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nick and i joined a gym. it's called "go workout" and is in south lansing, less than 10 minutes from home. i've been 4 times and feel pretty comfortable there. that's the best part about buying a yearly membership... then i feel like i have to use the membership as much as possible to get my money's worth ( Read more... ) -
Grand Rapids Marathon
Nick: 3 hours, 42 minutes ( Read more... ) -
Grand Rapids Marathon tomorrow!
Nick and I are running the Grand Rapids Marathon tomorrow. We have been waking up between 6am and 6:30am all week to get ourselves used to waking up at 6 so it won't be such a shock tomorrow morning. Today we drove up to Grand Rapids around 2pm, and met my parents at the hotel around 3, then drove to the YMCA to go to the Marathon Expo and pick ( Read more... ) -
Capital City River Run Half-Marathon
Nick and I ran our first half-marathons today. It was perfect weather, about 60 degrees and sunny. We started in front of the Lansing Center, ran to MSU, ran a bit on campus, went down the river trail, past Mount Hope Cemetery, around Hawk Island, back to the river trail, up to LCC, and back to finish by the river next to the Lansing Center. I ( Read more... ) -
twenty mile run, outdoor movie, teaching
i ran 20 miles on tuesday night. it was quite enjoyable, except for the intense nausea around mile 12. i sat on the grass by the kellogg center for a few minutes, and felt much better. nothing really hurt too much during the run or the next day. i did all of the run on and around campus. i have another 20 miler tomorrow. i plan to do about ( Read more... ) -
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i've been running again. i'll end up with around 16 miles this week ( Read more... ) -
snow day!
i apparently did nothing in all of november? i ran 3 times, and my right hamstring still hurts. shouldn't it be better after a month of rest? i need to get running again before i morph into a whale and lose all my strength. i've been playing hockey on monday nights from 9-10pm after my class gets out, which has been fun, but i need to be ( Read more... ) -
Detroit Marathon Results
i ran a marathon ( Read more... ) -
the night before the night before the detroit marathon
it's the night before the night before my BIG race (26.2 miles)! i don't think i'll have any problems sleeping tonight, it was a half day of school so i only had to work from 8am to 5:30pm, yikes. my plan is to be up earlyish in the morning to do my LAST training run (3 miles and some short sprints) in the exact garb i'll be wearing for the ( Read more... ) -
Capital City River Run (20 Miles)
sunday i did the capital city river run. it was nice cool weather, and it only rained right before the race. i did the first 10 miles in 1hour 27 minutes (13 minutes faster than my goal time), which is a pace of 8:44. i was 13th out of 34 in my age group. overall, my 20 mile time was 3 hours and 8 minutes (12 minutes faster than my goal), so i' ( Read more... )