It is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, actually it’s the end of NEDA week, and I’ve been struggling with whether I wanted to post about this on this site. Well, I did want to post this, but I was scared to post this, simply because I feel like I am really good at putting on [...]
Continuing with the theme of runners doing inspirational and motivational things, today I wanted to mention Lisa Smith-Batchen’s Running Hope To America (or Running Hope Through America – it’s referenced both ways!). Her goal is to run 50 miles, in 50 states within two months. Her mission is to raise money to aid different organizations [...]
Many of us have run races for a good cause, often to fundraise for a larger organization. I have done multiple races for the Komen foundation and I ran a marathon with Team in Training for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. There are reasons to run for these causes that tie into my family history [...]
After taking care of timing at the race this weekend, I noticed a few things occur and wanted to make note of them here. People may not be aware of these things, but you may help make the race director’s job a little easier. 1. Registration I found it incredibly interesting to see the way [...]
I tossed and turned all night long, turning to look at the clock only to find that a mere 10 or 15 minutes had passed since the last check. Finally giving up, I got up to get dressed. I tried to be quiet, so as not to disturb my still sleeping husband. Once I was [...]
The Early Days: I was so completely clueless… I didn’t know anything about technical apparel, about being fit for proper shoes, or even the term pronation. I hadn’t heard anything about chafing and didn’t ever experience it until I was over halfway into my first marathon, when I started feeling a burning pain under my [...]
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