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Back from a long weekend away and feeling revived and ready to attack the week. It is, in fact, a race week for me.  I am traveling to Kansas City this weekend to visit family and Coach Jerry and I will be running the Rock the Parkway Half Marathon.  Like my recent New York City [...]

With the Boston Marathon scheduled for Monday April 13th, I am again reminded of what is my ultimate goal and how far away I am from achieving it.  Qualifying for Boston is at the top of my list as a runner and I will spend another year training and preparing for the opportunity to run [...]

Yesterday was another milestone in my rehab and recovery from my latest injury.  I did my first speed workout, which consisted of a 30 min warm up, 4x 400 meter sprints with 400 meter jog between and a 30 min cool down.  I felt heavy and slow but that really didn’t bother me since I [...]

Two weeks ago I completed a half marathon.  My training was basically non-existent due to rehabbing a recent injury.  Thanks to the wonderful (insert sarcasm) policies of the NYRR, I was unable to take my NYC Half Marathon lottery selection and defer it to 2013.  I was determined to finish that race, with no time [...]

It was a good day and a very enjoyable race.  As much as I bitch and complain about the monopoly that NYRR has on races in NYC, I have to say that this was a fantastic event with a great course, huge crowd support and near flawless logistics. The morning started early for Catherine and [...]