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Running in the Humidity (Healthy Kidney 10K)
I decided to do the Healthy Kidney 10K in Central Park as my last “long” run before the Brooklyn Half. The weather forecast threatened rain but luckily it held off. Instead we were greeted with 93%...
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Oakley Mini 10K Recap
The Mini 10K is one of my favorite races. It was the first all-women’s road race, and from 70-something finishers in 1972 to almost 6,000 finishers in 2014, it’s so much fun to be a part of. My mom...
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NYC Marathon Training Week 4 – Physical vs. Mental
This was a great week of training physically. The shin pain that had been bothering me during the first few weeks of training seems to have gone away for good (fingers crossed! knock on wood! I really...
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NYC Marathon Training Week 5 – Ramping It Up
This is a weekly recap chronicling the highs and lows of training for my first marathon: NYC 2014! To see previous weeks’ training recaps, click here. It seems like these weekly training updates are...
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NYC Marathon Training Week 9: Off to the Races
This was a busy week of training (my highest weekly mileage ever) that finished in races both Saturday and Sunday – the Fifth Avenue Mile and the NYRR 18 Mile Tune-Up! ~~~~~ Monday - Easy yoga class...
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NYC Marathon Training Week 13: Longest of the Long Runs
This is a weekly recap chronicling the highs and lows of training for my first marathon: NYC 2014! To see previous weeks’ training recaps, click here. This week brought me into the last quarter of my...
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NYC Marathon Training Week 14: Let the Taper Begin!
This week, 14 out of 16, was the last week before the taper! I did my longest run, 22 miles last Sunday, so I took it easy early in the week to recover from that. Monday – Easy yoga class + sports...
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NYC Marathon Training Week 15: ONE WEEK TO GO!
It’s race week!!!!! In just one week from today, I will be running my first marathon! Because I gained entry into the NYC Marathon by doing NYRR’s 9+1 program in 2013 (run 9 races and volunteer for 1...
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NYC Marathon Training Week 16: The Final Countdown
The marathon recap is still on its way, I promise! For now, here’s a glance at what my last week of marathon training looked like: Monday - Rest Tuesday – 5.15 miles, including Coach Jess’s Finish Line...
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My First Marathon: TCS NYC Marathon 2014 Recap!
It’s hard to write a recap of my marathon experience because there were so many details and thoughts I don’t want to leave out, but here goes! Let’s start at the very beginning. THE EXPO My mom and I...
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NYRR Team Championships 5-Miler Race Recap
On Saturday morning I ran the NYRR Team Championships 5 mile race in Central Park. In order to participate, you have to be a registered member of a New York Road Runners-recognized running team. It was...
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Lolë White Tour Yoga Class and Concert
I hope everyone had a lovely Labor Day weekend! I spent it relaxing at the beach and trying to get back on track with running since I’m doing a half marathon in less than 5 weeks. (More on that soon…)...
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NYC Marathon Advice
The NYC Marathon is 16 days away! I’m not running this year, but I will be cheering. And probably eating Halloween candy from the day before. I’ve only run the NYC Marathon once, and it was my first...
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Blizzard! And some snowy runs
As you might have heard, we got quite a bit of snow in NYC last weekend. It snowed from Friday night until early Sunday morning, leaving us with 27 inches! Although I was very frustrated that the...
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I Just Bought A One-Way Ticket to London (Ottawa Marathon Wk T-13)
Yup. I just bought a one-way ticket to London. I’ve known for a while that I’ll be going to London in September to do a 9-month teacher training program (essentially a graduate degree in Montessori...
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NYC Half 2016 Recap
When I ran my first half marathon in September 2012 and finished in 2:08, I hoped that one day I might be able to break two hours. Never did I think I would be able to run a half marathon under 1 hour...
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The Power of Running Buddies (Ottawa Marathon Training Wk T-6)
And somehow it was my TENTH week of Ottawa Marathon training! This week felt like a bit of a slog and I had to work hard to keep my motivation up. I kept telling myself that there are only a few hard...
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NYRR Team Championships 5-Miler Recap
On Saturday morning I headed to Central Park for my last NYRR race before moving to London in September: the Team Championships 5-miler! I haven’t been running that much since the Ottawa Marathon in...
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There’s Nothing Like Summer in the City
(If a Hamilton song is now stuck in your head from the post title, we should be friends.) Today marks just TWO WEEKS until my departure for London, so I am working through my Leaving NYC Checklist to...
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