Chicago Marathon Inspiration: Spirit of the Marathon

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  Frederick Half Marathon (and a PR!)

  Sunday morning was The Race. That’s how I had been glorifying it in my mind for the past several months. “Don’t slack on your workout; The Race is right around the corner!” I had been training hard, stayed injury-free and was ready to run a sub-1:32 half marathon. I had been repeating “7 minute miles” […]

• Surviving the Pre-Taper Slump

  I don’t know what it is about the week before you start tapering for a race, but it always hits me hard. My motivation tanks and I would love nothing more than to crawl in bed and not wake up until race morning. Okay, maybe that’s a little dramatic. But really! I’m not sure if […]

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  Boston Love

  Our thoughts, hearts & prayers go out to Boston as we try to make sense of these senseless acts. Unable to turn off the heartbreaking news, looking at pictures of the devastation, wondering why this would happen—we are just thankful that those we knew who were running, and their families who were there to share […]

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  Everyday we’re shufflin’!

  What’s green, hunting for beer, and covers 8 kilometers? Why, the Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle 8K, of course! I know, it’s already April… St. Paddy’s Day has already come in a frenzy of green glitter and golden beads, and left some us in a hazy hangover weeks ago. But for 40,000 runners in Chicago, […]

• Chicago Marathon Sign-up Fiasco

  If you’re a runner, you’re probably already aware of the Chicago Marathon registration fiasco. If not, here’s a quick recap: Registration opened for the 2013 Chicago Marathon on February 19. The technical servers at Active.com, the site hosting the registration process, couldn’t handle the HUGE amount of traffic that would have probably filled the marathon […]