"It seemed like a good idea at the time."
It’s that time of year: cold weather, work deadlines, holiday travel. My mileage has taken a huge plunge. I was in my hometown last Wednesday night until returning to Pittsburgh yesterday evening. Thursday I went for a run with my pal Keeley. I gave her two options: six miles easy, or four miles with two […]
Read MoreI often save a post about new shoes until the verdict is in: I’ve run in them (at least once; just once is fine if it’s a particularly magical run because of particularly magical shoes), but this time, I just can’t stand waiting. When I first started running, I ran in whatever gym shoes I […]
Read MoreThis Thanksgiving weekend NB and I traveled to my hometown, a suburb nestled in east Cleveland, to celebrate the holiday with my family. Last year we ran our first half-marathon in his hometown of Atlanta, so we knew we weren’t going to be doing it up quite like that, but still wanted to earn our […]
Read MoreI know what you must be thinking. “…what? A race report? I thought you were on vacation!” Well, folks, I have to say: I have never done anything that spontaneous, and I don’t regret it at all. But let me back up a bit. As you already know, last week I was in Vancouver. On […]
Read MoreAutumn has always been my all-time favorite running season. I complain about winter and snow and cold, but in order to have autumn’s colors, crisp days and cooler temperatures, you have to have all four seasons. And it is so worth it. I’ve been (trying to) get up at 5:30 most mornings so I can […]
Read MoreThis year, I did my very first, costumed, Halloween run. And MAN was it fun. I’m sad it took me so long to do something like that. NB and I had long been giddy over the idea of dressing as Sam Flynn and Quorra from TRON Legacy. I managed to find an awesome Asics tank […]
Read MoreIt’s been over a month, and I just ran another 10K this morning, so this race report is WAY overdue. On September 25, 2011, I ran my second Pittsburgh Great Race, a week out from a big half-marathon PR. I didn’t go into it with a lot of expectation, but figured I could probably PR, […]
Read MoreThis was my third half-marathon, and the first race for which I traveled to another city – nigh, another STATE (though Ohio is my home state… shh) – purely for a race. And oh, what an adventure it was! It was seriously the most spectacular race experience I’ve had, beginning to end. With a few […]
Read MoreHow do you go about tapering for a race when, for the last few weeks, you’ve been staving off injuries? Well, only time will tell, I’m afraid. After a failed cutback long run on Sunday (hoped it would be 8 miles, but cut it short at about half a mile), and instead road the bike […]
Read MoreI know, I’m behind. I’ve had some pain/pre-injury issues, a lot of skipped workouts, and a 5K PR two weeks ago at Run Around the Square (noted later). But this race was the most encouraging moment of the season, so I’ll focus on that. My knee was making me very, very nervous. After SEVERAL skipped […]
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