117th Boston Marathon Recap
The morning of the Boston Marathon started out wonderfully. I slept pretty well the night before, woke up, and was able to eat a rice cake with peanut butter before leaving the hotel. I arrived in...
View ArticleThursday Things {04-25-2013}
ETA: Sorry for any trouble commenting this morning. There was a problem with WordPress but I think I managed to fix it. Please let me know if anything else comes up! 1. Thank you all for your very...
View ArticleThe Race That’s Good For Life 5k Race Recap
On Sunday, Katie, Kelsey, and I headed out to Oak Park (suburb of Chicago) to run The Race That’s Good For Life 5k. Even with weird CTA stuff going on in the loop, we managed to make it out to the race...
View ArticleChicago Half Marathon and Hyundai Hope On Wheels 5K Race Entry Giveaway
I have a confession… I want to run ALL the races. Seriously. Ask any of my friends and they’ll tell you that whenever they mention they’re thinking of running a race, I almost always respond with “Oh,...
View ArticleHyundai Hope on Wheels 5k
As many of you might remember, I’m running the Chicago Half Marathon this weekend. As excited as I am about that race, today I wanted to fill you guys in on the race being held in conjunction with the...
View ArticleGoals for the Chicago Half Marathon & Rambles
My one and only goal: DON’T GET INJURED! Ha, but seriously, my one goal this weekend is to push myself enough, but not too far, so that I have a great race but recover quickly and get back to marathon...
View Article{2013} Chicago Half Marathon Race Recap
On Sunday morning, I woke up at the 4 am hour to start race prep and head over to the Chicago Half Marathon. The race starts and finishes in Jackson Park, just south of the Museum of Science and...
View ArticleWednesday Workouts {10-16-2013}
Wednesday – OFF Thursday – Easy effort 6 miles (average pace – 8:35 min/mile). Friday – Easy effort 6.1 miles (average pace – 8:33 min/mile) + marathon expo Saturday – 3 mile shakeout run OFF Sunday –...
View Article2013 Racing Summary
I’m back??? Honestly, I’m not sure. I did this same summary last year after Kim posted a template and considering that I blogged for the majority of 2013, I figured I’d do it again to properly sum up...
View ArticleF^3 Lake Half Marathon Race Recap
I signed up for the F^3 Half shortly after the Chicago Marathon. I wasn’t sure what my spring race schedule was going to look like and I wanted to have a race on my calendar to look forward to. I...
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