So it’s done! The Flower City Half Marathon has been run. By me. And 2,364 other people too. Pre-Race My day started dark and early around 5 AM. I spent the early morning hours puttering around the house getting ready to go – putting together things for Zak, the kids and my mom who would …
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Less than 12 hours until Flower City Half Marathon! I felt more excited about the race today than I have all week – the day almost here! Workouts The Week Before a Race I ran Monday and Tuesday this week (5.75 and 4 miles respectively) and 40 minute bike rides on Wednesday and Friday, 8 …
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The Flower City Half Marathon is one week from today. Like most runners right now, I’m feeling pretty nostalgic about the sport of running in light of what’s happened in Boston over the past week here. I’ve had this post in the works for a while, but my running woes and sore toes suddenly felt …
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Coffee pot, blender, coconut oil, cream… what are we making today? We’re making coconut oil coffee! No, I have not lost my mind. Yes, I realize coconut oil in coffee might sound crazy, but it’s good! You won’t believe it until you try it. I sure didn’t. I’d heard (read) about people putting coconut oil …
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This smoothie looked really good and chocolate-y, until I added two handfuls of spinach to it. Then it looked a bit closer in color to a pair of combat fatigues than a delicious chocolate drink. Oh well. Drink up, soldier! I gave the juicer a break today and made a green (brown) smoothie instead. Today’s …
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A few days ago I started to notice that I was getting a cold. Fortunately, it never turned into a full fledged cold (special thanks to my bag of tricks for when I feel a cold coming on!) but I was definitely not feeling like my usual self on on Thursday night, Friday and into Saturday. …
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Greens To Go. Thank you Daylight Savings Time for NOT SAVING ME ANY TIME AT ALL. OK, that’s not true. I had plenty of time for breakfast this morning, I just ran out of time. This is why God invented Travel Mugs. For people like me who continue to underestimate how long it will take …
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Do you know the best thing about running on cold and dreary days? It makes running on the sunny days that much brighter. (I know that sounds corny but it’s true!) My weekend long run for Week 4 of half marathon training was seven miles. It was 30-something degrees and I wore all my usual …
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Let’s say you want to run a half marathon, but you take a look at a couple training programs and you’re worried that you don’t have time to commit to every single run prescribed in the plan or if you’re really going to be able to keep going through all these snow filled days. This …
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The Flower City Half Marathon here in Rochester is twelve weeks away. I haven’t officially signed up for this race yet – but I unofficially signed up in my head yesterday, and that totally counts. A Spring Kick in Your Pants Having a race on the calendar can be a great way to stay motivated to get out …
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