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In preparation for tomorrow’s St Patrick’s Day half marathon, I decided to take it easy today and just go for a short walk in the sunshine, drinking coffee, minding my own business, until this crossed my path…

My virtual running challenge has taken me past Big Sur. It was a beautiful run along Highway 1 along Big Sur. In fact, I am ready to run the Big Sur Marathon or at least the Big Sur Half Marathon. Well, yes, I learned there is a Big Sur Half Marathon, but when I checked the route it was really only a Monterey Half Marathon, so maybe do train for…

It’s true. If you love Austin you run Austin. Or at least it’s true for me. This is the city where I started endurance running, where I trained for my first half marathon in 2008 and trained for my first full marathon in 2009. In 2010 I finally ran the Austin Half Marathon (for the first time). I feel like I know the city best by its different neighborhoods. No…

This is what my friends said: “Suck it up and run!”It may not come as a surprise that I don’t really like running in the rain. And that is not due to a lack of running in the rain, but rather to an overload of running in the rain in the past. You see, I moved from London to sunny California for a reason… ‘nough said. Somehow, though, I found…

It’s been raining for days now. I was lucky enough to catch the rain breaks during my evening runs this week. But now I am about to leave the house to go and run in the rain, which I haven’t done in over a year.  I think I am ready.  Things I need when running in the rain: rain jacket and layers plastic cover for my iPhone waterproof gloves hat…

Challenge #2 is to virtually run to Mexico this year. It’s about 510 miles to Tijuana which will be my first virtual stop in Mexico and then we’ll see. Maybe I’ll continue on to a beach. You know me, even with a virtual challenge, I am taking the scenic route. LOL. So, of course you would see me leaving Highway 101 and take the Pacific Coast Highway 1 via Big…

I am in no hurry.No one said I need to finish all my 5 challenges of 2014 in one month, right?I have been reading up on how to keep people happy and motivated and read that we should write down 3 things we did well each day. OK, I can’t commit to doing that every day, but once a month?I am up for that! Don’t rush. Take time for myself.…