Tag: running
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Houston Half Marathon 2017 & WHAT Sandwiches?!
I admit, I was really not looking forward to the 2017 Aramco Houston Half Marathon. Though I had signed up enthusiastically the same day that I ran the year prior and Mark was pumped up and excited for the Chevron Houston Marathon, I was dreading it. Year after year, I’ve been undertrained for this race. Now that […]
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Race Report: Katy Triathlon at Firethorne 2015
This past Sunday, Mark and I did our first triathlon as a couple, Katy Triathlon at Firethorne. This race only had a sprint distance course, and it seemed a lot smaller than the race I did two weeks ago, Towne Lake Tri. This was the first race I’ve done where the start line was in the […]
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His and Hers Printable Triathlon Checklists
A couple of weekends ago, when I completed the Towne Lake Triathlon in Cypress, Texas, Mark came along to cheer me on. He’s done ten marathons since we first began dating, and as long as I wasn’t participating in another way, I cheered him on during his race. I’ve signed up for less races, but he’s […]
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Back at it! Towne Lake Triathlon 2015
I’ve spoken before about what led me to triathlon, and the mistakes I made in training for my first half-iron distance race. If you read the post, you might understand why I had some reluctance to start up again. The goal has always been the same, though: complete an Ironman before I turn 30. It seemed […]
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Can I run a half marathon with a fever? With the flu?
These are the questions that I found myself facing Saturday and Sunday. After two days of having a sore throat I attributed to my overzealous use of a space heater, I found myself, on Saturday, a tad hung over and all the way miserable. I could barely keep my eyes open, my throat was in […]
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So, Your Friend is Running a Marathon: 11 Tips for Marathon Spectating
A friend of mine is running her first marathon this weekend at the Chevron Houston Marathon. I’m SO excited for her, and she sent me a text the other day asking if I had any suggestions for her boyfriend, who will be spectating. Well, YES. Mark and I have been marathoners our entire relationship (though […]
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2015 is my year of YES.
It’s my year to commit myself to my highest values and say YES to the things that fall in line with those.
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What to NOT do for your first 70.3
Just like running marathons, triathlon is something that found me. After my first race, (formerly) Livestrong Austin Marathon, I knew only one other person who had completed a race of that distance and was still very alone in my new interest. At 22, that wasn’t something on my peer group’s radar. Friends and family began to ask me, […]
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Metro PCS Dallas Marathon and Half Marathon 2014
On Saturday, we gathered with three of our closest friends and trekked from Houston to Dallas for the Metro PCS Dallas Marathon and Half Marathon. I’ve been to Dallas more than a couple of times in my life, and well, it’s Dallas. So I don’t have nearly as much to say as I did about the Marine […]
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Thankful.
Never am I a stranger to gratitude, but still, this past week that surrounded Thanksgiving precisely encompassed all that I am currently most thankful for. On Monday, I spent my day creating crafts and keeping the calm with preschoolers at the local Women’s Shelter as they prepared for a special family meal with their mothers. Directly […]
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