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I'll be so stylish at work in my dresses and running shoes.

Did not start. Times three. It was in the second half of a horrible half marathon last month that I began to wonder if something was wrong. Horrible pain in the center of my left ankle, shooting up my leg. Limping. Hurting. Mental anguish. And now, more mental anguish. Today one of my fears became [...]

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Here are some of my favorite and most popular posts: I can’t be the only one… Exercise and Underwear: Decisions, Decisions Amy’s 36 Rules for Running a Ragnar Relay Health Update: Lazy Stomach Warrior Dash Bikram Yoga: What was I thinking? Setting up intervals for speed work on Garmin 305 Forerunner

Race Recap: Rock ‘n Sole Quarter Marathon *PR

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All week long I was nervous about this race. I have only ran once (maybe twice) since RAGNAR two weeks ago. I had a charlie horse during that race and couldn’t finish my last leg. I’m recovering from a quad strain. I moved last weekend. Blah Blah Blah. I knew I wasn’t going to skip [...]

Amy’s 36 Rules for Running a Ragnar Relay

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  I’m writing this post not only for my own benefit, but also for any of you Ragnar Relay virgins. There’s a few things you should know, that I didn’t know or didn’t want to believe going into the Madison to Chicago Ragnar Relay last summer. Amy’s 36 Rules for Running a Ragnar Relay*: 1. Get [...]

Suck it, quad

If you follow me on Twitter or Dailymile, you know that I haven’t done much running in the past couple of weeks. I’ve been going crazy with this whole not running thing. My chiropractor thinks it might have been a microtear or quad strain… and we’ve pinpointed it to an “easy” 4 mile run that [...]

Planning to train for a marathon

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I know that training for a marathon will be exhausting. But planning the training makes me want to puke. A week after registering for the Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon, I slipped on the ice and threw out my back. I finally got permission to start running 1-2 miles a couple times a week and then Friday [...]