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October 23, 2012

Race Report: Niagara Falls Marathon

running, travel / 6 Comments

Friday started out uneventfully enough – flying from Dallas to Atlanta to Buffalo. The only unusual thing was how tired I was – I ended up actually taking a nap on the Atlanta to Buffalo leg, which was very unusual for me! My mother was driving from Albany to Buffalo and we met at the airport without a hitch… but it was when we tried to cross the border into Canada that we ran into some difficulty. I carry my passport with me at all times, since I never know when I might head out of the country, but my …

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October 22, 2012

Race Report: Nike Women’s Marathon

running, travel / 1 Comment

When I last left off, I had run the gorgeous Rockaway Marathon in 4:23 – a 10:00 pace that I consider completely respectable for my own abilities, but that left me feeling surprisingly good. No matter how many marathons I run and how used to it my muscles get, my feet usually hurt when I finish each one (that pain typically goes away after just one night of sleep). This time, perhaps thanks to the wooden boardwalk that made up about 2/3 of the course, my feet didn’t hurt at all. In fact, the only thing that hurt was my …

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October 15, 2012

Race Report: Rockaway Marathon

running, travel / 3 Comments

Carb loading on Friday night did not go so well. It started out with an incredible Italian restaurant I had never before tried, Trattoria Zero Otto Nove. As an appetizer, BF and I enjoyed delectable pizza – we both agreed it was among the best we’d had (and it wasn’t even thin crust, which I am usually partial to!). For my entree, I chose a mafalde (ribbon pasta) with sausage. Ever the foodie, I could tell that the pasta was dried and not fresh (unlike the similar dish at my top pasta restaurant of all time, Nonna in Dallas), but …

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October 12, 2012

75th Marathon: Coast to Coast Challenge!

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Though I just got my recap of last weekend up yesterday, tonight kicks off another busy and exciting weekend. It all began when I finally took the time to tally up my marathons (in an Excel worksheet, obviously) and realized that I was starting to approach the 75 mark. With our decimal number system that has 75 as a big important number (it’s 3/4 of the way to 100!), I wanted to do something exciting for my 75th marathon. At first, I planned to run the Yonkers Marathon in early September as my 74th marathon, which would then allow Wineglass …

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July 11, 2012

How long does it take to recover from a marathon?

health and fitness, running / 3 Comments

Today I am still incredibly sore from my lifting session on Monday night. I guess psyching myself up to do well beforehand really does help! On the downside, I was planning to lift again this morning, but didn’t really want to do it when I was already so sore that I was waddling instead of walking normally. As the day has gone on, the soreness has eased up at least a bit, so my plan is to lift tonight instead. Sometimes it’s definitely better to be flexible instead of sticking to a plan! I’ve been doing everything right in terms …

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