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Houston Build Up – Part 2
Another month of training in the books! Week 5Monday, November 21 – 70 minutes easyI felt so good on this run and thought I maintained a faster pace than my watch said that I did which surprised me at the end of the run. Oh well. Tuesday, November 22 – 50 minutes easyI had originally…
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Resolution Run – December 31, 2022 – “Race” Recap
Race #203Timed Race #22022 Race #112022 Timed Race #1Resolution Run #2 This “Race” functioned as an opportunity to get in a long run with minimal elevation gain and a medal. I had 16 miles on the plan so I signed us up for the three hour version. (The race also has 6 and 12 hour…
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TreesUpstate Turkey Day 8k – 11/24/22
Race #2028k #172022 Race #102022 8k #1TreesGreenville Turkey Day 8k #13 I have run this race every year since I started running, meaning that I have run every edition of the race save for the first one. Of course I had no plan to miss this one. Going into this race, I planned to run…
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Houston Build Up – Part 1
This post begins a series of posts in which I share the thoughts I had about my build up to Houston and then culminates with my race recap which had a far different result than I expected. Week 1 Monday, October 24 – 80 minutes with last 20 minutes at a faster paceI want to…
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Alliance Hilton Head Island Half Marathon – 11/6/22
Race #201Half Marathon #732022 Race #92022 Half Marathon #4South Carolina Half Marathon #53Alliance HHI Half #1 I had a range of goals going into this race that changed based on a few factors. My first goal was a race close to my PR or at the least a 1:45. As the time for the race…
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Spinx Run Fest 10k – 10/29/22
Race #20010k #172022 Race #82022 10k #1Spinx Run Fest 10k #2 Originally, I planned to run the half marathon with Mom to get closer to logging 100 half marathons. Then I considered the timing with this weekend falling immediately prior to my goal half at Hilton Head so I registered us for the 10k instead.…
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Whole Fitness 5k – 10/8/22
Race #1995k #612022 Race #72022 5k #3Whole Fitness 5k #1 This race served as a bit of a tempo interval in the long run, making up for some tempo miles that I had to “skip” earlier that week. Originally, I had planned to use a 5k at my alma mater for this purpose since we…
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Asheville Half Marathon – 8/27/22
Race #198Half Marathon #722022 Race #62022 Half Marathon #3North Carolina Half Marathon #11Asheville Half Marathon #2 I meant to write this recap a lot closer to race day so that the details would not be as fuzzy in my mind. However, a lot of my habits have changed over the past year or so but…
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Turtle Trot 5k – 7/13/22
Race #1975k #602022 Race #52022 5k #2Turtle Trot 5k #3 As soon as I finished the RWBS 5k the week before, I eagerly anticipated a faster time at this race purely based on the fact that it would be flat. I conveniently ignored the fact that we would be running on the beach in the…
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Red, White, and Blue Shoes 5k 2022 – 7/4/22
Race #1965k #592022 Race #42022 5k #1Red, White, and Blue Shoes 5k #9 I didn’t realize until after the race that I last ran this race in 2018. (I ran Peachtree last year. The race was cancelled the year before. In 2019, I took a flight to Europe on that day.) Both Mom and I…
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