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March 9, 2010

Race Report: Little Rock Marathon

running, travel / 21 Comments

Because I had made it to bed at 9:30pm on Saturday night, I felt pretty well-rested waking up at 6:30am. Aaron had warned me the night before that he was going to get up at 5am in order to eat breakfast and shower, an idea I pooh-poohed. Why would you shower before you run a marathon? It made no sense to me, though he said he didn’t know anyone who didn’t shower beforehand. So strange to me! So I pose this question to all of you: do you shower the morning of a marathon or ultra? (Sorry, short distancers need …

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March 7, 2010

Night Before the Little Rock Marathon

goal setting, running, travel / 5 Comments

I had to wake up at 5:45am to get to LaGuardia for my 8am flight, but all went pretty smoothly. I planned to fly from LaGuardia to Baltimore and then on to Little Rock, and when I got to the airport, I was presented with a conundrum: I would have on problem getting out of LaGuardia to either Baltimore or Chicago Midway (my other stopover option to get to Little Rock), but both flights to Little Rock were extremely full. The agent thought I had a slightly better chance from Baltimore, so I picked that one. After a quick check …

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February 25, 2010

Book clubs galore and a productive Thursday

goal setting, running, travel / 15 Comments

Last night was a total blast! In the last year, I’ve joined a bunch of book clubs (some serious, some light). Last night, one of them met at this great Italian restaurant that offers ladies’ night on Wednesdays: all-you-can-drink house wine with the purchase of any entree. Perfect! I got a vegetable thin crust pizza and a ton of red wine – great way to get through the midweek slump 🙂 This morning, I woke up a few minutes before my alarm went off. Now, I set two alarms: one for 6:45am (my early alarm, if I decide to work …

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February 24, 2010

What to reveal, what to reveal…

goal setting, running, travel / 17 Comments

Wow! Thank you all for the amazing outpouring of support. I was particularly surprised to learn that I was in good company: a lot of people who started blogging at the same time as me came out of the woodwork. In particular, I discovered that Jess from Pieces of Me had gone AWOL for months… and made her return just three days before I did. After posting a comment on her blog about it, she replied with, “Ahhh, the big question, what to reveal… what to reveal…” That is EXACTLY how I feel. I’m unsure how much of my personal …

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February 15, 2010

Here I Am

running, travel / 40 Comments

This weekend, I ran the Austin Marathon. While in Austin, I stayed with my old blog buddy Chia. Turns out, she abandoned her blog too – which made me feel a tad bit better for not posting for so long (I felt really guilty, especially after all the comments wondering where I was… but just couldn’t bring myself to post). However, it also made me realize how much I missed all of you, and really gave me a kick in the pants to get back to posting. The short story is, things have been a bit of a mess for …

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