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Five states down: 45 to go
by Endurance Meg
posted October 23, 2009 at 12:22pm
I've now completed a marathon in five states since I started running marathons two years ago.Since Columbus was so much fun, I thought it might be worthwhile to have a rundown of the races I've done. What marathon has been my favorite so far? Which was th...more
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Training Plan for Long Beach
by Chic Runner
posted October 21, 2009 at 12:22pm
So I’ve received numerous questions about the training plan I used for Long Beach. As you all know, the main purpose of my running is to have fun and because I’m crazy and truly love to run. Sometimes people ask me why I run and most of the time I can...more
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Peanut butter and Jelly time!
by Chic Runner
posted October 20, 2009 at 5:55pm
So you probably all remember the fact that I get pretty sick when eating/taking GUs or any type of endurance ‘food’ along my run. I tried shot blox, GUs, hammer gels, crank fuel and everything I tried made me miserable. I know it’s important to eat ...more
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Columbus Marathon: Brief Race Report
by Endurance Meg
posted October 20, 2009 at 11:57am
I thought I'd let ya'll know how the Columbus Marathon went real quick-like. 14,000 racers started together on the 35degree Sunday morning. It was great, I was dressed perfectly in a long sleeve and shorts.I finished in 3:19:51, over 2minutes faster than ...more
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3:30 am + the next race!
by Chic Runner
posted October 19, 2009 at 2:54pm
So every night, for the past 6 months I’ve woken up at 3:30 am on the dot regularly. I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but I wake up and have trouble falling back asleep. Usually it takes me about 30 minutes to fall back asleep. I wake up like it�...more
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Columbus Marathon: Ready to run...
by Endurance Meg
posted October 16, 2009 at 12:58pm
The Columbus Marathon is on Sunday. I'm leaving for downstate tomorrow morning, going to wave hello to the Mackinac Bridge, and will hopefully miss the rush hour traffic of Detroit and Ann Arbor. Saturday morning will be a relaxed departure from my parent...more
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Long Beach MARATHON race recap!
by Chic Runner
posted October 13, 2009 at 12:57pm
So, sit back, relax and get ready to read the longest race recap of your life. Hey, if I had my go-to vodka-tonics for everyone, I’d be passing them out, so cheers to imaginary celebratory drinks. But, on the bright side, 26.2 miles is a long way to run...more
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3:55:57 and REDEMPTION
by Chic Runner
posted October 11, 2009 at 7:45pm
Race post will come. Most likely on Tuesday, but I just wanted to update and thank you all from the bottom on my heart. This race was MY day, and I just had to believe in myself! I looked like this the entire race.
Mind you, I have no idea who the guy ...more
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One year ago was my first race…
by Chic Runner
posted October 6, 2009 at 2:54pm
So it’s race time again, as in, Long Beach this weekend race time. I can’t believe I am already ready to get back on that starting line and give racing another shot. It’s funny because when I look back over the past year, I realize that the race I w...more
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Weekend training: 'Mill or Mud
by Endurance Meg
posted October 2, 2009 at 3:23pm
This weekend is my only "big" weekend of training between IMoo and the Columbus marathon (which is only two weeks away!!). It still isn't a god-awful weekend, either... but I guess having five weeks between races will do that.Anyway, the schedule is as fo...more
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2010 Race Schedule: Decisions, Decisions
by Endurance Meg
posted September 28, 2009 at 12:49pm
This would be a good time to have a coach.I am starting to think (or have been for the last month) about what races I should do next year. I want to race more than I did this year (only three triathlons in 2009; some running races here and there including...more
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Weekly Twitter Wrap
by LHiggs
posted September 25, 2009 at 4:23pm
Today I thought I would honor the person who brought me into this site. If you are not following her, which you probably are, then you are missing some of the most random (but not mundane) tweets of the day. And I mean all-day. Now, it required quite a bi...more
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Oslo Marathon: The final countdown
by I Run - Therefore I Blog
posted September 18, 2009 at 6:12pm
It's getting closer day by day! What's that? The Nike men vs women Oslo Marathon challenge September 27. The girls are leading big time and I think we will win. Yeah! At the moment the girls have logged 1267 km and the boys 310.... Giddy up!I've been real...more
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Craigslist Missed Connections?!
by Chic Runner
posted September 11, 2009 at 11:50am
Hooray for it being FRIDAY! That means pictures and hopefully something funny… Well I have a treat for you!
Um, so this is the weirdest but most EPIC thing that could have possibly happened to me. I know I get excited about dumb things, but if you don�...more
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A San Franciscy Movie
by Chic Runner
posted August 20, 2009 at 2:43pm
So I FINALLY figured out how to upload a video, don’t judge me. I know. I had it made for days and then I didn’t realize you had to export it to change the format. Whoops!
That is the video of all the San Francisco pictures and the few videos I had...more
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Funny how…
by Chic Runner
posted August 13, 2009 at 4:55pm
Isn’t it funny how when things happen, you can be completely mortified and then as time goes on, it slowly fades away? Even to a point where you can look back and shake your head and laugh. Believe me, a lot of these moments happen to me throughout my l...more
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To Wisconsin and back!
by Endurance Meg
posted August 9, 2009 at 7:45pm
What better way to train for the Ironman than to spend a weekend in Iron County, Wisconsin? I was lucky enough to be invited by my friend, Laurie (who is also training for IMoo), to head down to Hurley, Wisconsin, via bicycle. But the real icing on the ca...more
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Do you want some OJ? Learn more about Operation Jack
by Chic Runner
posted August 6, 2009 at 4:17pm
So I have to tell you all about something. It’s rather exciting and this isn’t even my big news which will probably be revealed on Monday, but this could rival that. Anyways, a good friend of mine, Sam, started up Operation Jack. Sam decided to run 60...more
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For some people, the joy is in the videos…
by Chic Runner
posted July 31, 2009 at 5:56pm
So ever since I started posting the videos from my races, people love to see myself making an idiot of myself. I mean, in pictures, you can’t really tell that I might be doing something dumb, but videos just prove it all to be true. This past weekend ...more
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Running Q & A’s answered
by Chic Runner
posted July 16, 2009 at 4:32pm
So I while back I gave you guys the opportunity to ask me whatever questions you wanted. So I’ve tried to answer them all in one post and if I missed your question, don’t worry I’ll answer it in an upcoming post. Also, be sure to check out the Sweet...more
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