RACING TIPS

How to Decide What Your Race Goals Should Be

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If you are in taper, if your goal marathon is still a good few months away, or even if your race is a shorter race like a 5k or 10k, as we approach race day, we start to get the question. Not just from others, but from ourselves. What are you trying to run? I could see…
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California International Marathon (2:36:39) Race Recap

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These race recaps are always so overwhelming to start. Which is kind of funny if you think about it. When else are you going to dive into so much detail over a few hours of your life? Maybe I shouldn’t go into detail, do you really care that much? Probably not. But As I said…
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2:36:39 and 5th Place Woman at CIM: Quick Update

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Ready to read my entire recap? Well, you are gonna have to wait a few days 😉 As much as I would have loved to be that prepared, I had a lot of cherished moments after the race with friends, so I barely manageed to get an Instagram post up, let alone write a recap.…
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Marathon Tapering Advice: The Week Before a Marathon

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After I finish my last long run before a marathon, 2 weeks before I embark on my 26.2, I usually start to think about tapering. The week before the marathon is very important. You can’t really do much to improve your fitness, but if you get the taper for a marathon wrong, you could sabotage…
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1:13 Half in Marathon Training? I’ll Take it

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17 seconds. That’s how far away I was from a PR in a race that I went to thinking that anything under 1:15 I would be happy with. Turns out I was ready for a PR…..I just wasn’t quite prepared to go absolutely eyeballs out enough to squeak under my 1:13:21. Its funny thinking about…
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