I've been a little quiet around here lately, but I managed to injure my "good" knee at the height of last summer's training cycle and have been slowly coming back from that (more on that coming up in another post). Things are looking up and picking up now, and I'm looking forward to my spring …
On Sunday, June 9, I gathered with a crowd of about 12,000 people at the foot of the Seattle Space Needle for what would be one of the more challenging half marathons I've had the pleasure(?) of running. I decided to run the Seattle Rock and Roll Half Marathon at nearly the last minute, missing …
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I didn't get my run in today. I was all dressed and ready - physically *and* mentally - for a tougher tempo interval workout. I was just waiting for a delivery van to come and pick up the pinball machines we're loaning to a huge pinball and arcade show this weekend. The van showed up …
Dear Melissa, You’ve often said that there are days where running just sucks. Then there are days where the run seems almost magical. Today, March 23, 2019, was one of the latter. For whatever reason, everything just clicked. All of your muscles and joints seemed to work in perfect harmony. You tackled the hills like …
Saturday, March 16 marked my first half marathon of 2019. It was also a chance to see how my knee, still not quite 100%, would do with the 13.1 distance. For my inaugural race of the year, I ran the St. Paddy's Day Run in Tacoma, Washington, presented by the Tacoma City Marathon Association (TCMA). …
The first five miles today were tough. The last mile was pure torture. My legs felt like someone hollowed out tree trunks and filled them with lead (I'm guessing/hoping it's left over from Monday's long run). At mile two, I didn't think I was going to be able to finish. But I told myself, "one …
Ugh. Just when I thought things were going so well. I am supposed to be outside, enjoying a beautiful chilly winter morning on a five-mile training run. Instead, I'm being responsible. I've been dealing with knee issues that started at the Berlin Marathon and evolved into a full-blown sprain at the Chicago Marathon. I missed …
2018 is rapidly coming to a close and the grey, wet days of the Pacific Northwest winter are setting in with a vengeance. People who know that I'm a runner often ask me, "what do you do when it's raining?" My answer? I get wet! Yes, I will do pretty much anything I can to …
Today is when many of us runners are frantically checking our credit card statements and refreshing our emails, waiting to hear if we got a coveted lottery spot for the 2019 Chicago Marathon. As a thoroughly okay, middle-to-back-of-the-pack runner, the lotteries are by far my best chance of getting into the big, popular races. And …
About this time a year ago, I learned that I had made it into the Berlin Marathon through the lottery system. A few days later, I found out that I had also gotten into the Chicago Marathon. I was a bit alarmed at first - the two races were only three weeks apart and the …
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