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Category: Race Report
March 9, 2014
Chilly Half Marathon Race Report
The post painfully overused pun for this race will be that it was CHILLY. But that barely describes it. It was genuinely a very cold day for a race. The weather was ironically appropriate for the Chilly Half-Marathon. I often tell my clinic members that we train in any weather because race day could be any weather. My clinic has struggles through bitter cold, windchills near -30, ice, snow, uncleared sidewalks, and howling winds. Despite all that, I hope we wouldn’t ACTUALLY have to experience a race day that was THIS wintery! Months and months ago I had ambitious plans[…continue reading]
January 15, 2014
Dopey Challenge Report
Before anything else, I want to thank the thousands and thousands of volunteers that made the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend so magical! I don’t if any of you will see this report, but I really appreciate your time, energy, support and help! These races are genuine Disney magic. You feel like a kid again being in the parks, but I get to combine that with my passion of running and the joy of finishing the races. My times for these races are horrible, but the goal was to finish within the permitted times, and I did that very comfortably.[…continue reading]
November 1, 2013
Niagara Falls Half-Marathon Race Report
Close enough. Those are the words I would to describe my race last weekend at the Niagara Falls Half-Marathon. It’s certainly a different experience from Toronto. As I mentioned in this post, this was to be the penultimate race of this rather lackluster season. I wasn’t feeling 100% so I didn’t set the bar too high. Date Event Goal Time Chip Time Gun Time 2013/10/27 Niagara Falls Half-Marathon 2:30:00 2:30:54.3 2:33:18.3 Expo and Pre-Race in Niagara Falls I organized this as a little mini-vacation with mom to Niagara Falls. She enjoys the casino and it’s associated venues. We drove up[…continue reading]
