Category Archive for: ‘Training’
Hey, Was That an Elf I Saw Run By? or The Run-n-Retch: A Race Recap of the 2012 St. Luke’s 5k in Allentown, PA
Dear Readers, Well, I did it. I ran my first official 5k race…and it was every bit of an oh-my-gawd-that-sucked-so-bad experience that was promised to me. It was also awesome and exciting and yes a bit elvish. On Sunday, April 29, 2012, I ran the …
Running the Numbers
It’s official. I am obsessed. I haven’t quite progressed to compulsive, but I have progressed from infatuation to obsession. Six years ago, I found myself interested in running, which evolved to infatuation, and now has evolved to complete obsession. But strangely, the obsession isn’t over …
Fear of Fast
Have you ever been scared of something and you don’t know why? When I was a little kid, we took a short, late summer vacation trip to Amelia Island, Florida, which is just north of Jacksonville where I grew up. My parents rented a condo …
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D2E Update: No Complainin’ ‘bout the Trainin’ but Could do More for the Core
Training has been going really well. Who knew that intervals really work? Not THIS girl…until now anyway. I still got a long way to go, but my “easy” pace is getting faster, my “cruising” pace is getting faster, and those God-awful tempo miles are getting …
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Have you run with a buddy lately?
During the fall of 2005, when I was a young, spritely 37 years old, RB moved in next door to me…she was 33. We hit it off right from the beginning. Like me, she was a mother to young children, career-minded, and liked books and …
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What’s the plan, Stan?
D2E plan is progressing. I am now on my 9th week of more elviness…or less dorkiness…depending on your perspective. In some ways, I am seeing real improvement…e.g., my 400s have gone from low 1:50s to mid 1:40s and my mile repeats have gone from 7:40s …
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D2E update: Living life in the fast lane
This weekend, I noticed that my boobs had dropped about half an inch lower and my butt was just a little flatter, if that is even possible. My chicken neck was a bit more chicken-y, and I heard myself say at least three times to …
An update on the dork to elf training
Ok so I am 3 weeks into my little Dork-to-Elf program, and it is moving along. I am getting all my workouts in, for what they are worth, and I think it is working. I am not sure what it is working, but it is …
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From Dork to Elf…You’ll see
I am such a dork…and I tend to be a bit unrealistic at times and…silly. I admit it. Case in point: For some reason, it’s really, really hard for me to be serious when someone takes my picture. Silly dork. I regularly pretend like …
Farewell Land of Junk Miles
Welcome to Junk Miles…the gray, shapeless land of runners who get fat and lose focus. Here, running goals, structure, plans, training, organization, and consistency do not exist. The boundaries are blurred and the wandering is aimless—it is a no-man’s-land of runners with no races on …
It’s all I have to bring today: A race recap of the 2011 Steamtown Marathon—Part 2
The first 13.1 miles of the Steamtown marathon were easy peasy. The temps were cool, the company was great, the course was downhill, and the spectators were AWESOME. Then the second half happened. There was no avoiding the second half really—not if I actually wanted …
It’s all I have to bring today: A race recap of the 2011 Steamtown Marathon—part 1
It’s all I have to bring today—