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half-marathon

  • Six Word Story: Accomplishment

    Thirteen miles, and no foot pain. This post was written in response to the Sometimes Stellar Storyteller’s Six Word Story Challenge. It is a true story, actually. In 2013 I tried that same race and at halfway I was struggling to decide if I’d call my husband to pick me up because I could barely step Read more

  • Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge – Signs

    Ok, we get the priorities in this one: But what if we add this little guy here to the equation? Then anyone else just runs???   Talking about running, this one was very properly placed along the route of a half-marathon, with a sofa right behind it for the proposed nap… ;o) This post was written Read more

  • Proud to have finished or stupid for pushing too hard?

    Last Saturday I had my second Half Marathon ever. It was much tougher than the first one, in spite of the awesome sunny but cool weather, compared to the rain and cold of the first one. And I know exactly what made it tougher. Ambition! Because I pushed my body more than I should have. In 2011, I had Read more

  • Pre-race expectation

    What a better way to start a blog than in the night before my second half-marathon. I like to walk and I have been participating in smaller races for the past 2 and a half years. Tomorrow morning I’ll be participating at the 2013 Lake Sammamish Half-Marathon. The first one I did was about a Read more