marathons to prove she was capable of finishing to actually getting chosen to run the race this year. This is a shorter version to wet your appetite, but if you'd like to … [Read more...]
GW Parkway Classic 2017 Race Recap
GW Parkway Classic April 23, 2017 1:36:13 Temp: High 40s to low 50s What I wore: visor, tank top, a half zip, a Skirt Sports Happy Girl, compression socks, and Altra Ones This was my goal race for the season. I knew I wouldn't PR, but I wanted to run a sub-10 pace. I worked hard in February and March to pick up the pace and did really well on some early season races. But then April happened and I added distance and I stopped doing speedwork. After last weekend's half marathon with a 10:25ish pace, I figured my goal was unlikely. The weather forecasts went from bad to worse and back again over the last few days. Finally, it moved from mid-40s and rainy to high 40s and cloudy. That was something I could work with, sort of. High … [Read more...]
Lifetime Half Marathon #49: Western Maryland Rail Trail Half
Western Maryland Rail Trail Half April 10, 2016 2:16:32 Temp: mid 20s but sunny What I wore: hat, tank top, half zip, Sugoi running jacket, Skirt Sports Happy Girl skirt, long tights, compression socks, and my Altra Impulse. … [Read more...]
Virtual Race Recap: All4Run with Gone for a Run
Disclaimer: I received a free entry to the Gone for a Run virtual race, but was not compensated in any other way. All opinions are my own. There are also affiliate links below, which means I might make a commission if you buy something. I love a good virtual race. In fact, for my 40th birthday, I organized my own Mama Goes Masters virtual. So, I was totally into running the All 4 Run. One problem: my shortest run these days is 6 miles and most of my miles are far from race pace. That's ok. The beauty of a virtual race is you can run it when and how you want. Since I wanted to be at least a bit on the speedy side, I ran it as part of my speed work last week. All 4 Run Virtual Race July 4, 2015 39:42 Temp: 75* with 82% … [Read more...]
Half Marathon #13 for 2014: ZOOMA Annapolis Half Marathon
ZOOMA Annapolis Half Marathon May 31, 2014 2:22:35 Welcome to Venus! 13 half marathons in 79 days = FINISHED!!! Temp: high 50s and sunny, definitely warmer at the end What I wore: hat, short sleeve shirt, Skirt Sports Happy Girl skirt, PROCompression socks, and my trusty Altra Intuitions Race Morning I got up at 5am and slowly got ready. I was sharing a room with Sue, so it was fun to chat while we were getting ready. We ended up walking over to the start instead of driving. The walk took less than 10 minutes. I heard from others that parking was a breeze too. Seems like you can't go wrong either way. We met up with the Ambassadors for a photo op and then another one with MRTT and then it was go … [Read more...]
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 Godfather, so obviously also a close friend.) He lives right in the middle of the Frederick half marathon, so we invited ourselves up LOL. A few days ago, another mutual friend trash talked my boss (E) into running the 5k (his first race!), which led to me signing up as well. The bright side of that? Nut Job AKA the extra medal for finishing both races. I had no intention of racing the 5k. None. But at the start line, there was a … [Read more...]
