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Nike Women’s Half Marathon DC Race Recap

April 28, 2013

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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We Run DC

April 27, 2013

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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A Run for Boston

April 16, 2013

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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Sunwarmed {Friday Giveaway: Yoga Gear}

April 12, 2013

Y’all…I’m sunburned! Okay, not burned per se, but definitely sunwarmed. You know that feeling when your skin gets all warm ‘n’ toasty? I can’t describe it, but I know you know what I mean. Running in the 85*F sunshine will do it to ya. I even wore sunscreen. It was hot tamale out there and [...]