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Age 36 course record or “How to pick your races!”
Holyoke Elks Reservoir Run When I first planned this trip back home I only intended to race the USATF New England Trail/Mountain Championship race on Saturday but once I looked at the website for the...
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Talk about being humbled!
I hope I do this race and this course justice in my description because I do feel humbled by the whole experience. When I first found this race online I was so excited about a race at Northfield...
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All I want for Christmas is a new PR!
Car accident on 10/8 really threw things way off course. Car totaled, waited for insurance company to do their thing, finally received check and thanks to my wonderful husband, getting the new car was...
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Becoming a runner
The first book I discovered by George Sheehan was “George Sheehan on Running to Win: How to Achieve the Physical, Mental & Spiritual Victories of Running.” I was browsing at Books-A-Million back...
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Remembering how to play
When is the last time you went outside and played? According to George Sheehan, my favorite author, “Fitness has to be fun. If it is not play, there will be no fitness. Play, you see, is the...
View ArticleThe good old college try
When I ran cross country and track at Brown University, there were so many levels of competition. We competed in NCAA Division I and the Ivy League, yet the highest level of competition always seemed...
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Why do I run?
At mile 11 of my long run today I stopped and walked onto the beach since it was low tide. I looked north across Tampa Bay to see the Sunshine Skyway bridge. It was so calm, peaceful, still, and...
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1st quarter recap
Back in January I was training on my hybrid marathon training plan which combined long runs, several races, hill training, and speed work. The week ending January 15 marked my “highest week ever”...
View ArticleBirthday run
This year I tried something new – a birthday run. Since I was not able to go to Massachusetts this year to run the Tornado Alley 57 Miler again, the new plan was to run 40 miles on my 40th birthday....
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Suncoast Striders Walking & Running Club
The Suncoast Striders started out in 2006 as a club based out of On A Shoestring Inc., the local specialty running store in Bradenton, Florida. They offered an organized walk/run on Monday nights for...
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