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Earlier this week I started stalking the Run With Santa 5K website when I saw the messy weather coming across the country with an ETA in the DC area on Sunday morning about the time the race was to start. This is what I found… And then last night Weather Bug had this […]
It was this weekend two years ago today that the infamous Hot Chocolate 15K came to the DC area. Running and chocolate… two of favorite things; so how could I not sign up for this race? We had seven Cruisers sign up, so we decided to spend the night before in Alexandria, just across the […]
In honor of today’s 24th running of the North Central Rail Trail Marathon in Sparks Glencoe, Maryland (somewhere near Baltimore), I’m recapping Miles‘ and my 1998 race. The race is pretty small with less than 500 runners (I think there were closer to 300 runners when we ran it). It’s run on an old railroad […]
Yesterday’s race was the first time ever that I had a DNF (did not finish)… It was for a very good reason though, and if you stay with me for a few minutes, you’ll see why! Last week Bill and I signed up for the 20th Annual Ashburn Farm 10K, a race that we’ve run […]
Since today is packet pick-up for the Ashburn Farm Thanksgiving Day 2K/5K/10K, I thought I’d write a recap of the previous years that Bill and I have run in this local Thanksgiving morning turkey trot. We estimate that we’ve run the race about 10-15 times, and some of our friends have run it every year. […]
In honor of today’s 50th running of the JFK 50 Miler, I’m recapping my race from 1997. Here’s just a tiny bit of history on how the race got started 50 years ago… In 1963, the race was just one of many 50-mile races started as an initiative by our president to get the country […]
You guys seem to enjoy my recaps from races I ran long before I started blogging, and I love having one place that I can put all of my pictures and thoughts on those races together, so I’m going to keep sharing these with you. Today I’m recapping the five years that Bill and I […]
In honor of today’s 36th running of the Richmond Marathon, I’m recapping my 2011 Richmond adventure; the good, the bad, and the ugly… As soon as Bill and I registered for the race, I ordered these shirts for us just because I loved what it said on front! It’s still one of my favorite race […]
As promised in early October, I was able to convince my Cruiser bestie Beth that my readers would love to relive her 2011 New York City Marathon race experience with her in celebration of today’s running of the marathon. Without further ado, here is Beth’s forth guest post on Deb Runs. Today is the 43rd […]
Today is the 38th running of the Marine Corps Marathon, and I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all of my friends running in this terrific race a fun and successful day. I’ve run this race ten times over the years and it holds a special place in my heart as my very first […]
Today is the 18th Annual running of the Steamtown Marathon in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Good luck to any of my readers who are running this great race today! I decided to run my first Steamtown Marathon in 1999 after reading that Runner’s World listed it as one of the nation’s top ten fastest marathons. Take a look […]
Today is the 13th running of the Baltimore Marathon, so I thought I would write a race recap of the first five years of the race since Bill and I ran all five of those years. The inaugural race in 2001 had packet pick-up on race morning so Bill and I arrived bright and early […]
If you remember on Thursday I wrote So Many Races, So Little Time where I lamented that there were three races in one weekend, and I wanted to run them all, especially the Dulles Day on the Runway 5K! Four Cruisers ran the race and Jessica agreed to do a guest post for me! Thank […]
Why was I so happy at 5:30 in the morning? The day I’d been waiting for since April was finally here, that’s why! And I’d just checked the temperature for the 7 AM race start, and it couldn’t have been more perfect! Everyone in our group had snagged Lot A parking passes (the lot closest […]
Yesterday’s Cruisers’ W&OD Trail 45-Miler Ultra Marathon was a huge success and I’m pretty sure that everyone who participated had a good time! I’m sending out a huge thank you to everyone who helped me pull off this event with such great success! Here’s a little history that I haven’t shared with you on why I decided […]
As the Cruisers are approaching our W&OD Trail 45-Mile Ultramarathon Training Run on Sunday, I thought that today would be an excellent day to do a race recap for my one, and only, JFK 50-Mile Run. You’ll be able to tell by the running attire that this race was many years ago. Why, oh why, […]
Happy Fourth of July! We started our morning off with a BANG by running in the =PR= Potomac River Running Firecracker 5K. They do things right, and today’s race didn’t disappoint! The following quote is from the race web site: This is a wonderful opportunity to give thanks and show your support to our local […]
Today was the third annual Virginia Wine Country Half-Marathon, and my third time running it! The Cruisers met this morning at Doukenie Winery for the race and our mandatory pre-race picture. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find Vamshi or Amit before the race. Little country roads lead to the winery and with so many runners trying to […]
Yesterday I recapped the 2011 Virginia Wine Country Half-Marathon and promised to give you a review of the 2012 race today. If you remember, I injured my back in early February of 2012 and couldn’t run for the rest of February through most of April. I started going out for walks in early April and […]
On Saturday, eleven Cruisers will be running in Destination Races’ Virginia Wine Country Half Marathon. The course runs through the beautiful countryside of Loudoun County and we couldn’t resist giving it a try in 2011, the first year it was produced. We even put together a team, and despite thinking we wouldn’t be particularly competitive, we […]
