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What a great weekend in Raleigh! We celebrated John’s birthday, hung out with great friends, and got some exercise. 🙂 Hey, I actually did a race too, run and all! Going into this race, the week of I truly thought at times there was only a 15% chance I was going to be able to complete the run safely. I felt like I restrained my plantar fascia and I was hobbling around till Thursday. I ran eight miles once since March. Because of this (and my really light training in April after I was injured) my only stated goal was …

What a great weekend in Raleigh! We celebrated John’s birthday, hung out with great friends, and got some exercise. 🙂 Hey, I actually did a race too, run and all! Going into this race, the week of I truly thought at times there was only a 15% chance I was going to be able to complete the run safely. I felt like I restrained my plantar fascia and I was hobbling around till Thursday. I ran eight miles once since March. Because of this (and my really light training in April after I was injured) my only stated goal was …

Let’s keep this story short. One thing led to another, I had a sudden freak plantar fascia strain on mile 1 of a long run on a completely ordinary day despite no previous problems with that foot ever, and I ended up out of commission throughout April. Regardless, I certainly have not been bored! Between administering, staffing, and sometimes coaching at nearly 40 workouts per week between ATC, Energy Lab, plus our corporate initiative with Turner, and all the other stuff that goes with managing small businesses. Also, I have been coaching a GREAT group of athletes, writing and getting …

What a fun day at Publix Marathon and Half Marathon…. at least after the racing part was over! I wanted to break 1:29:3x which was formerly my PR.. my Publix PR was just under 1:30. Both of those were set in 2012. In 2013, my winter and spring running weren’t so hot after an eight week running hiatus at the end of 2012. Last year, I was cramming for IRONMAN Texas and opted for a century plus brick saturday/Publix Sunday combo in a costume instead of trying to go for a PR. This year, I have been setting some PRs …