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There’s so much to say about the race I ran this past weekend, but also very little since I’ve said a lot about it before. This was the third year I’ve run Downhill @ Dawn. This was one of my most enjoyable times running it. What was different: Not much. I didn’t carry a drink …
I’ve run this race several years, so I will spare you some of the nitty gritty details. Know that the first half of the 9.3-mile race is very hilly. The second half (well, after about mile 5.5) is relatively downhill and flat. Until the bitter end, when you finish on an uphill. I have taken …
This past weekend I ran the Gateway to the Smokies Half Marathon in Waynesville, NC. This was its inaugural year and was put on by the Haywood County Chamber of Commerce. I was originally supposed to run the Cincinnati Flying Pig half marathon on Sunday, but those plans changed a couple of weeks ago and …
This past weekend I ran the Fiddlin’ 5k again. I ran it with Carol last year. This was the third year for the race, and my time 30:32 last year. I knew that I’d been training harder and smarter, so I’ve been anxious to see what I could do. The plan was to run with …
Years ago, I ran the Shamrock 10k in Asheville. It was my first 10k race and it was part of an 18-mile training run I was doing in preparation for my first marathon. The race was tough. So hilly and cold. My iPod had stopped playing because of the cold. And most of our team …
I’m linking up with Amanda today for Runner’s Tell All. I saw Tamara post about this last month (I think it was last month) and loved the prompts. I’ve run so many races in my lifetime. I’ve been running since middle school, so I’ve run countless cross country meets for middle school, high school and …
So you’re considering running/walking a Color Run…what should you expect? And what should you plan for? I just posted a review of the Color Run I did and now I have a few tips (things I wish I had known or thought about earlier.) 1. Buy some cheap sunglasses. I purchased case of neon sunglasses …
So a little over a month ago, I signed up for a virtual race. My first virtual race. And it was a 10k. I signed up to use it as a goal race for the end of the month. I needed something to keep me motivated after my half marathon. (I always take a break …
I ran the Downhill at Dawn half marathon this past Saturday. This was my second time running it, and I intentionally took fewer photos. I did not intentionally kill the batteries for my Garmin so I would be running without a watch. The race begins at 6:01 a.m. and you have to be on the …
Rather than my usual Training Tuesday, I present to you a recap of the Biltmore 15k. I’ve run this race at least twice before (and last year was/is my fastest time.) So I won’t inundate you with a ton of photos, but I have a few (eight) keepers to share. Race packet pick-up was Saturday …
At some point I will have to admit that the 5k is not my race anymore. I guess I’m not at that point just yet. With a 5k, I’m just getting started when the race ends. Despite that realization, I ran the Fiddlin’ 5k a week ago with Carol. The race starts and finishes on …
Last Saturday, I ran the Greenway Challenge 10k in Black Mountain, NC. It’s about a 30 minute drive from my house, and I had convinced Bari (and her husband) that it would be fun, since they would be staying at our house over the weekend. The race starts and ends at Pisgah Brewing. My brother …
Lately I’ve been signing up for races on the fly. It’s so unlike me! Last week, Julie had messaged me about doing the Oskar Blues 4-miler on Saturday. It hadn’t even crossed my mind, but the forecast was looking decent and I thought it would be a lot of fun (maybe a new favorite distance …
Aka….my first race of 2014. The year of the 10k. Except, not this race. I’m still getting over a sinus infection and haven’t worked out (really) in over a week. I had no business thinking I was in any sort of shape to run a 10k, so I’m pretty lucky that my friend Carol “ran” …
Just like that, my race day is over! I know I said last week that I was just going to have fun with this race….and I totally lived up to that promise. It didn’t dawn on me until last Thursday that 12k is 7.5 miles. I never even hit 6 miles in training. And my …
I signed up for the Bele Chere 5k a few weeks ago after I ended up not being able to run my July 4 5k. I had run this race before (different course, though) and was hoping to beat that time. I really wanted to get 28:xx. (Spoiler alert: I did not beat my time. …
I signed up for this race just before the Nike half marathon, with very little expectations. It looked like it could be a fast course, so I told Brooke about it because I thought it would be perfect for her to get a personal record on. The expo was small. Literally we just got our …
I finished my 10th half marathon this morning and definitely PRd. I’m super happy and still trying to process everything that happened today. I took a few photos and I’ll be posting a race report later this weekend or early Monday. Hope you enjoy your weekend!
I’m running a half marathon tomorrow, kind of in my own town. It’s about 20 or 30 minutes away (so at least I’ll sleep in my own bed tonight.) I’m a bit nervous. I tripped on a curb yesterday on my way into work and my leg is sore. It’s the same soreness I had …
Last Wednesday, I received an email that there were a few spots left for the Biltmore Kiwanis 15k & 5k race. I thought about it, talked to my husband and decided to sign up. I needed to get an 8-mile run in this weekend, and I didn’t really have any friends that could do that …
This is going to be a long one. I realized I took almost 40 photos just on my phone during the race (and expo) and I have more photos on my real camera. Sadly, I think only a small portion of the phone photos will make it on here. Friday we arrived in DC and …
This past weekend, I ran yet another race. The inaugural Positive Prevention 12k was held at the Biltmore Estate. (There was also a 5k option.) My friend, Carol, and I signed up about 3 weeks ago for the race, which benefited WNCAP (WNC AIDS Project). The race started at 7:15, and we needed to allow …
This weekend was my last busy weekend for a while. I’m so grateful that we don’t have anything on our calendars for a while (or anytime in the near future.) Yesterday I threw a baby shower for one of my best friends. She’s expecting her second girl in January. (Her daughter will be almost 10. …
Two races in two weeks! I’m a bit surprised with myself for doing this, but Power of Pink is a race that my friends and I have run for four(?) years, and I couldn’t skip this year. The format changed this year. There is no more relay, and they dropped the distance from 4 miles …
