Today’s long run was the closest to a dress rehearsal for Boston as I am going to get. I met the members of the Run for the Memory team at the top of Heartbreak Hill and drove out to Hopkinton. The plan was to run 23 miles today. An extra bonus was the surprise visit […]
Read MoreWriting this blog has been fun, but so has my training recently. It is not a coincidence that the 2 year gap from my first attempt at a blog to this time around coincided with an injury that had me in and out of running, and definitely not running marathons. So after the adrenaline from […]
Read MoreIt’s been 3 years since I have run the New Bedford Half Marathon. It’s odd that I would at all miss it these last few years, but I have. My introduction to this race in 2007 was a cold and WINDY day…the kind of day that now serves as the gold standard of windy races […]
Read MoreThis morning I ran my first 20 miler of the training season. Actually I was schedule for 21 miles. No easing over this mental hump – we are diving right in! I haven’t run this far since Nov 2, 2008. I was anxious, nervous and excited all at the same time. Anxious that I wouldn’t […]
Read MoreToday’s 17 miler was not my best run. It is unfortunate too, as it was great running weather and one of my favorite training routes; we drove out to Hopkinton and ran in to Mile 17 in Newton. It’s so nice to run a point-to-point route. I wish my legs had agreed with me. I […]
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