Race Recap: Running slow in SLO!

It rained as we drove down.No, it poured as we drove down.The Weather God finally decided that California needed rain, so he brought it on. The forecast said ‘dry’ on race day, but the drive down had me fooled… We arrived in San Luis Obispo, CA on Friday afternoon. A little too late for the […]

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The medals are in!

OMG!I am sooo excited!!The medals for my virtual race – This Chick Loves To Run – arrived today! The UPS guy knocked on my door. I saw the box. I picked it up. I waited.I was scared! Very scared!I looked at the closed box for an hour. In my mind I was playing over and […]

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My first day as a Race Director

Race DirectorThat sounds pretty serious!But I guess that’s who I am now. Today marks the first day of my virtual race that lasts throughout all of April. Registered participants run either 5k, 10k, or 26.2k at some point during this month and post their achievements on our private Facebook page or on the Google+ community […]

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I donated parts of my body to science!

My new best friend is a tube of anti-itch cream! As you both may imagine that does not make me happy. In fact let me go and re-apply right now.[…]So, how did I get here?Right before the Austin Half Marathon my IT-bands started to shout out loud that they needed some more love, tender, and […]

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Running Nerds: Gadgets! Gadgets! Gadgets!

Now you may be fooled into thinking that running is not a high-tech sports and all you need are a pair of running shoes and hopefully running shorts and a t-shirt and off you go… You are wrong! Sorry to be this blunt! I don’t know any runner anymore who heads out the door without […]

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