marathon
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A Marathon in 2014
Ever since I ran my second marathon, the Vermont City Marathon last year, I’ve been thinking about which race will be my next marathon. Originally I had hoped to run the Rock n Roll Seattle Marathon, but those plans fell through, unfortunately. A few weeks ago, I got to see my friend Meg. She and I had run the Diva’s half marathon back in 2011. She had been wanting to run a full marathon for a while, and told me she wanted to run the 2014 Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, DC. Well, that had me sold. As one of the largest marathons in country, the MCM is on my…
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2014 Race Goals
I can’t believe that 2013 is almost over! It was pretty exciting on the racing front, though, I must say. I ran my second full marathon, the Vermont City Marathon, back in May. Even through it rained almost the whole race, it was still a great experience, and I set a PR! I also started hiking in 2013 and hiked 6 out of 46 Adirondack high peaks! I love running, but nothing can compare to the feeling of reaching a summit with views like this after a grueling climb up to the top. At the summit of my first high peak, Cascade, in August 2013. I also ran my first…
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A Special Race
Sunday is the Mohawk Hudson River Half Marathon (and full marathon). This race has a special place in my heart since it was my very first half marathon three years ago today. I ran it on 10.10.10 and I knew that was a sign! This year it will be my 10th half marathon. This race opened the doors for me to long distance running. At the time I couldn’t believe I was running 13.1 miles. Back then I never though I’d run a full marathon, let alone two of them. I’ve achieved things I never though possible, met some amazing people, and found things within myself I never knew existed.…
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More Burlington Highlights
So, on Sunday after the marathon, we showered and changed. Then Loretta, Tina (Loretta’s relay partner) and I went to the Magic Hat Brewery in South Burlington. They had a lot of cool merchandise and were letting us sample four of their beers. We each got a punch card for the sampler. The samples were free, we just had to tip the bartender. The Elder Betty, one of their summer beers, was my favorite! There weren’t any tours on Sunday, but we got to go look around at the factory from above. I kind of wish we could have had a pint of beer or two, but the samples were…
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Vermont City Marathon
I can’t believe race weekend is over! It went by way too fast. Race day started Sunday morning, with my alarm set up for 5:30AM, which isn’t too early considering I usually get up around 6AM. 😉 Loretta, my roomie for the weekend, (she was running the marathon relay!) and I got ready, ate breakfast (I brought cereal and soy milk to eat before the race) and got a bus from the hotel down to the starting line (about a 15 minute ride), so we got down to the start area 1 hour before the race started. I was getting bummed because it was already pouring and my shoes got…
