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Tuesday Afternoon Marathon Meet-Up: Week 10

Don’t worry.  I haven’t given up.  This post is simply delayed due to the long weekend and all of the Inaugural festivities (YAY!). Anyways.  I continue to struggle with long runs, but I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s almost … Continue reading

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 9

I gave myself written permission to slack last week, and to some extent, I did.  But it wasn’t just wine or laziness that prompted a few skipped runs.  I experienced a familiar, stabbing knee pain during Tuesday’s run and figured … Continue reading

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 8

Training for your first marathon is exciting.  Every long run is a milestone.  You’re running longer than you’ve ever run before and the sense of accomplishment overpowers the pain. Training for your second marathon is just a huge pain in … Continue reading

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 6

      We had to shift things around this week to accommodate holiday travel, but overall we had a good week, running more than our scheduled milage.  I also discovered that apparently I’ve been carb-loading the wrong way all … Continue reading

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 5

I’m not really enjoying marathon training this time around.  I remember last time, after my long runs, I’d get insane runner’s high.  I would be downright giddy the day after.  Perhaps I’m just not to that milage yet.  But regardless, … Continue reading

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Snot Rockets.

I’ll go ahead and put it out there: if you think snot rockets are gross, you aren’t a real runner. This is a very relevant topic when training for a marathon in the winter.  Especially during long runs.  The ability … Continue reading

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 4

This week was rough.  Wednesday I was so exhausted that I decided to cut our run short, and Thursday I skipped my run altogether.  I had yet another head cold (how is it possibly for a human being to get … Continue reading

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 1

First week of official marathon training went well.  I got all of my training runs in, even running to happy hour one night to squeeze in my four miles.  That’s definitely dedication, although whether it’s dedication to running or drinking … Continue reading

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My Weekend in Snapshots: Ramen, Running and Brunch

Our weekend started off at Toki Underground, which had been on the to do list for far too long.  Knowing there was likely to be a wait, we stopped by at 6:45 to put our names on the list for … Continue reading

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We Run For Brunch! (St. Patrick’s Day 8K and Birch & Barley)

Today was race day… and much more importantly brunch day! Ksen made us these fabulous t-shirts so we are feeling like a pretty legit running squad these days: Despite not having run a whole lot lately (first race since my … Continue reading

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