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July 29, 2008

Five days!!!

running, travel / 24 Comments

I started posting this as a comment on Aron’s latest post, but it got long so I decided to turn it into my own post. My race week strategy:1. Hydration: drink lots of water all week. Drink lots of alcohol on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Try to avoid alcohol on Friday night but probably not succeed. Saturday definitely no alcohol.2. Carbs: avoid bread/pasta/dry carbs because they’re empty calories that I generally avoid except before a race. Eat tons of veggies, though, and then on Friday and Saturday I will eat dry carbs because it’s close to the race and I …

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July 17, 2008

No commitophobia here!

running, travel / 18 Comments

Congratulations! You are registered for The San Francisco Marathon™. Bib number: 5783We look forward to seeing you on Race Weekend!RunSFM Race Staff I know Lam is in… anyone else? Maybe a little running blogging friend meetup on Sat at the pasta dinner or Sun at the post-race barbecue? There are also a ton of Marathon Maniacs going, so it’ll be great to have lots of people to meet. I AM SO PSYCHED! This time there will be no DNF.

July 16, 2008

Meet me in St. Louis!

career, travel / 12 Comments

I’m finishing up my project in Boston today. When I came into work this morning, I didn’t have anywhere to go after this. My plan was to head back to New York to hang out for the week and hopefully get to spend a good amount of time with the boy (still haven’t come up with a name for him yet) before he goes ice climbing in Seattle next weekend (see, he’s crazy too – we’re a great match!). However, instead of taking a week of time to sit around and relax and whatnot… I’m now heading off to St. …

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July 7, 2008

Race Report: Calgary Marathon

running, travel / 31 Comments

Just call me international marathon extraordinaire. Not only did I make it through my third marathon just seven days after I killed my legs on my second, but I set a new PR! I arrived at Calgary airport and found myself going through a tunnel of people in cowboy hats clapping in cheering. Did I get drunk, black out, and forget that I already did the marathon? Was this the finish line? No, apparently it’s just standard procedure during the Calgary Stampede, a huge festival going on in town. I got my rental car and headed directly to the race …

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July 2, 2008

Calgary, here I come!

running, travel / 21 Comments

Flights are booked. Race registration is complete. I’m doing the Calgary Marathon on Sunday! The race starts at 7 AM and my flight is at 1:50 PM, which creates extra incentive for me to run a PR so I don’t miss my flight 🙂 A quick quiz courtesy of Marathon Maniacs: Do your thoughts switch to the next scheduled race immediately after finishing a marathon?Five minutes after finishing Seafair, I could be heard on the phone with my mom saying “Calgary is next weekend, and I heard it’s flat and fast…” Are you signed up for more than one race …

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