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Turning Stone Half Marathon 2011

The first running of the Turning Stone Half Marathon. Great turnout and great organization. Packet pick up was very easy since Ted and I went to the Expo on Friday and ran the 5K for fun. We beat the crowd. Great swag: A nice technical t-shirt. Mini Clif bars. Mini Larabar. Bags of Sweet Potato chips. GU chomps (in Blueberry Pomegranate-FAVE!). VitaFusion Fiber Gummies for weight management (not sure when I’ll need those but I’ll eat them anyway ). Natural Vitality an anti-stress drink (I’ll need that this week as we go through a costing audit at work – AH!). [...]

By Joanne|2011-08-21T15:38:02-04:00August 21, 2011|Races, Running|5 Comments

Delta Lake Half Marathon

Pre Race: There was so much to think about unrelated to running the days before this half marathon. It wasn’t until Saturday night that it began to hit me, I had a race to run. The clothes were set on the bathroom floor (because that’s where I put my workout clothes for the following day). I never claimed to be a neat freak. The running skirt, the sports bra, the short sleeve shirt with a back pocket (hope it’s not too cold for that shirt), Injinji socks and plain old undies (no thong when running), all clumped in a pile [...]

By Joanne|2010-09-20T06:21:31-04:00September 20, 2010|Running|23 Comments

The Second “Half”

My second half marathon. Training is 90% physical and 10% mental UNTIL race day. That’s what ACTIVE’s Jenny Hadfield has to say. Makes sense to me. So all the training is done and now it’s a mind over body thing. This is the course that my mind ran today: It was an out and back course. I was thinking that would be boring but anytime I run outside and it’s a new route, I don’t find it boring. I was up at 5 am. The half was to start at 8 am. I ate a banana with 1 TBS peanut [...]

By Joanne|2010-05-23T11:47:14-04:00May 23, 2010|Running|6 Comments

It was a first

My first half marathon. The conclusion = Joanne is a lazy runner, explained at the end of the post. Last night, I was thinking what a fool I am, almost ruining my first half. You see, I brought my new bike home and couldn’t leave it alone. Don’t I fall off it? It’s my first bike with the clip in shoe-to-pedal configuration and when I put my left shoe down, it went right out from under me. However, a bruised hand doesn’t stop one from running, right? Could have been worse. Marathon morning: Up at 5:15, had some water and [...]

By Joanne|2010-04-11T18:00:33-04:00April 11, 2010|Running|20 Comments