Category: running

Race #1715k #562019 Race #152019 5k #3Palmetto Dunes Turtle Trot 5k #2 I signed up for this race as a way to get in a race in August, nothing more. In the south, races in August are few and far between so I will take what I can get. I knew that I would have…

Race #170Half Marathon #592019 Race #142019 Half Marathon #8International Race #3Zermatt Half Marathon #1 When I first started planning this trip, I thought about running the ultra. After all, I had thought about a stage race to begin with and this would be my first ultra, up a mountain no less. Thankfully, sanity prevailed and…

Race #169 Mile #1 2019 Race #13 Milliman “Moose” Mile #1 Short and sweet. That’s the mile, although not so much the sweet. Sweat perhaps, not sweet. I found this race while looking for possible alternatives for a June race after I decided not to run Sunrise. (At that point, I still planned to run…

Obviously, running forms a crucial part of my life. I fell in love with it almost nine years ago and have not looked back since. For many years I chased the allure of “faster.” I hired a coach, completed the speedwork as ordered, and obsessed over every twinge, or sore muscle, coming tantalizingly close to…

Race #168 Half Marathon #58 2019 Race #12 2019 Half Marathon #7 North Carolina Half Marathon #8 Downhill at Dawn Half Marathon #1 I registered for this race in early March, shortly after deciding to volunteer as a chaperone for the band and orchestra Carowinds trip rather than run the Mountains to Main Street Half…

Race #167 Half Marathon #57 2019 Race #11 2019 Half Marathon #6 South Carolina Half Marathon #43 King’s Mountain Half Marathon #1 Originally I thought about running a 5 miler that is part of a local trail series. However, I could never find where to register for this race. I have a thing for half…

Race #166 10k #13 2019 Race #10 2019 10k #1 Reedy River 10k #6 When registering for this race and the Greenville News Run Downtown 5k – they come as a package deal for a discount – I decided to adjust my spring break vacation to make sure that I returned in time to run.…

Race #165 Half Marathon #56 2019 Race #9 2019 Half Marathon #5 State #4 Salt Lake City Half Marathon #1 So…I don’t normally take this long to get up race recaps but…this trip has been an amazing whirlwind and this is the first opportunity I have had to sit down and compose this post. We…

Race #164 5k #55 2019 Race #8 2019 5k #2 A Hero’s 5k #4 After running the race a third time two years ago, I had no intention of running it again. I did not even register for the race until the beginning of this week. Several weeks ago, AnnaRose texted me and asked if…

Race #163 Half Marathon #55 2019 Race #7 South Carolina Half Marathon #42 2019 Half Marathon #4 City of Seneca Half Marathon #1 I have a feeling that 2019 will go down as the year of the half marathons. It is, hands down, my favorite race distance, something challenging yet not too challenging that I…