Category Archives: Runner’s Log

Race Day {10K Holiday Run}

“People of accomplishment rarely sit back and let things happen to them. They go out and happen to things.” ~ Anonymous ~ Santa Monica and Venice Christmas 10k. I’m not fast. In fact, I’m down right slow. And if you think I’m someone’s who’s always up for a competition, well, I’ve clearly oversold myself. I’m a...

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Turkey Trot {NH 5k}

“Little by little, one walks far.” ~Peruvian Proverb~ Check out the above photo. It’s me and my sister-in-law, moments before our first Turkey Trot together. A small runner’s group, only 30-40 people, organized the 5k New Hampshire trail race. Everyone was nice as pie. The weather was breathtaking. And I mean “breathTAKING,” as it was...

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Weeks #5 & #6 {Beginning Runner’s Log}

“I know that you can do the impossible.” ~Terry Fox, Canadian Humanitarian, Cancer Research Activist, Marathon Amputee Runner~ Quick view from my Marina Del Rey beach run. Okay, cramming two weeks of running logs into one blog post is officially lame. Particularly considering I can barely remember what I ate for breakfast this morning, let...

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Week #4 {Beginning Runner’s Log}

“Ask yourself:  ’Can I give more?’  The answer is usually,  ’Yes’.” ~Paul Tergat, Kenyan professional marathoner~ So for the record, Week #3 was not a shining highlight in my newbie runner’s program. I already admitted that I whined and complained and boo-hoo’d my way through damn near the whole training. But no mas. This past...

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Week #3 Training {Beginning Runner’s Log}

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans” ~ John Lennon ~ Ok. I confess. During Week #2  I was all fired up with, “running makes my worries miraculously vanish,” and, “the world is full of rainbows and pandas.” Yeah, well, I’m not feeling that so much this week. No –...

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Week #2 Training {Beginning Runner’s Log}

“Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts being to flow.” ~ Henry David Thoreau ~ My solo beach run at Sunset in Marina Del Rey, CA. For me, the above quote is so simple and still so true. As I now go into my third week of training – wait,...

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Ready to Run {Beginning Runner’s Log}

“The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.” ~ John Bingham, running speaker and writer, ~ First things first. Before anyone gets the crazy idea that I may possess any sort of running expertise, let’s nip that one right in the butt. At this point, I have absolutely...

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