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Dopey Challenge Race Report – The Marathon

Dopey Challenge Race Report – The Marathon

The day of the marathon started bright and early! Not really bright, but certainly early!  (Maybe I should stop calling it the start of the day and just refer to it as the continuation of the previous night’s party!)  Surprisingly, I wasn’t feeling nervous. All my nervousness was spent the day before during the half marathon, when I could barely get my breaths straight in the beginning! I was feeling surprisingly good for having run 22.4 miles over the past…

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Ragnar Relay Napa Valley

Ragnar Relay Napa Valley

What an EPIC weekend at the Ragnar Relay Napa Valley (in fact it was the highlight of an epic 10 days for me, but that’s a new post on a personal vacation)! 12 BAMRs (BadA$$ Mother Runners) lead by Sarah and Dimity, our two fearless leaders, took on Ragnar Relay Napa Valley. And the exuberance that we unleashed on the roads – I don’t think the roads leading in to Napa was ready to handle that.  This is more of a…

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#4 Little Rock Marathon

#4 Little Rock Marathon

“If you want to win something, run the 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon.”  – Emil Zatopek, Gold medal in 5k, 10k and the Marathon at Helsinki Olympics I chose to run Little Rock Marathon for the promise of a huge medal. In spite of a chilly 22F start at 6am, I started nice and slow and my race strategy ‘Start Slow and Back Off’ (thanks to One More Mile) paid off. The race was…

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Chicago Marathon – The " What If " Marathon

Chicago Marathon – The " What If " Marathon

So … where do I start the race report for Chicago Marathon 2012? The injury scares in the beginning of the season, gingerly putting my feet back in and following a slightly modified long run schedule, then getting into the full swing of things and busting to train to this time goal I had in mind, excited and nervous and more excited and then … The week before the marathon – was I getting sick or was it nerves? A…

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Cultural Differences

Cultural Differences

Traveling to visit my parents, half way across the globe has given me a new perspective about how big a role running plays in my life. Since I’ve been here a week I’ve – slept a ton to overcome jetlag – been stuck in this horrible horrible traffic for hours every time I venture out – eaten a ton of unhealthy but oh-so yummy food available only here in India – walked with my parents instead of run; which gets…

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D Day – Owning Chicago 26.2

D Day – Owning Chicago 26.2

There it was – the day of the Marathon. The day that I had been anticipating since February!! I’d prepped everything before hand the previous night, including taping my name to the front and taping ‘26.2 Virgin’ on the back. Lorraine and I were staying 2 blocks from each other and we decided to meet at the bus stop for a cab/bus, whatever came first. We got onto a bus at about 6:30 and  were at the designated meeting spot…

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Roma – day 1; The loss of the Ergo, Trevi Fountain and Oven Pizza

Roma – day 1; The loss of the Ergo, Trevi Fountain and Oven Pizza

After an ear infection diagnosis, and forgetting the all important Ergo, and enduring a temper tantrum on the flight (she was totally bewildered about the new place and why we were not letting her walk around), We reached Rome in the morning and not wanting to repeat our misadventures in Paris, took a cab to our hotel. The hotel was located 2 blocks from ‘Fori di Imperialli’, the main street leading to the Colloseum and the Forum. Our room was…

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