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Run Gloucester! A Race Recap

August 21st, 2011 | 1 Comment

An early morning 4 am wake up call had me on the road by 5:15 am heading north of Boston to the beautiful seaport of Gloucester. I’ve been to neighboring towns, but never to the city of Gloucester. What got me going so early you ask. Well, a race of course! I wanted to broaden my racing horizons by partaking in runs in new areas to me. The Gloucester Road Race was a perfect start. This … Read entire article »

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So Many Races: Upcoming Race Schedule

July 17th, 2011 | Add a Comment

After my bad luck in May at the Memorial Day Marathon, I’ve decided not to run another full marathon this year. Instead have opted to try some new races in some interesting locations with appealing distances. Let’s take a look at where I will/may be: Half Marathon: August 7th – Registered 7 Miler: August 21 – Registered 18.64 miler – September 11 – Still deciding 10K: September 18 – Registered Half Marathon: September 25 – Still deciding Half Marathon: October 9 – Registered Half Marathon: October 16 – Still deciding Half Marathon: October 23 – Still deciding Half Marathon: October 29 – Registered Sounds like fun, right? I love to race. Not so much for the speed or PR (well sometimes I am all about the PR) but for this list of races it is all for the experience. I love … Read entire article »

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Feeling Like Road Kill…Marathon* Recap

May 30th, 2011 | 6 Comments

* I was so looking forward to being able to write about my fifth marathon finish, but today will not be that day. Saturday I headed to the western part of the state to the Berkshires to run the Memorial Day Marathon in Lenox, MA being held Sunday. It was a 3 hour drive and we arrived at Tanglewood, serving as the start/finish and expo area, around noon time. The grounds were beautiful, however the expo … Read entire article »

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Postcards From D.C.

March 29th, 2011 | 3 Comments

Besides running one of my favorite things is to travel. I love exploring, sightseeing, photographing and taking in everything a city or area has to offer. There is history to be learned, activities to be experienced and beauty to behold no matter if it is just 25 miles or 2,500 miles away from home. Another aspect of travel that I enjoy is staying in hotels. There is just something about a hotel stay that makes … Read entire article »

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A Run Through History: A National Half Recap

March 27th, 2011 | 5 Comments

(Part 1 to my Washington, D.C. trip) This weekend I ran my final race of what I dubbed back in January as Race Madness. Actually that list only included 5 races, but I threw an extra 5K in the mix making it 6 races in a short 5 week span. The National half marathon was my “get-a-way” race and the 3rd half marathon during my Race Madness extravaganza. Some thought it was crazy to run this many … Read entire article »

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Hotel Indigo

November 15th, 2010 | Add a Comment

While in Newton last weekend to run the Chilly Half Marathon we stayed at Hotel Indigo. I came across their website doing a Goggle Search for hotels in the Newton area and was intrigued by their property, not to mention I got a great rate by pre booking well in advance. I was fine with the nonrefundable reservation because there wasn’t much of a chance that I would miss running the half marathon. Hotel Indigo is conveniently … Read entire article »

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