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Category: General Running and/or Fitness
July 20, 2011
Pre-Race Jitters
Apparently I have readers now. Thank you to all 5 of you! Please leave comments to let me know that you are out there… I have a race coming up in about 9 days and I’m surprisingly nervous about it. I’m running the Highland Yard 10k in Minden. The very first race I ran was the Highland Yard 5k last summer, so it feels like a kind of milestone or anniversary. When I ran the 5k last year, I was really nervous and didn’t know what to expect. When I was in the starting corral for the 5k my heart[…continue reading]
July 12, 2011
18 Almonds!
I’m back into training properly now, making lots of life changes, and adjusting as I go along. After a cross-training workout with my new trainer Kathy Bogatek, I was surprised how much I hurt the next day. It was a familiar feeling and not entirely unwelcome, but I hadn’t felt like that for several weeks. Running with the new group is a new experience. I was very familiar with the speeds of everyone in my previous group, but now I have new people to pace myself against. On last Wednesay’s run, I was surprised to see myself setting the pace[…continue reading]
June 8, 2011
Bread and Honey 15k Race Report
This was my last race of the spring 2011 season on June 5, 2011. I’m quite happy with my 1:29:05 because it’s just below my 90 minute goal. However, it was also a great race of lessons to learn. I was a little sketchy about the race at first because the website was ve ry sparse and the posted maps were a little sketchy. Upon doing the race I realized all the information was there and nothing extra. I was very surprised by the turnout when I arrived at the race. I imagined this would be a little community race[…continue reading]
