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1,000 miles in 2012
I secretly had a goal in January 2012….to run 1,000 miles for the whole year. In the beginning of 2012 I knew I wanted to run a marathon, but in March I went ahead and signed up for one. Goal completed. And with marathon training came high mileage (for me). I ran a 35 mile week during marathon training, which was peak for me..who was used to running around 15-20 miles average. That’s a lot of miles for me, especially because I’m injury prone. Thankfully I didn’t have to deal with any nagging injuries during training! However, now December is upon us and I’m only 13 miles away from my…
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Virtual Turkey Trot and Thanksgiving Dinner
Happy belated Thanksgiving! I hope everyone had a great turkey day! I know mine was nice. I started off the morning with my own turkey trot since I wasn’t running any local races this year. It was a nice little 9 mile loop I also like to call the loop of death because of some monstrous hills. I ran this route a lot during marathon training to get me ready for the race. Its peaceful but the hills are killer–they never get easier. The run was tough, but I finished it with an average pace of 10:29…I was aiming for 10 minute mile but the hills just slow me down!…