What does 186 miles of bouncing tulle, sweaty cummerbunds, and windblown cake toppers sound like to you? That’s right! My Big Fat Ragnar Wedding! Having realized how awesome relays are earlier this year, I jumped at the chance to join another relay team for Ragnar Napa Valley. It’ll be like the last relay, only backwards…. [Read More]
Race Recap: RNR Chicago Half 2011
Rock N Roll Chicago Half Marathon 2011 Originally posted in January 2011 during my quest to run 7 Rock N Roll Series events in one year and earn the Rock Legend Heavy Medal. 3rd of 7 for Rock Legend. Can’t think of a better way to start off a week’s vacation than with a half… [Read More]
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Product Review: Ultra Swift Run Skirt
For my 50th post, something special. It’s clear that I love Runningskirts.com. I’ve ran several marathons in their gear. Their products are designed to be functional but also fashionable and flattering for women. Recently, I contacted them about my blog and they sent me some products to review! How great is that?! In the line… [Read More]
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Race Recap: Surf City 5k 2011
There were flag men carrying flags. There was a Statue of Liberty dude. There were people dressed in anything you could imagine that was red, white and blue. There were old men in funny tassel hats driving honky little vehicles that looked like they ran off lawn-mower motors. What better way to celebrate the 4th… [Read More]
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RunningSkirts.com > New girly gear for race day!
I’ve stopped at “The Skirt Bar” at several marathon expo’s but couldn’t pass up the opportunity to visit the flagship store in Encinitas! It was an easy stop on the way to the San Diego marathon expo, and I had been thinking about those compression socks for a while. I also got one of the strappy… [Read More]
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Team In Training 2011: A song for heroes
Originally posted in 2011. Back then, the colors for Team in Training were purple and green. I’d been running with them for two years and was inspired to write a song that captured the spirit of our team and purpose. A couple weeks ago I set out to write a song. I wanted to come… [Read More]
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Comparing my 1st & 4th Full Marathon
1st Marathon: San Diego RNR 2008. Three years ago, I had a cold sore the size of Florida extending from my upper lip toward the middle of my face and I couldn’t dorsiflex my right foot for a week. Three years ago, the Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego marathon was my very first full marathon at… [Read More]
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Race Recap: RNR San Diego Marathon 2011
Originally posted in January 2011 during my quest to run 7 Rock N Roll Series events in one year and earn the Rock Legend Heavy Medal. We’re half way through 2011 and I’ve only completed 2 of the 7 events for the year. Fortunately, they were the two hardest because they were full marathons. After… [Read More]
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Early Running Journal: Lonely Long Runs
Originally posted June 2011. I love to reread the posts from my early days of running with Team in Training. It reminds me how far I’ve come. Our team had arrived at our longest training run – the 18 miler. This can be great fun when you have an awesome pace group, like I do…. [Read More]
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New Events, New Medals
While I think it’s fantastic that they’re adding so many new events to the Rock ‘n’ Roll marathon series, it’s kind of a bummer that they’ve also added a new heavy medal above and beyond Rock Legend. It’s called Rock Idol and you need to complete 10 events to claim the prize. They don’t even… [Read More]
