The theme I keep arriving at when it comes to the pursuit of a big goal is that the more you let go, the more you achieve. I learned that as I trained for and raced my 8th marathon. And this weekend was another exercise in the same lesson. On Saturday I ran 1:35:59 at […]
Zooma Cape Cod 10K Race Recap
Before the gun went off for the Zooma Cape Cod 10K race this past weekend, I looked around and wondered who else would go out in front. I was reluctant to take the lead and no one seemed all that eager, except the guy. The one guy in front of everybody. What was this guy doing? […]
Just Passing Through: St. Katharine Drexel 10K Race Recap
“Give it what you have for today’s conditions.” That’s what I told myself as I tried to charge up the last and biggest hill of the 10k on Saturday. But I wasn’t really charging. It felt like I was hanging on for dear life to a pace that was just above walking. Even before […]
Racing with the Triple Stroller: 603Endurance Summerfest 10K Recap
I don’t want to do it with the triple. I really don’t. Those hills… Those were my thoughts Saturday morning when my husband told me he had to work on Sunday. I had planned to run the Six0Three Endurance 10K on Sunday as an eight mile long run: 1 mile warm up, six mile run […]
Run Before you Crawl 5K at 32 Weeks Pregnant
Running a St. Patrick’s Day race has become a bit of an annual tradition with my friend, Sarah. It’s a fun excuse to dress in green sparkly skirts and tall green socks. Last year I paced her in a very cold (negative temps with the windchill) 5 miler and I didn’t want to pass up […]
The Great Pumpkin Relay and New Balance Fresh Foam Trail Review
A few weeks ago I convinced my non-runner husband to run the Six03Endurance Great Pumpkin 10K Relay with me. And on Saturday we toed the line together for the first time as team, “It Was Her Idea.” The trail race was held at a local winery, Flag Hill Winery in Lee, NH. The relay […]
CHaD HEROES Welcome and Race Recap
This weekend our family made the two hour drive up to Hanover, NH like we have many other times. But this time it was for a great reason: to participate in the CHaD HERO Half Marathon and 5K. Ever since last year, this event has earned a special place in our hearts not just as […]
SIX03 ENDURANCE Summer Fest 10K Race Recap
I went into Sunday’s 10K with very low expectations. Honestly, there were a few occasions last week where I imagined myself walking off the course at certain points. Mostly because I don’t feel I can trust my body right now. Mainly the muscles and tendons in my hamstring and calf at the back of the […]
Sugarloaf Marathon Recap
The only real way to start my recap of the Sugarloaf Marathon I ran on Sunday is to go back. Back to 2001. I was 18 and in a desperate struggle for my life and well being. I had recently been diagnosed with anorexia nervosa and when I wasn’t in my freshman-year classes I was […]
Barrington Peeper 5K Race Recap
Going into Saturday’s race I was confident I would break 20 minutes, in my mind it was a matter of by how much. I know the course of the Peeper 5K, it is one I have run several times before. In fact, it was the first race I ever ran back in 2003 when I […]