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It only took me a couple of days, after White Rock, to consider running in the 2011 Dallas Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon. I delayed my registration due to costs, and due to all the other complications that entered my life at … Continue reading
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In 2010 I took on the challenge of getting healthy and losing weight; what I got out of this challenge was the love of running and the pursuit of running in a half marathon. Sure I didn’t get to complete … Continue reading
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After Saturday I not only got to celebrate my longest run ever, but I also got to celebrate taper time! For the next two weeks, until the Half Marathon, my training is cut back so my legs will be fresh … Continue reading
Today was my longest run since I began training. The furthest I made when training for a full marathon in July was 10 miles. I hit that mileage last Saturday. Today was the next step – an 11 miler. Usually I would think that an extra mile would not be that big of a deal, but I guess with what all I have on my plate right now, it was a bit more of an undertaking for me.
Last week I celebrated my 42nd Birthday. Some women and men for that matter fear aging. Not me. I can sit back and feel great about being this age. I look at it this way; I am wiser than I was at 24, I am stronger emotionally than I was at 24, I am healthier than I was at 24, and I am much more physically fit than I was at 24.
On the actual day of my birthday I went out and decided to do a celebratory run; .1 miles for each year. I only had an hour for lunch, so I would not have been able to do something epic. I did have an epic idea, but I lacked the time to complete it; 42 min swim, 42 mile bike ride, 4.2 mile run.
I settled for the 4.2 mile run.
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