Week in Review

32 miles 3 days off 14 miles at Battle Road 1 AFD (new record!) Autumn at Battle Road I probably shouldn't have run 14 miles today, but there was great company (Jordan, Terry, Jenn and a BAA crew) and a great venue (the always pleasing Battle Road) and, well, the loop is 14 miles. I could've turned around by myself at the five-mile mark before the Great Meadow section, but what's the fun in that? However, by the final 30 minutes my legs were...

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Fifth Annual Gabe's Run 5k XC Challenge

5k w/u Target: Win, break course record (sub-18:40) Actual: 18:25, 1st place and new CR Results 2 mile c/d Total: 8 miles I know what you're thinking: "Umm...didn't you just run a marathon four days ago?!" Well technically yes, but in my defense this race has been on the calendar for quite some time, and for good reason.  Pre-race photo opp with my coworker Scott, his fiancee Jen and his brother I didn't know much--nothing, really--about...

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(Philly Marathon) Week in Review

80 miles 2 doubles 3 days in Philly 2-minute PR The not-yet-released Karhu Flow Light carried me through 26.2--yet another perk of being sample size! There's not really anything of significance to add that wasn't already covered in today's race recap, but suffice it to say this was a good week. Believe it or not, people are already asking which marathon I'll be racing next, which is a concept I haven't even begun to wrap my brain around. First...

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Philly Marathon Race Report

Goal #1: Run a PR (sub-2:41:06) Goal #2: Run sub-2:40 Goal #3: Run sub-2:39 Goal #4: Place top 5 Actual: 2:39:02 (chip), 2:39:08 (gun); 4th place female (2nd American) Going into this race, I knew that on a perfect day in ideal conditions I was primed to run between 2:37:30 and 2:38:30. This would be at least three minutes faster than I'd ever run before, but I had unwavering confidence that it was possible. Every workout I've done in the past...

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Philly Marathon Results

2:39:02; 4th place female (2nd American) Results Will blog soooooooooon! Maintaining the perfect sorority squat even on post-marathon leg...

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Almost Famous Thanks To The Trailer's Jon Gugala

My favorite journalist Jon Gugala recently profiled me for his kick-ass running site, The Trailer. Check it out here. This photo (and the ones in my article) courtesy of my awesome co-worker and friend Nora Lohrenz (Also, because a firestorm has ensued surrounding my alleged dislike of pumpkins, please allow me to clarify: I love any and all pumpkin-flavored tasty treats. What I do not like is having one thrust in my face. Or unexpectedly waking...

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(Taper) Week in Review

70 miles 1 day off (!!) 2 doubles 3 days in FTL I'll save all my philosophical musings on Philly until a few days closer to the race. ...

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A Rare Day Off

Yup, that happened. I wasn't necessarily planning for it--in fact, was easily roused by my 6am alarm--but one look outside at the wind-whipped trees and lashing rain was enough to send me burrowing back under the covers. I made a half-hearted pledge to run at lunch, but with the weather still uninviting at best I made the call to bag it. The last thing I need right now is to slip on a slick patch of sidewalk or get broadsided by a hydroplaning Masshole. Besides, I'm tapering. Lay off me. Considering I routinely fail to blog about runs that actually...

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Outpacing the Nor'easter

2.5 mile w/u Target: 2x5k @MP (~18:45) w/full rest; 5x30 secs. hard Actual: 18:30, 4 min. jog, 18:20; 5x30 secs. hard 0.5 mile c/d Total: ~10 miles I should've done this yesterday. Less than 24 hours ago it was ideal workout weather; cold, but not frigid, with virtually no wind. Instead, still recovering from a hard 20 on Sunday, I opted to wait until this morning and was punished by a biting, blustery 20+ mph direct headwind for the first half of each interval. Fortunately I was able to tuck in behind Jordan and fortunately he's tipping the scales...

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Week in Review

95 miles 2 doubles 2 days in TX 4 days in NYC Two weeks until Philly!...

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Making the Most of the Marathon Sunday that Wasn't

For the past month, Jordan and I have been planning to travel to NYC for marathon weekend. Though we didn't have any official race or expo duties, there were several media meetings to attend on behalf of Karhu. Plus, Thursday happened to be my birthday and we knew there would be plenty of friends in town for marathon festivities, so not unlike last year we were looking forward to making a long weekend of it. Then, Hurricane Sandy hit. Actually, even before landfall she was screwing things up. I ended up marooned in Texas until Tuesday afternoon,...

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