Grandma’s Marathon 2017 – in progress
Taya Runs and Reads
Running, Reading, & Random Life Things
Taya Runs and Reads
Running, Reading, & Random Life Things
Category Race Recaps
Lake Wobegon Trail Marathon 2017 – Marathon+ #18
May 13, 2017 Finish time – 3:30:04 I’M GOING TO BOSTON!!!! Pre-Race: I took a half day on Thursday and the whole day off on Friday. Friday morning, I slept in (with the help of tylenol PM), ran the dogs,…
2017 Races
5k January 1 – Commitment Day 5k – 20:34 (The course was only 3 miles…) February 18 – Half Fast Half Marathon 5k – 21:06 *PR* 10k Turkey Trot (pacing) 15k April 15 – Hot Chocolate 15k (pacing) – 1:28:10…
Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon 2016
October 9, 2016 Finish Time — 3:33:04 I never thought I would see the day that there was a Boston Qualifying time next to my name. Sunday, I met that goal. It was a brisk morning, I woke up and…
Red White and Boom 2016
Red White and BOOM Half Marathon July 4, 2016 Minneapolis, MN Time: 1:43:53 After almost 5 years, I PR’ed in the half marathon. Tucker was generous enough to give Hassan and I a ride to the start line and was…
Lola’s Half 2016
Lola’s Lake Waconia Half Marathon Waconia, MN Time: 2:14:40 I had not had the pleasure of pacing a race with a group of people that I knew – until Lola’s. It made such a huge difference! We sang songs, we…
Hot Chocolate 15k 2016
4/16/16 Sometimes things just make sense. That’s how this race went. I was tasked with pacing the 9:30 group for a new pacing group – Beast Pacing. For a 9:30 pace, my finish time needed to be 1:28:32. I came…
Walt Disney World Marathon 2015
Wow. What a race. What a spectacle. Perfect weather – only a couple miles of hot sun, but mainly cool. Finished with a little rain shower as I ran through the counties in Epcot. Just outstanding. Finish time = 4:26:36…
2014 Races
As 2015 comes in, I thought I would just list off my 2014 races. I don’t think I will get to race much in 2015, with all of my student loans due and all the bills, I cannot really afford…