I often say that if I ran twice as far (per week) and twice as fast as I do now, I could be a professional runner. Until then, my running salary will come in the form of the money I find on the ground. On Thursday I came across a shiny nickel during my 5 [...]
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My first half marathon was another speedy success! How do you run the fastest you’ve ever run in your whole entire life for any distance? Start out WAY too fast and then continue to run WAY too fast until you cross the finish line. Time: 1 hr. 46 min. 44 sec. Avg page: 8:08 min/mi [...]
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Tomorrow morning I’ll be running THE first ever Nike Women Half Marathon in DC. It will be my very first official half marathon race. It’s a strange thing when your first race is a marathon. I didn’t do the typical race build up while training. You know, 5k –> 10k –> 10 miler –> half [...]
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Today, I ran 8 miles in honor of Boston, the entire running community and all the victims of the bombings that occurred yesterday during the Boston Marathon. I ran every step for those who had the privilege of running so selfishly and abruptly ripped away from them. 8 miles for Martin Richard, the 8 year [...]
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Hi, I'm Allie! Welcome to my blog. I'm a certified personal trainer who loves to run, travel, eat carrot cake, take photographs, and listen to country music. You can read more about me here
