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November 9, 2011

Becoming an everyday runner

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I always hear about people running X miles per day every day, and it’s something that’s hard for me to fathom. I have never been an everyday runner. Even when I was training for my very first marathon (arguably the most disciplined I ever was about running), I would run a few days per week. This is not to say I didn’t work out every day – but I wouldn’t necessarily go running. But now, I am starting to think that’s the key to enjoying my workouts and still following a daily routine. I know that all the experts (hi, …

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November 8, 2011

Race Report: Halloween Half Marathon

running / 9 Comments

I’ve done it. I’ve figured out the elusive secret that no other running blog will tell you: how to win a half marathon (even if you’re not that fast). Yup, that’s right. YOU GUYS! I actually WON a half marathon! (Sorry, I’m pretty excited). You may remember last weekend, when New York got hit with a freak snowstorm, and as usual, people panicked. Not because this storm was supposed to be of especially great magnitude, but because usually we don’t get snow in October (as it turned out, this is the most snow New York has gotten in October in …

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October 7, 2011

Weekend Part 2: Running, Drinking, and Cooking

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Wow, what a week it has been! You know things are busy when you’re just writing the second half of your weekend recap… and it’s already the new weekend. So – when I left off, I was bitching about that stupid bouncer who told me I was too ugly to get into his club. Great end to my Saturday night, right? I headed to bed around 1:30am and wished I could just sleep all day… but I had signed up for a 10am running group through Urban Girl Squad, and it met all the way on the East side! I …

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October 3, 2011

Weekend Part 1: Behind the Scenes of the New York City Wine & Food Festival

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On Saturday, I had committed to volunteering for the Food Bank… by assisting with their biggest fundraising event of the year, the New York City Food & Wine Festival! Two years ago, I volunteered at the Burger Bash – a Friday night event where chefs from all over the country came and put out their best burgers in an effort to win the popular vote and be crowned best burger. Longtime readers will remember that it didn’t end so well for me then. While I was lucky enough to have a burger made and personally served to me by celebrity …

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September 19, 2011

Plans? Who needs them!

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Lately, I feel like I’ve finally struck a good balance between planning and not planning. I used to be totally uptight and scheduled about my plans – I started to panic if I didn’t have every minute of every weekend accounted for by Tuesday. Forget the two day Rule for a date; if someone didn’t make plans with me a week in advance, they were out of luck. As you can imagine, this led to me missing out on seeing a lot of my more spontaneous friends. I had already filled in the gaps in plans with various chores and …

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