Category Running

Kansas City Half

What a fun race! I have never run a race where I didn’t completely care about my time.  This was a first.  I started out nice and easy with Suzanne.  We kept a nice 10 minute pace for a while…

Twin Cities Marathon

What an amazing race. Not necessarily how I felt or ran, but the amazing support of a city.  The volunteers and spectators made the race.. there is no way I would have made it to the finish without them.  I…

My Second Marathon

So I’ve done it, I signed up for my second Marathon. October 7,2012 I will be running the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon.. My goals: I will – break 4 hours I would like to – break 3:50 I would be…

Racing PRs

5k – 22:57 10k – 51:16 10 miler – 1:19:07 Half Marathon – 1:49:56 Marathon – 3:53:16 I wanted to post my PR’s, to give me motivation to beat them 🙂 Keep away from people who try to belittle your…

Group Run

For the first time this year, I finally went and ran with my running club.  We had 8×800’s last night.  Normally I would try and keep up with Mel, pushing myself to run around a 7 minute pace.  Last night,…

Running and school…

While out on my long run today, was thinking about how the semester was kind of like a marathon.  I get super excited to start, expecting amazing things and how it’s going to be the best yet.  First few miles…

Running Quotes

“It’s very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.” — George Sheehan…