Category Archives: Fitness

Race Day Rituals

Today’s Friday Five topic comes at a perfect time for me, since I have just run two of my favorite races, the Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run and the GW Parkway Classic. I’m not superstitious about my race day rituals, … Continue reading

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The Life Stages Of Courage

Today’s Wednesday Word is a challenging one: courage. The first thing that I think of when I think of “courage” is the Cowardly Lion as played by Bert Lahr in The Wizard of Oz. 

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The 31st GW Parkway Classic Race Recap

After my PR at the Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run, I set my sights on another course PR at the GW Parkway Classic. I don’t usually set a specific pace goal so far in advance, but after running a 7:52 … Continue reading

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How To Run Back To Back Races

Two of my favorite races are in April–the Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run and the GW Parkway Classic. I used to choose to run one or the other, but I love both so much I’ve figured out how to run back … Continue reading

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Challenge Is Rewarding

I’m joining Deb’s Wednesday Word link up and reflecting on rewarding.   “Rewarding” is a word we all know, but I still looked up the definition. I browsed several on-line dictionaries but liked the Google definition best.

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