I didn’t get any good pictures at the Health and Fitness Expo last night. There wasn’t anything that was particularly interesting.
When I got home and opened the goody bags, Cooper took one look at Sarah’s race shirt, in neon yellow, and decided he wanted to race tonight! So, I’ll be headed back to the [...]
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Now Cooper Wants to Race!
Two Days Till Race Day!
I’m so excited! Race day is almost here. This morning, I did my last run prior to the race. Of course, I’m counting Friday night as part of the race, too. What’s that? You don’t know about Friday night? Well, that’s probably because I haven’t written about it.
Friday night at 7:00 PM is the Richmond Times Dispatch Kids [...]
17 Days left! Almost Time to Taper
I’m not really looking forward to the next phase in my training. The taper. The taper is when I should taper off my training and not run as far, or as fast, or as often. This is what I’ll be doing for the last two weeks before the half-marathon. The goal of the taper is [...]
Cold Running: Gloves Make the Difference
photo credit: Seb….
Monday morning, I set out to run and it was about 35 degrees outside. I’ve never run when it was that cold. I layered up with long pants, long sleeve tech shirt, sweat shirt and a stocking cap. I didn’t find any gloves the first time I looked, so I went out [...]