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Race Report: Seabrook Lucky Trail Challenge

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[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text use_border_color=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.19.9″] When I sat down over Christmas break to plot out my January – May training for Comrades, I came across the Seabrook Lucky Trail Challenge.  This event requires a marathon on Saturday followed by a half marathon on Sunday.  Bingo! The arrangement …

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Decker Challenge Race Report

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Race Report: Run Free Texas 80s 8K

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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] A Plan To Start Running I revealed a few weeks ago my plan to start running again regularly.  That time arrived yesterday! As the first race in the Austin Distance Challenge, the Run Free Texas 80s 8K offered a festive kick-off atmosphere.  My favorite tunes …

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Comrades Update: Post-race Redux

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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Here for my 2016 Comrades story?  Make sure you first read the Getting to the Starting Line and Race Report posts! Crossing the finish line of Comrades, I was elated and exhausted. I spied my husband, and I leaned in for a super sweaty hug.  He gamely complied, and I …

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Comrades RACE REPORT

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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Read the preamble post Getting to the Comrades Starting Line to get the full understanding of the traditions and emotions leading up to the start of the race itself.  Then come back here for the Comrades Race Report. Comrades.  Time to do what we came …

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Comrades Update: Getting to the Starting Line

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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] I had two goals going in to Comrades: 1) Finish. 2) Feel not completely terrible doing so. I’m here to tell you, I achieved 1 1/2 of those goals. If we start the story from when I awoke on race day, that’s really when I went …

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Comrades Update: Cowtown 50K Race Report

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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]   Running two 50K races in four weeks seemed like a good idea when I was plotting out my Comrades training plan last autumn.  I survived the first 50K in Waco at the Miracle Match Ultramarathon at end of January.  My training throughout February went well, but I started to …

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