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By 6 AM on Saturday morning we were up, dressed, fueled, and blissfully ignorant of the hills and humidity that would be with us for 13.1 miles through the beautiful city and surrounding neighborhoods of Annapolis, Maryland. Five MRTT friends and I made the road trip to Annapolis on Friday for our first ZOOMA Annapolis […]
I’ve been on two Cruisers road trips with races as our main focus, but this weekend was my first MRTT road trip! We had a blast, and I didn’t expect anything less. Six human runners and one paper runner packed into Angela’s minivan for a fun trip to Annapolis for the ZOOMA Half Marathon (more […]
Last year I was out of town for Carter’s Run, but I introduced you to Carter and the event named after him when I interviewed Carter’s mom Lisa, my Moms RUN This Town friend. This year I didn’t run, but I did something even better; I volunteered with a group of my friends at our […]
Bright and early Sunday morning the Cruisers descended upon our cul-de-sac so we could carpool together to the 2015 George Washington Parkway Classic Ten Mile Run. It was the 31st running of this very well organized race that’s run on one of the most beautiful race courses in the DC area. This iconic race on […]
Even though I’m not running Boston this year, and will probably never have the privilege to run it again, I’m very excited for my running friends who are in Boston preparing to race this morning, especially those running it for the first time! Please join me in wishing them an amazing fun-filled race! My advice […]
Today’s Broadlands Community Church 5K (BCC 5K) recap is as much about friendship as it is about a race, and it all started with a shirt. But first, let’s talk about the race….. One of my clients ran in a local low-keyed community race in 2011, and was so excited to get a really nice […]
100 races – that’s got a nice ring to it! The Valentine’s Day =PR= Race Series For The Love Of It 10K was my 100th race. Before you get too impressed, I ran my first race in 1980, and just happened to have all of my race info squirreled away on lists, in a scrapbook, […]
Last year I ran my first Run With Santa 5K in softly falling snow, and couldn’t have been happier! Just before the race started, snow started falling and it snowed throughout the entire race. It was glorious, and I dreamed of a repeat this year. The day before this year’s race brought pouring rain to […]
I have a tradition of running several miles in the early hours of Thanksgiving morning before running in the Ashburn Farm Thanksgiving Day 5K; however, this year Mother Nature had other plans. It snowed most of the day on Wednesday, and even though the main roads were fine, the side roads and trails were still […]
I first met Ellie at Miles’ Pancake Run in June, but had the opportunity to get to know her a little bit better at Julie’s bridal shower, bachelorette party, and then the wedding when Ellie was one of Julie’s bridesmaids. Ellie and Julie ran track together in high school, have stayed close friends, and ran […]
After a summer of very serious training, our big day finally arrived, and the 2nd Annual Hokie Half Marathon was upon us! Soon after getting up, I drank two large glasses of water, ate a banana, 1/4 of a bagel with a very thin layer of peanut butter, and a few homemade sweet potato fries. […]
My first race of any distance was the DC Road Runners’ National Capital 20 Miler. My marathon training was at the mercy of my friend Miles, and he suggested that running a 20-mile race a month before the Marine Corps Marathon would be a great way for me to gauge how prepared I was for […]
If you’re joining my Ragnar DC party late, you can catch up by clicking on Part 1 and Part 2, to read my two previous posts. I left off with Van 2 heading to The Creamery at Exchange 18 in hopes of getting some sleep while we waited for Van 1 to run their legs. […]
Picking right up where I left off yesterday in my Ragnar DC recap, today’s post will be all about Van 2’s first set of legs. If you remember Ravi (from Van 1) had just handed the slap bracelet off to Candy, and Van 2 was in hot pursuit! We caught up with Candy as she […]
I really don’t know where to start… How do you sum up such an incredibly amazing weekend in one short blog post? You don’t… Way back in early April when I registered our team for Ragnar DC, I picked Runner 8 because it seemed like the hardest position overall. Runner 8 seemed to have a […]
I hope you like lots of pictures, because today’s 2014 Leesburg 20K recap is chock-full of them! Proceeds from today’s race benefited the YMCA of Loudoun County’s youth programs, and it’s always nice to run a race that benefits something I find important. I ran this race back in 2004, and I can’t believe that […]
Today’s post was written by my fun and crazy Moms RUN This Town friend, Erin. She and Amanda ran in the Ragnar/Pacers Mini-Relay (sponsored by Brooks Running) on Saturday evening and I’m seriously regretting not letting them talk me into joining them! Without further ado, here’s Erin’s recap… A few weeks ago, Pacers (a DC […]
On Thursday I picked up my race packet for the Firecracker 5K in Reston Town Center. Packet pick-up was at Potomac River Running and I got in and out in a breeze! Since last year’s shirt was a little tight, I ordered a medium this year and it fits perfectly. The color is a […]
When running a 5K, I’m running hard and food isn’t the first thing on my mind when I finish. If you remember, I hung around the finish line of The Fit Foodie 5K taking pictures and cheering in my friends, which gave me a chance to cool down and work up an appetite. A big […]
I woke up Saturday morning hearing the pitter-patter of rain on the skylights in our bedroom. I got dressed, drank plenty of water, ate a banana with some peanut butter on it, and packed my car with my racing essentials. My friend Erin met me at our house and we took off in the rain […]
