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I’ve been looking forward to July 26, 2009 for the past year.  Last year, marathon Sunday found me nursing a stress fracture of my left foot after only a few months into my new “hobby,” so Rob and I went to Pork Store on 16th for breakfast and to spectate.  I committed that, on July [...]

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Yeah, yeah, yeah… it’s late.  So was I.  It’s gonna be lackluster, but… you know.  It’s a theme.  I figure I want to excel at something, why not make it mediocrity?
So, the Kaiser Half Marathon was a really tough race for me.  As you know if you follow this blog, it was the first [...]

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I’m back from the Run Wild for a Child 10K in Golden Gate Park. Woke up this morning feeling really kind of crappy- nervous tummy and a lil’ barfy and just generally weak. Visions of every greasy/heavy meal and overindulgent cocktail outing of the past 3 days weighing heavy on my frame. Ugh! Went down [...]

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I came, I saw, I conquered the US Half Marathon (first half marathon, second race, and longest run to date) and I am positively over the moon with the experience! (Not to skip the substance of this RR for the happy ending.)
Crunch the numbers from my Garmin and see the GPS map here.

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I am officially no longer a race virgin!  Here’s the (lengthy) race report:
Bridge to Bridge was a bit of a last-minute thing for me.  I was training “just to finish” the US Half Marathon on November 2, and added the B2B because I wanted to work out any kinks on a shorter distance, plus it [...]

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