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September 8, 2010

A Very Tennis Kind Of Day

running / 3 Comments

I woke up at 7am, but instead of hitting the gym, I had to get some work done. Because my run with Justin was at 9am, I needed to get some work done beforehand to make up for the fact that I’d be skipping out a bit later. At 8am, though, all work stopped – it was time to get ready. I don’t know what the rest of you do, but I typically don’t shower before going for a run or workout. I’m just going to get all sweaty anyway, so what’s the point? Much easier to just wait and …

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September 8, 2010

Just call me your resident celebrity marathon trainer

goal setting, running / 15 Comments

I wrote this yesterday but held off on posting it until I could finalize it. Now I’m ready to make it live and give the full report on some big news! Some of you may have heard of Justin Gimelstob, the pro tennis player. His good friend Andy Roddick made a $10,000 bet with Justin that he couldn’t run a marathon. After all, Justin’s a tennis player, not a distance runner. Furthermore, he’s had a broken foot in the past and still has some back injuries. Justin bristled, took the bet, and it was decided that the cutoff time for …

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June 10, 2010

More marathon advice inspired by The Biggest Loser

goal setting, health and fitness, running / 4 Comments

This morning at the gym, I watched the first half of the Biggest Loser Finale. I love the finale episodes – it’s always so fun to see exactly how far they’ve come! Though I really wish they’d do away with the contestants first appearing in those awful party outfits – the girls are always stuffed into their satin shiny dresses, while the men are wearing tight Euro-style suits… and I swear they don’t look that different than their before pictures! To me, the big reveal is when they change into their workout attired and I can compare them to the …

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June 1, 2010

Race Report: Vermont City Marathon

running, travel / 2 Comments

The first thing I felt when I woke up was nervous… had it been a terrible idea to eat all that fried food and then drink beer for dinner? The answer was, surprisingly, no – I was a bit dehydrated from the alcohol, but other than that was totally fine. Yay! I tried to be very quiet while getting myself together so as not to wake up our roommate, Sara, but as it got closer to time to leave, my mom and I started wondering if we should make her. She was doing the last leg of the relay, so …

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May 7, 2010

Race Report: New Jersey Marathon

running, travel / 7 Comments

Despite getting about 10 hours of sleep the night before (hurray for 9am race starts!), I didn’t feel that well-rested when I woke up. I hoped that wouldn’t spell trouble when it came time to pace. We had a very easy drive to the start (hooray for the race website advising us which hotels wouldn’t have traffic on the way to the race, and me ending up in one of those!). Once there, I immediately headed off to find Dave (the timing guy) and get my chip situation resolved. His wife was manning the van when I got there, and …

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