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In a moment of questionable decision-making, I ran the Great Race (10k) on Sunday ( Read more... )

I almost didn't run the Filthy Four race this year. I was wavering about whether I would go out all the way up to the point where I was lying in bed at o'dark-thirty and would need to get up in 10 minutes if I was going. It was super cold (18F at 7am), my toe's been bothering me lately, I haven't done nearly enough running recently and was ( Read more... )

This weekend was my 5th time running the Great Race, and my best time yet ( Read more... )

If I ran races more often I probably wouldn't be doing race reports after so many of them, but I only do a few, and they keep being interesting to me, so I'm writing.

I ran in the Run Around the Square 5k last weekend, and the most interesting part was that it was the first race I've done with my new toy, the Garmin ForeRunner 225, which is the ( Read more... )

It turns out I'm really awesome at running when I have a goal, even more so when I have 15 of them. Also, flat terrain and a slow pace makes me feel like I can run forever (well, at least for the first 90 minutes or so).


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I celebrated the end of the longest night by doing something ridiculous, difficult and exhausting - running the Filthy Four again ( Read more... )

My nitty gritty race report (part 2) of the Pittsburgh Half Marathon from Sunday, which I ran while dressed as Supergirl.


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My nitty gritty race report (part 1) of the Pittsburgh Half Marathon from yesterday, which I finished in 2:00:50, while dressed in costume (costume details are next post).

the raceThe preface to the race seemed like it was going well in March, but then April happened. I suspect training a little too enthusiastically was a likely contributor to ( Read more... )