After the half marathon in Nashville, I felt very undecided about how to approach the River Bank Run. I registered for the 25k several months ago, maybe as early as January. When I finished the half marathon two weeks prior, I really didn’t know if I’d be able to repeat that distance plus another 2.4 […]
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A year ago, I registered for the 2017 Rock ‘n’ Roll Nashville Half Marathon. At the time, I was running less than ten miles a week at most. Apparently, I had high hopes for a comeback because I registered with an expected finish time of 2:15, a PR. Fast forward to now and those high hopes […]
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I’m moving the usual Monday weekly recap until tomorrow so that I can talk about yesterday’s sprint triathlon! I’ve only done one other triathlon prior to this, another sprint back in 2012. I didn’t have the most amazing experience at that one and I think it made me shy away from the sport a bit. But, […]
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After having a marathon on my bucket list for several years, I finally crossed that glorious finish line! It was perhaps one of the hardest things I have ever experienced, I think second only to my weight loss journey. Grab some wine and settle in, because this might get lengthy. #sorrynotsorry Backing up to Friday! […]
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Despite this being the fourth year I’ve run this particular race (and 7th time total for the River Bank Run – the 5k once and the 10k twice!), my anxiety was sky-high for most of the week. Between the hip issues plaguing me for the previous several weeks to the forecast (warm and rainy (read: humid!) […]
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In a “this really sucks” preface, my water bottle and my iPhone were both in my recovery bag after the race, and the water leaked. My phone is currently sitting under a pile of rice leaving me without access to any and all pictures from today. My fingers and toes are also crossed in hopes […]
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I wasn’t planning to write a race recap, but just include it into my next last week’s workouts post, but this race felt like such a turning point that I couldn’t help but reflect! This summer, I took a running hiatus while recovering from an injury. I made so much progress over the winter and […]
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