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A running and training blog by Andrea Hill (formerly runlikeagrrl on livejournal)
Yesterday I scored a big PR at the Rock n Roll Arizona Half Marathon: I shaved over 3 minutes off my previous best, which was set in 2006.
I don’t remember exactly when I decided to sign up for the half, it was a few months ago when I thought that would be the incentive for [...]
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After dozens of these race reports, this one is truly special. This wasn’t about my training, my nutrition, my pace, my experience. This was different.
On Dec 5, 2009, I ran the California International Marathon with my Mom, who chose to celebrate turning 60 with taking the marathon challenge!
My Mom has run several half marathons: [...]
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This race report is a long time in coming: I completed the Boston marathon 5 months ago, and have run 3 marathons since then! But I felt guilty not having a race report to refer to, so here goes.
I generally enjoy writing race reports: why was this different? Boston was different this year: and [...]
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I didn’t plan to run a marathon this September, it just happened.
Indeed, through June and July, I thought I was over this running stuff. Yes, the excitement of Pikes Peak got my interest in running sparked up again, but I logged a mere 60 miles in August, including the marathon!
But when my old [...]
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The Pikes Peak Marathon holds the marketing tag “America’s Ultimate Challenge” -it is truly a race unlike any I’d done before. In order to prepare for it, I spent several Sunday mornings driving over an hour to Manitou Springs to meet up with the Incline Club and train on the mountain. In June, there was [...]
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There was something special about the Steamboat Springs marathon; it was to be my 25th race of 26.2 miles or better, and I had been hearing about the race for years. For some reason, a friend had consistently referred to the Steamtown marathon as Steamboat. So when I moved to Colorado and had the opportunity [...]
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At mile 21 of the Rock and Roll Arizona Marathon last month, I decided to return to Ohio to run the Last Chance for Boston Marathon in February. Since that time, however, my training had been lacking. I considered running the half marathon with Meredith, but when she set her sights on a 1:37, I [...]
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So.. no need for me to book a ticket to the Big Apple for November…
With that out of the way.. let me just say that the same poor luck I had en route to the airport the other day continued, with my garmin (which I’d plugged in last night) die just as I turned it [...]
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It’s 1pm on January 1st, and I’ve already run my first race of 2009!
Yesterday afternoon I heard of a race out in Colorado Springs today, and decided it was a good way to get my miles in. The description sounded lovely:
The 10K course is a combination out-and-back and loop course, and is on paved roads, [...]
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Today’s race was intended to be “rehearsal” for my January marathon. I did my best to treat it as such: had my pasta last night, set out my clothing (both for the race as well as to change into afterwards), and had a quiet night.
I arose at 5:45, because the race was in Pueblo, [...]
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