Jan 16, 2014 | Polar Lunacy, Running
I know, I know, I owe y’all a post about the Polar Night Half, but between Norway, Sweden, and Denmark and now Disneyland, I haven’t had a moment to breathe, nonetheless look at photos and post a blog! It was awesome; I’ll post more later.
What I really wanted to stick up here was a little thing that has been floating around me head lately. What I learned about and from running in 2013….
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Dec 31, 2013 | Polar Lunacy, Running, Travel
It’s just past 5 a.m. here in Oslo and I’m itching to go for a run. I’m also tapering, which I don’t normally do before a half. I’ve also been traveling so much. Thanks to an insanely long layover in London, it took 26 hours to get to Oslo from Seattle. I lost even more time because of the time change.
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Dec 13, 2013 | Polar Lunacy, Running
That exact blog title has been circling my head over recent weeks. I’m slow. I know I’m slow. I keep getting slower. I’m so slow right now that my qualifying times for runDisney are currently over two years old.
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Oct 17, 2013 | Polar Lunacy, Running, Team Challenge
….yes, I know, it’s been a while. I have been absolutely swamped with work, running, and, well, work. It feels like I work more hours than I have available. I know you’re supposed to find the time to do whatever your heart desires, but sometimes that just doesn’t happen.
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Aug 18, 2013 | #runDisney, Polar Lunacy, Running
This isn’t so much as a race recap as a progress report. I ended Friday with a sore throat and a stuffed up nose–a cold–so Saturday I was a little unfocused. I forgot to take a single photo. I had a goal when I arrived at the winery, run a 1:20. I did that, exactly.
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Aug 1, 2013 | Polar Lunacy, Running, Team Challenge
It’s August 1. And I went for a run. Sort of. I ran 1 minute and walked 1 minute, for three miles or so. It was okay.
- Weight: 148.8
- Pace: 14:20
- Pain: Minimal
- Days to Polar Night 1/2: 154
- Days to next Race: 8
It can only get better.
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