Category: Running

This year, the whole family ran and it was a weekend event! Thing 3 ran the Kids Rock (1/2 a mile); Thing 2 ran the 5K (too young to register for the 10K) with Tom; Thing 1 ran the 10K; and Tom and I ran the half marathon. Both big kids got some shiny, new… Read more

This event completely fell off my radar until the very last minute and, while I started 2018 off with a strong start to running, at least 3 weeks of illness and oodles of recent stress kind of derailed training. In terms of the mileage goal, I’m tracking about 13 miles behind where I should be.… Read more

So, they changed the course this year! I was much slower than I was last year–I could feel it! Yet, my official race results show that I was running an 8:10 pace. My GPS watch shows I was running more like an 8:29 (which seems more accurate!). I wasn’t expecting a PR this year anyway.… Read more

Thing 2 completed her first 10K at this year’s She.is.Beautiful! And, she was amazing. Maybe around Mile 3, she told me she had a blister and a side stitch, but she carried on in really good spirits. She was a champ! Around mile 4.5, I could tell she was flagging…and she still made comments on… Read more

It was a very cold morning and I missed matching my previous 10K PR by 8 secs/mile. It’s hard to believe I actually ran this course at a 7:44 pace 2 years ago and placed second in my age group. This was definitely a fast group and it seems I really am slowing down! I… Read more

Signed up for the SJ Rock ‘n’ Roll pretty late because it is always a challenge thinking about child care. But this year, they offered kids’ races, so the girls ran the Kids Rock (poor Thing 2 really wanted to run the 5 or 10K, but she didn’t meet the minimum age requirement!) and Thing… Read more

The last time I ran this event (last year), I struggled enough that I told myself it was my last marathon. But I ended up signing up for the She.is.Beautiful 1K Club (Goal: run 1000 miles in 2016) and I figured the best way to guarantee that I would hit 1K miles this year would… Read more

The last big run was See Jane Run. I came for the non-existent burritos the day after Thing 1 broke his arm just after his dance performance ended. We got to the hotel late (around 11pm), after having spent about 3 hours at Urgent Care getting x-rays, consultation and, finally, a temporary splint for Thing… Read more

Since I’m in the middle of a training cycle for the Surfer’s Path Marathon next month, I took it easy in the SC Half. I decided to ignore my watch and just ran “by feel.” I didn’t get a PR — my pace was 4 seconds slower per mile than my previous PR (at last… Read more

What a wet run! It rained the entire time. It was either pouring down rain or sprinkling, but there was never a break! We all got especially wet because the start time was delayed by 10 minutes while they re-routed part of the course. And, around mile 11-ish, we encountered the mess–the path was flooded,… Read more