Jill Will Run

Last night as I headed to bed, all I could think was, “I don’t want to wake up early to run.” But I still set out my running clothes and gear, set my alarm and got in bed. At 4:30 AM, the alarm went off and I dragged myself out of bed. I went into [...]

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My family has been hit hard by breast cancer. My mother, grandmother, great-aunt, great-grandmother have all been diagnosed with this beast, some of them multiple times. At first I started thinking I would do fundraising events specific to that cancer. I’ve done a couple Race for the Cure 5Ks. (Awesome events, BTW.) A few years [...]

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Each week we get a few e-mails from our coaches, informing us of the week’s upcoming group run and other clinics/events that are available to us. In this week’s message they mentioned we needed to be sure we are consuming sport drink, we needed to be fueling ourselves (in the form of gels, sport beans, [...]

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I saw an article online today about the nation’s sweatiest cities. Las Vegas ranked as number 2 on the list. That would certainly seem appropriate with my latest runs. Tuesday’s run was in the evening hours outside and I once again ended up with a lovely salt crusting in my elbows and along my hair [...]

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Today’s run rocked for two main reasons: 1) I did it at 7:00 PM, which meant I got to sleep in a little. (Well, I still have to start working by 7:00 AM each day, so it’s not sleeping in really long, but it’s a lot better than waking up at 4:00 AM!) 2) I [...]

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To non-runners this post may be a little TMI (too much information). But apparently this is something that affects a lot of us that are regularly hitting the pavement! This morning’s run sucked. I woke really early, about 4:30 AM, and despite the early hour I was excited and happy to get moving. I had [...]

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