Posts Tagged ‘running’
The first of my three legs had gone ok. My time was good, though, for a short distacne, I wasn’t “feelin’ it”. Leg two was much better, though twice as long as the first. It was 11p.m. when I entered the course. I had all my reflective gear on and aside from other runners on [...]
The pain I experienced in my left foot was overwhelming and I had to force myself to run 100 yards, then 200. An intense desire to finish what I started began to replace the shooting pain. I let gravity propel me down the hill but I soon possessed only the will to continue forward, my [...]
So, I got all kinds of crazy and ran this race over the weekend called the Wasatch Back which is part of the Ragnar Relay series. It is a 197 mile relay which you run until you finish. We had a team of 12, which meant I ran 3 legs. It was crazy hard, and [...]
8:45 a.m. At the last second I decide to go for my morning run earlier in the day. I rush to get out the door and explain to two sad girls why they can’t come with me. I close the garage on my crying 4 year old. Baby boy and Miss E are finally situated [...]
I was supposed to carpool to the race with a bunch of my neighbors, but they forgot to pick me up. Then, I couldn’t find my good running shoes, so I had to wear my crappy ones. On the race, I couldn’t figure out which way the half-marathoners were supposed to go. It was different [...]
I am training for a half marathon. I know, I’m insane. I’ve accepted that fact, and you must accept it as well. As a former non-runner, I used to wonder what it would be like to run so far. I mean, it’s really, really far. Sane people are only willing to go that far in [...]
I am a runner who swore I’d never be a runner. Runners are crazy people who run crazy distances and well, that’s just not me. Or at least it wasn’t. But now, I am a runner and on Saturday I ran my first 5K of the season. A 5K, for those non-runners, is 3.1 miles. [...]
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