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New Years Day 5K Recap

January 2, 2014 I hope everyone had a nice New Years! A snippet from yesterday…my friend Debbie decorated her wine glasses with wine glass markers-they wash off too!  Isn’t that a cute idea? So I’ve been itching to run a 5K since I ran the SOME Trot for Hunger 5K in November. Knowing there would be races on New Year’s Day, I used Run Washington’s website to search for a 5K.  Having run Potomac River Running’s Perfect 10K (or 10…

New Lists, New Goals, New Year-2014

December 31, 2013  Happy New Years Eve! I will be spending the evening with friends in Arlington, Virginia (dinner and back to an apartment to ring in 2014). I love making lists and setting goals! Because I was a good b-school student, I tried to make my 2014 goals S.M.A.R.T (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely).  Here they are: Running  Track my weekly mileage Follow a training plan (include speedwork, intervals, hills) Capture/record race splits Create “A”, “B”, and “C”…

Friday Five-Favorite Travel Photos of 2013

December 27, 2013 My first (and last) Friday Five…in 2013 that is!  I really enjoy the weeks leading up to the New Year-it is a time spent on reflection, goal setting and of course family time.  When I first shared my blog with my cousin (and avid reader!), she liked that I incorporated my travels into my posts (you mean running isn’t 24/7? :) ) Here are my favorite five travel photos from 2013: 1. Frenchmen Street, New Orleans, Louisiana…

Year in Review – 2013 Running by the Numbers

Merry Christmas Eve and Happy Holidays! 2013 has been a pretty good year - both professionally and personally. Because of work I was able to travel (and run) A TON and visit several friends along the way.  I am very happy with how my running and fitness level has progressed since the beginning of the year.  Now for the fun part, my 2013 Year in Running Review: Running by the Numbers Having worked in the finance industry and gone to…

Healdsburg Wine Country Half Race Recap-Part 1

As you may recall, a few weeks ago, I attended the Sonoma wedding of my two friends, Sean and Brittany.  As I was planning my trip (lesson learned from Vancouver), I had an inkling that I would not be running the NYC Marathon.  I thought.. RUNCATION….why not? I started researching and saw that the Healdsburg Wine Country Half Marathon would be held the morning of the wedding (this is not to be confused with the Healdsburg Half Marathon, which is…