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Lessons From A Marathon…That Have Nothing To Do With Running.

These photos all taken by a local photographer/athlete Gregg Gelmis I did it! And I wasn’t ready. But it has way more to do with the heat than with my training. And I feel okay because everyone struggled with the heat. December should NOT be that hot. Who do we file our complaints with? Let me start by saying miles 1-16 were GOLDEN and PERFECT in every way. I barely struggled... Read More

Confidence: GONE.

So, um…I’m running a marathon tomorrow. Did I forget to mention that? The reason why, is that I missed my long run last weekend and I have since fallen out of confidence and fear failure tomorrow. The two weeks since my last long run (I did 25 between two days that weekend) I’ve only run a total of 17 miles, which is about half of what I should have run during... Read More

Scenic City Trail Marathon: CONQUERED

Over the years the best racing advice I’ve heard is to make sure you get an AWESOME night’s sleep 2 nights before the race, because no one sleeps well the night before. I took this to heart and was asleep by 9pm Thursday night. Which is good since I was super-restless/nervous Friday night. I got up around 3:15 Alabama time for the race (Chattanooga is Eastern time,... Read More

So…about that marathon…

I know several of you were shocked I was running a marathon since I never actually blogged about it. I think I casually mentioned it in an entry about cheese or something…you know…because those two things are similar in weight. My love of cheese and my first real marathon. First – if you’ll recall – I did run a marathon in 2007. I had trained for two... Read More

Channeling Your Inner-Badass

I think muddy shoes are kinda badass.I was running the other night on a local Greenway with some friends. We were going to do 4 miles but I got out there a little early to do a few miles warm-up first. I had missed a run the earlier night and I also was still feeling stiff from McKay, so I knew the extra miles wouldn’t hurt. After we were done a guy with two small kids stopped... Read More