Shhhhh I actually enjoyed a run
I am not training very well or very hard for the Tinkerbell Half. Life has gotten in the way. I am getting a few miles in when I can and when it's not ice raining. I know I should suck it up and run in the rain, as I live in Seattle, but it's 36 degrees. But a couple...
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Las Vegas RnR 2.0
This update is long overdue. I'll start the story quick. I ran the Disney Dine & Wine Half with the flu. Don't do that. Don't ever do that. I survived. It didn't feel good. I was sick for, oh, three weeks....and that brings us to Las Vegas. I spent a couple days...
read moreAnother slow one….
I'll write a full recap later, but this was another slow finish--3:08. I expected it. I haven't run hardly at all since the Dine & Wine. It took me a while to get over the flu, and it was raining hard lately in Seattle. The last thing I wanted was to get sick again or...
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T’was the night before….
...I leave for Vegas tomorrow afternoon. I'll be spending a couple days in Zion National Park with KH before meeting the team in Vegas. Having been slow fully recovering from the flu, I haven't been training much, so I don't expect a major time improvement. I have...
read moreJust $75 away
I am just $75 away from raising $10,000 for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation through my Team Challenge fundraising and training! That's amazing. It's also just 3 $25 donations or 6 $13.10 donations (that's just $1 for every mile I'll be running in Vegas!)...
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Stocking Stuffer: Road ID
Road ID is one of those stocking stuffers that a runner will love but probably wouldn't buy themselves. Not that they/you shouldn't. You should. But it's one of those things we don't normally think about. Kind of like carrying an ID in the first place. There's a whole...
read moreUgh
In case anyone ever tells you its okay to run a 1.2 marathon with the flu, it probably isn't going to kill you, but I definitely don't recommend it if you have another 1/2 marathon to run three weeks later. It's 10 days since my first symptoms (and the 1/2) and while...
read more10 Days to Vegas
My 16-week training program flew by this year and I'm just 10 days away from heading to Vegas to run on December 2. While running the strip at night is an amazing experience; what is more amazing is the support I've received from so many of you. Your donations and...
read moreLe Mops Shows off the Wine and Dine Medal
Le Mops Shows off my Wine and Dine Medal This medal is much heavier than the Rock n Roll medal from Vegas last year. Le Mops did not like this at all.
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runDisney’s Wine and Dine Half
After my first 1/2 marathon last year in Vegas caused the blogosphere/twitterverse/commenttrollers to erupt into a sea of complaints about mismanagement, course crowding, walkers blocking runners and other nonsense, I fully expected every other race I'm ever in to be...
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Running through Disney
Did another short run through Saratoga Springs Resort today. Yesterday's was much better; today the heat and a tinge of dehydration made it not great. We did plenty of walking yesterday at Epcot for Food and Wine so I'm sure that didn't help. Last night, we headed to...
read more$2,500 to go and Disneyworld
When I set out to raise $10,000 this year for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation through Team Challenge, I set mini goals. I'm happy to say that I met each of this goals so far, with the last being $7,500 by the main fundraising deadline....
read moreVIP
I'm $900 away from VIP right now for Team Challenge Las Vegas Rock N Roll 1/2 Marathon!!!! Just $900. I'd love some help. http://active.com/donate/seaLV12/kmacris
read moreMy mom as a lab rat: Why I am Fundraising for CCFA
I've blathered on about my training and my fundraising, (updated 2013 link) but I feel like I haven't really focused on why I am doing it again this year. A few days ago, my mother wrote this on her page: "Donate Donate Donate. Help find a cure. I don't like being a...
read moreCalf Pain
I've reached that point in my training when I no longer have ridiculous calf pain after a run, especially a long run. I can walk up and down stairs just fine. I can go running again the next day should I feel like it. It's a great feeling. Having taken 7ish-plus...
read more13 miles done
I am running my first of three 1/2 marathons this season on November 10, which is just a couple days before the fundraising deadline for Vegas on December 2. http://www.active.com/donate/seaLV12/kmacris Yesterday, I ran just over 13 miles (thanks to a late turn...
read more13 Miiles
After running 13 miles in the rain, wind and hail (it started around mile 7, just after the turnaround), you smile creepily lie this.
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13 miles
After running 13 miles in the rain, wind and hail (it started around mile 7, just after the turnaround), you smile creepily like this.
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