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This past weekend, I hopped in my jeep and made the 540 mile trip from North Carolina to Long Island, NY. There is still something indescribable- almost majestic about driving over the Verrazano and seeing the outline of Manhattan to your left…But I digress. One of the things I love to do when I’m homeContinue reading “Biathlon for One”

It is absolutely mind boggling to me how I can walk 8.5 miles on Monday and 10 miles on Tuesday and be totally fine. But then when I tried to run a measly 5 miles yesterday morning, I felt like I was dying. It was so bad that after the first mile of the run,Continue reading “Walk it Out”

Yesterday I walked 9.5 miles at a fairly good clip. Sometimes it’s important to teach yourself patience-especially if you’re the kind of person who always wants everything to be done yesterday. Recently, I have found that by mixing up walking with running and weight training (something I’ve never done before), it seems to provide meContinue reading “Pumping Iron”

When people think about runners, they often think about those “crazy” athletes who get up before the sun is even out so that they can get a run in. In the meantime, the rest of the world is asleep dreaming about how they don’t want to have to wake up for work. I ran 9 miles thisContinue reading “Not Just Another “Early Morning Run””

I recently bought a new pair of running shoes when I was home in New York a week ago. I knew that I was long overdue, but it’s funny how you get attached to a certain pair of shoes. When I look back at all of the running shoes that I have owned in myContinue reading “Lacing it Up”