Finished up a good run leading up to Chicago Marathon. So glad to have it done with and ready to taper and head on to Chicago (and then Philly). I didn’t try out anything new, but it helped reinforce some stuff that I’ve tried out in the past. Personal Lessons Learnt / Reinforced I chafe. A lot. In weird places. In new places. I just have to deal with it and carry a few extra tubes of aquaphor. No matter…
I was going to do the Kaiser Permanente Corporate Run Walk 5k as my Tempo run for the week. But race plans fell aside and instead ended up having a lot of fun run-walking with Jennifer and Shelly. In a sea of 16,000+ people, we managed to find some other friends for some picture time! It was a non-timed event, an annual event for corporate wellness. Very well organized for that huge crowd, plenty of food, 2-3 water stops, medics nearby, on…
I was so so so honored and thrilled to be tagged by Sarah at Another Mother Runner for 10 Running Things you don’t know about me (although people might know all this about me already). Best Run Ever Although not recent, my 21 miles from training for Chicago Marathon last year is one I can’t forget. My running group had scheduled an information session on prepping for the big day. I wasn’t even sure if I would finish 21 miles but my…
With fallback week comes a sense of fun, even if the run is only 12 miles. Surprisingly, our entire group was together most of the distance, and the conversation ranged from Lance Armstrong to Paul Ryan to Tennis Doping to Boob Jobs to Bubble Popping. Umm… yes, it really did, even with the boys participating in the conversation. To anyone who overheard the conversation, or was part of it, I hope we can still run together and be friends 🙂…
As I celebrate my birthday this month, I am reflecting back on the best birthday gift/wish ever – the one that I never got. And a story that I’m never tired of telling. September 6, 2009.9 months after my 2nd kid was born, in the 7th year of our marriage, sprinkled with bouts of post-partum depression and the 7-year marriage ich – My husband forgot my birthday. He didn’t realize it the next day either. And I was upset. Didn’t have…
Coach Michael, Me and Teri’s first 20 miles! The picture speaks for itself – yes, we were goofballs the entire 20 miles.
The Athens Marathon, Greece. On the original Olympic course from Marathon to Athens. History of the RaceLegend has it that Phideppidis, a foot soldier ran all the way from the Battle of Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek Victory over Persians. He announced the victory, collapsed and died. (This version was from Robert Browning’s poem Pheidippides, which was accepted as historic legend. But according to the Greek historian Herodotus a soldier ran from Athens to Sparta to ask for help and ran…