This year celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Marine Corps Marathon. I was thrilled when I got into the Marine Corps 17.75k earlier this year because I knew that if I finished that race, I would earn the right to run the MCM, my home marathon. I’d been looking forward to this race for months […]
Wineglass Marathon Recap
The Wineglass Marathon was one of the best races I’ve ever run and I had such an incredible experience that this race recap is going to be tough to cut down to a reasonable length. I’ll do my best. You might recall that I was planning on using the Wineglass Marathon as a training run […]
Wineglass Marathon Goals
The first of my two marathons is coming up this weekend and I’m excited. I chose Wineglass because it looks like a beautiful course and it’s in an area I have never experienced before. I’ve never been to the Finger Lakes region of New York and thought the race would be a good reason to […]
August Marathon Training Update
Marine Corps Marathon is less than two months away and I’m just five weeks out from the Wineglass Marathon. I’m at the point where things are definitely “real” so to speak. These marathons are happening and they’ll be happening in no time! With less than two months to go to my goal race, I wanted […]
MCM Training Recap + the Weekend Update
This week, I’m combining my training recap into a weekend update post and linking up with Tara over at Running n Reading for her Weekend Update link up. I am finally home and it feels good! I will be in town for the next 2.5 weeks before my next trip. This past week was really jam packed […]
4 Reasons to Run a Marathon + 1 Reason NOT to!
If it seems like everyone around you is running a marathon, that’s because…they are! According to Running USA, there were 232,600 women (including me!) that finished a marathon last year. Participation in marathons is at a record high, and numbers will likely continue to grow. If you have been thinking about joining the masses and […]
National Running Day 2015 – 5 Marathon Training Mistakes
I already talked about a few things I love about running. For this Friday Five honoring National Running Day, I’m going to share five mistakes I made when I trained for my first marathon. There were many more but I’m going to stick to just five today. Speaking of marathons, I finally solidified my training […]
How to Train with a Loved One
This post first appeared on Women’s Running, but as people get into their training seasons, I thought it was worth sharing it here as well. 🙂 I probably should’ve read a post on how to train with a loved one before K and I decided to “train together” last summer. And yes, the quotation marks […]
Guest Post: The Marathon is About More
Editor’s note: I am off on my honeymoon and have some amazing guest posts lined up for you guys. Today, Elena from LiveDoGrow is sharing about how the marathon is about more than just finishing. I love this post and know you will as well! As the encouraging Marine placed the heavy metal around my neck, the […]