Last week –
- Monday – Rest Day. Geez there are a lot of these. Went to an ART appointment after work. She seemed pretty encouraged about the lack of tightness in my calf (but then again I hadn’t done anything since the last appt.) After I was done, I did some errands and stopped off at the gym to use some arm machines.
- Tuesday – Met a few Sole Sisters for an after work run at UAlbany. Love the extra hour of daylight.
thumbs up for friends to run with even though it was a pretty sucky run/walk
- Wednesday – Rest day as after work, I had to go to my brother-in-Law’s wake (who died unexpectedly last week).
- Thursday – Today was the funeral and I got in a short run after at The Crossings (Running definitely is therapy.) And I followed it with my last ART appointment before my race in hopes of being able to run 13.1 on the bum leg. She performed some magic, taped it and wished me luck.
beautiful weather but lots of puddles on the paths (or more like lakes) A slow run but the leg actually felt pretty good 🙂
- Friday – Rest day and evening home (mah jongg was cancelled) to re-group after a stressful week and pack.
- Saturday – Another rest day and a bus ride to NYC. After checking into my hotel, I headed out to get my race bib. Met up with Cari at the expo and then spent the rest of the day relaxing and carb loading.
- Sunday – Today I ran the NYC Half Marathon. Took an early morning shuttle to Brooklyn where the race began and I eventually finished in Central Park. It was painless for my calf but not for the rest of my undertrained body. My finish time was even better than my previous two halves despite the wind and the cold. NYC rocks. I loved the race. So glad I decided to do it.
This Coming Week –
- Monday – FRW Training Challenge Run (2 miles sloooow)
- Tuesday – rest day, ART appt
- Wednesday – 3 miles with some Sole Sisters
- Thursday – rest day, rehearsal & dinner
- Friday -3 early morning miles, hair appt, WEDDING (stepson’s)
- Saturday – rest day, post wedding brunch, tennis party
- Sunday – 8-11 miles. Long Run (training for April 13 half marathon),
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My First 5K and More... 
So good to see you so much lately.
Can’t wait to see the wedding photos
xx
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Yes. Funny about the UN – my childhood dream — even majored in languages. I applied too out of college. Got nowhere. When I run Dash to the Finish, I always think about that.
How are today?
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Oh my. We really are one and the same. ❤ Me too, although my French is and was terrible. Spanish was closer to my heart
Good! Took Advil last night but didn't need any today. Graduated from PT. You?
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Sore quads from the hills. Hopefully my last chiro today.
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same. And they’re not too bad.
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You have another very busy week! That’s strange to have a Friday evening wedding. Hope you enjoy it.
I am mentoring for FTC again this year, but let them know i couldn’t come today. Need more rest. But will probably be there sat (and sunday back to my parents for my dad’s birthday).
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maybe I’ll do my long run there on Sat. Have another half on April 13 Oy!!
Friday wedding in March was probably the cheapest. At least no snow this year.
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No snow & probably no rain either. It poured buckets on my wedding.
Chris will probably join you for the long run. I’ll be lucky to just run the training run.
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Congrats on the race and glad your calf was ok. I would love to throw my name in the hat for the lottery for that race some year!
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You should do it! Amazing race.
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2:16:02 despite all the problems: congrats!!!!
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Thanks. I was happy with that!!
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I’m so sorry to hear about your brother-in-law 😦
But I’m glad to hear that the calf felt good during the race and you enjoyed it!
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Great race. Very happy.
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Very sorry to hear about your brother-in-law’s passing.
So glad that you had a good race overall on Sunday.
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Relieved that it went well.
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My next big race is a 10K in June! So I’m giving myself a few more weeks before I really get into a training cycle for that.
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You have time. Hope it’s a good one.
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Wow huge congrats! Hope you give us some more details on the race. Sometimes the time off helps us get that surge of energy back. I hope that works for me at cherry blossom in a few weeks. Congrats!
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I’m so sorry about your brother-in-law. Fitness can be such a great outlet during times of grief. My thoughts are with you and your family ❤
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I am sorry to hear about your brother in law. 😦
Congrats on your race!
My first race of the year is on Sunday and I am looking forward to it. No goal in mind, but just to have fun.
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So sorry about your brother-in-law. Always difficult to lose a family member; even more so when it was unexpected. I heard great things about the NYC half. I’d love to run it one day.
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It was a great one. Hope you do get to run it.
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Glad to hear the race went well (for the most part). Sorry for your family’s loss. I’m eager to hear more about the race and your adventures with Cari 😉
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Loved running this race.
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ah I’m so glad that the calf held up for the race! I guess it was kind of expected that maybe the rest of your body wouldn’t totally agree with the mileage but so so glad you were still able to run. AND meet up with Cari. AND run NYC Half. Color me jealous!
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It was so great. I hope you get to run in NYC one day.
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Oh, I’m so happy to hear this!!! How awesome that you were pain free and everything cooperated! Gah! I need in on one of these NYC events!!!!
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Yes you do esp since you are from this area of the country!
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Congrats on the NYC half! I had a lot of friends running it. I almost had FOMO. Almost. lol.
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Come run it sometime. You won’t regret it.
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So Sorry about your BIL.
Hooray for the calf cooperating AND a great finish time! I so hear you on the undertraining thing. The NYC half seems to have the same wonderful energy as the full. Can’t wait to hear more about it!
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It was amazing. NYC races rock. Now I am excited for Nov 3.
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