No Fools At The Ultimate Coffee Date Link Up

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Coco

No foolin’, it’s time for the Ultimate Coffee Date Link Up! Join us as we imagine we are getting together for coffee (or tea, or your favorite relaxing beverage), and share what’s going on in our lives. It’s a chance to get to know each other better and support each other in all our endeavors. Since it’s no fun to have coffee alone, make sure you leave comments on other blogs in the link up, and don’t forget to visit my co-host Deborah at Confessions Of A Mother Runner.

The Ultimate Coffee Date

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Spring Racing Runfessions

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Coco

My spring racing season is in full swing, which means I have lots of things to fess up to for this edition of the Runfessions linkup that Marcia hosts for us every month.

Since we’re still in Lent, I am going to be brutally honest, but still focus on five transgressions so I can join the Friday Five 2.0 linkup hosted by Rachel and Lacey and Miranda for hosting the new Friday Five 2.0! 

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United NYC Half Race Recap

Posted on March 26, 2017 by Coco

If you saw my post from last weekend, you know the short version of my United NYC Half race recap: My pacing sucked, the concrete sucked, I wanted to quit, but I somehow crossed the finish line at 1:53:52! Now for the rest of the story. 

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United NYC Half — Everything But The Race Recap

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Coco

If you saw my post from last weekend, you know the happy ending to my United NYC Half race recap, but I’m still working on the full story. Since this was my first destination race, I thought you might like to see how we spent the day before in New York City.

NYC Half Race Recap

It was part race preparation, part playing tourist, and part trying not to overdo it before the big day.  

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Race Weekend Weather Stalking

Posted on March 19, 2017 by Coco

This weekend I ran my first destination race, the United NYC Half Marathon! While I usually write my race recaps as part of my race day recovery–what better way to make sure I keep my feet up for a while?–since I wanted to get the most out of our time in New York City, I’ll just tell you the short story: My pacing sucked, the concrete sucked, I wanted to quit, but I somehow crossed the finish line at 1:53:52! Tune in next week for my full race recap.

If you saw my post from Friday, you know I started stalking the weather for race weekend last week. While runners are notorious weather stalkers, I think race weekend weather stalking is a completely justified obsession for a destination race when you have to figure out what to pack. Right??

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