This is a quote I can totally relate to! Courtesy of our pals at Runner's World (www.runnersworld.com) Training for a marathon started out as a life-list thing, and it turned into a lifestyle. Mike Post Now go run! Keli 🙂
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And This Is What We Think Of
This "Daily Kick in the Butt" comes courtesy of Runner's World. I like it because sometimes we can't fully explain to "non-believers" why we do what we do. Daily lives are often about "the grind"—work, kids, chores, obligations, repeat. Focusing on training for this marathon, and thinking about how incredibly long it is, is about …
Race Day Countdown…
Well here we are! Race day is on Sunday and I think I'm ready. One of the lovely things about the California International Marathon is that it's a net downhill. For those of us who've trained hard and long going up hills, this will be a change of pace. Check out this elevation! To …
Good Training Includes A Race Day Plan
It's highly likely that I will never win a marathon that I'm running. Odds are that I won't even finish in the top third. However, just because I am not running a marathon for prizes or accolades doesn't mean I don't have a solid race day plan in place. I've tried various race day strategies …
Chilean Miner Completes NYC Marathon!
Well he did it! Former trapped Chilean miner Edison Pena completed the ING NYC Marathon in just under 5 hours. Click here for the full story. For those of you not familar with this story, Edison Pena ran 3-6 miles a day while trapped 700m underground in a collapsed mine. To put this into greater …
Patience is a Virtue
I was not born with a lot of patience which surprisingly didn't cause me any problems until I had kids . Being a parent with no patience is like mixing gasoline and a lit match. Kaboom! Training for marathons or any endurance event is similar. You can't rush through an 18-week marathon training plan. You …
Marathon Training Starts!
The Portland Marathon is being held on October 10, 2010. Yes, that's 10/10/10 and what a perfectly perfect day to run a marathon! It will be my 7th marathon and takes me closer to my "10 Marathons By 50" goal. My computer crashed in April and it ate all of my saved data, including my …
Inspiration with a Capital “I”
I finally was able to watch the latest episode of The Biggest Loser. I wasn't able to record it and the newest episode hadn't hit On Demand or Hulu yet so I resorted to buying the latest episode on Itunes. It was the best $1.99 I spent this week! For those of you who don't …
Cheers to the Volunteers
The next time you are running a race take a minute to thank a volunteer. Good events rely on a large volunteer crew; those willing to hand you a cup of water, lead a pace group, hand out space blankets or cut off your timing chip at the end of the race. These volunteers are …
New York-My Kind Of Town
The ING NY City Marathon was held yesterday. I did heartbreak hill with some friends and realized as we started to climb around the water tower that 1 year ago at almost that same time I was getting ready to run my race. I'm very fond of that race, I've done it twice since 2006 …
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