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NYC Marathon Training Week 8: Halfway Point
This week marked the halfway point in my 16-week NYC Marathon training plan! We got a burst of summer weather after a relatively cool August, so running this week was rough. Luckily by the time I did...
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NYC Marathon Training Week 9: Off to the Races
This was a busy week of training (my highest weekly mileage ever) that finished in races both Saturday and Sunday – the Fifth Avenue Mile and the NYRR 18 Mile Tune-Up! ~~~~~ Monday – Easy yoga class...
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NYC Marathon Training Week 12: City of Bridges
This week marked 3/4 of my 16 week training plan. Less than one month until the marathon…I can hardly believe it! It was a great week of training, including lots of bridges and pretty city views. It...
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NYC Marathon Training Week 15: ONE WEEK TO GO!
It’s race week!!!!! In just one week from today, I will be running my first marathon! Because I gained entry into the NYC Marathon by doing NYRR’s 9+1 program in 2013 (run 9 races and volunteer for 1...
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My First Marathon: TCS NYC Marathon 2014 Recap!
It’s hard to write a recap of my marathon experience because there were so many details and thoughts I don’t want to leave out, but here goes! Let’s start at the very beginning. THE EXPO My mom and I...
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Thanksgiving Weekend and Happy December!
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend! I’m back to work today after a few much-needed days off. It was great to sit back and eat Thanksgiving food…and then leftovers for the next few days. My...
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Holiday Parties and Goals for Sunday’s 5K
The holiday season always flies by once we get to December, doesn’t it? I’m on winter break starting Friday and I’m really looking forward to relaxing a bit and hitting reset before January! My last...
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Roosevelt Island 5K Recap and a New PR!
About a month ago, some Prospect Park Track Club friends started talking about the Roosevelt Island 5K and 10K at the end of December, part of the NYC Runs Hot Chocolate Winter Running Series. It had...
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A Surprise PR at the Al Gordon 4-Miler
On Saturday morning, I dragged myself out of my nice warm bed to head to Prospect Park for a 4-mile race. All week, I had been on the fence about running this race because my right Achilles tendon had...
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A Surprise 5K PR on a Wednesday Night
On Wednesday night I headed to Prospect Park after work for the first of Prospect Park Track Club’s Al Goldstein 5K Summer Speed Series. I had signed up to support my running group and because a lot of...
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My First Track Meet
Last Saturday morning I jogged to the East River Park Track for my first-ever track meet, hosted by the Dashing Whippets, a local NYC running team. One of my Prospect Park Track Club teammates wanted...
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NYRR Team Championships 5-Miler Race Recap
On Saturday morning I ran the NYRR Team Championships 5 mile race in Central Park. In order to participate, you have to be a registered member of a New York Road Runners-recognized running team. It was...
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NYC Half: Race Day Outfit and How to Track Me
Only two more sleeps til race day! Yesterday I went to the expo for the NYC Half and got my bib number. I met up with my teammate Nicole from Prospect Park Track Club and we printed our photo and taped...
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Rock n’ Roll Brooklyn Half Recap
Sometimes, despite all odds, everything comes together and you have a great race day. Saturday was one of those days. On Friday afternoon after work, my coworkers and I headed to Greenpoint to pick up...
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Cheering for the NYC and Brooklyn Marathons
November has been the month of marathon spectating! On November 1st, I cheered for my friends running the NYC Marathon, and two weeks later on November 15th I cheered for the Brooklyn Marathon. I...
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Back to Winter Running
Happy New Year! I rang in the New Year with friends at a pink, black and white-themed “Flamingo Formal” at Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club in Brooklyn, and watched the fireworks in Prospect Park at...
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It’s the Final Countdown (Ottawa Marathon Training Wk T-1)
This is it – the final week of marathon training! It is definitely starting to feel real and scary and I’m feeling the effects of the taper. I’m moody and antsy and nervous, and my legs feel jumpy...
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NYRR Team Championships 5-Miler Recap
On Saturday morning I headed to Central Park for my last NYRR race before moving to London in September: the Team Championships 5-miler! I haven’t been running that much since the Ottawa Marathon in...
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