Finding Increased Running Motivation & Inspiration After Portland
Happy Saturday! I’m usually absent from the blog during the weekend, but since I don’t have a long run planned for today for the first time in forever I thought…
My First 26.2
My Post-Marathon Plans
How do you know a run blogger ran a marathon? She’ll post about it every single day for a year and put a giant sticker on her car : )…
5 Lessons Learned During My First Marathon
I realize yesterday’s recap was a bit … dark? And I do want to share that there were so many good things about finishing my first marathon! The volunteers and…
My 26.2 Mile Journey Through Portland
What I learned last weekend in Portland is that 26.2 miles is a long journey, but even on the toughest of days it’s one worth making. (I’m not stealing, I plan…
I Don’t Know How I Got So Lucky
Back when I was about 10 years old I filled out a form I found in a magazine and sent it off with a few dollars to a pen pal…
Treating the Marathon as a Celebratory Victory Lap
My first marathon is now so close I can feel it. I fly out to Portland is just a few hours. To calm my pre-race anxiety I am just trying to…
Less Than 5 Days Until My First Marathon! Holy %^&(*!
HOLY COW marathon day is almost here! While we were at The Louvre I saw a statue of a tired looking guy and thought to myself, “he looks like he…
I RAN 20 MILES!!!!!!
On Saturday I ran my last BIG run before the Portland Marathon. Twenty miles. Thirty-two kilometers. That’s three miles longer than any of my previous long runs, and while I…
AHH, I’m Running a Marathon! Pre-Race Anxiety!
With just about a month to go until the Portland Marathon I am starting to have a little PRE-RACE ANXIETY. The other night during a run I started wondering, “why did…
What My Training Has Looked Like the Past Week
Last week was a down week for me and I took full advantage of it. My body was feeling the effects of being on the backend of marathon training, so I…