I have been training now for my next half-marathon goal for about a month and man, is it tough. I will run the Marseille Half marathon here in two weeks (Sept. 14, 2014) and then my actual goal Half Marathon (<2hours) is on November 1st in Indianapolis, Indiana (Indianapolis Monumental Half). Just as I did … Continue reading
As you can probably infer from the title, I have officially joined the Marathoner club! Can you believe it?!? Be prepared for a long post, the history leading to the race and my First Marathon experience. Let’s start with some numbers: 5 months of training, 62 actual training runs, I did training runs in 5 … Continue reading
At this point in my Marathon training it’s pretty cool to say that I wasn’t nervous about running a half-marathon this time! I have run 2 others, in a race setting – 2012 Maryland Half-Marathon and 2013 Marseille Half-Marathon. The first was the longest distance I had ever run and I trained pretty well for … Continue reading
I was talking with my dad on the phone a few minutes ago — it is SO cold back in Kentucky. I almost feel bad for complaining when I say that I consider running in Marseille in the morning, before the sun wakes up, to be my form of cold weather running (it’s maybe 38F~4C) … Continue reading
A little bonding time with two of my three roomies on Mt. Nittany in State College, PA. Beautiful weather, great girls. Perfect day!
