Last year I did the recreational portion of the Grand Blue Mile. It was the first time I had raced the one mile distance since high school. I lined up somewhere in the middle of the pack, thinking that I’d be in the right place to run fast and unhindered. Well, I ran fast. I…
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Race Recap: Rock the Parkway
I’ve been struggling to write this race recap. Between work and life, setting aside time to just babble on about this race has been put on the back burner. Now that I finally have had some time to breathe and decompress, I’m ready to relive Rock the Parkway. I registered for Rock the Parkway about…
Race Recap: Leprechaun Chase 10k DSM
Racing season has officially kicked off! First up for me was Leprechaun Chase 10k on March 12th. The weekend was a busy one for me, as we hosted packet pickup at my second job. The store had awesome sales for the day! Thanks to everyone that bought something. Race morning, I had to reroute through…
Thanksgiving is for: Turkey Trots!
Normally, I venture up to the Twin Cities for Thanksgiving to visit Alex and Drew. The past two years I ran the Endurance United Turkey Trail Trot through Battle Creek Park. As Alex was abroad during the holiday this year, I stayed in good old Des Moines. I started looking for a Turkey Trot to…
Race Recap: Nippy Hippie 5k
I’ll admit that on Friday night I was hobbling around quite ridiculously. I grabbed a pair of compression sleeves at job #2 and wore them through my 4 hour shift. I mentioned that I was running a race on Saturday morning and Kyle commented that I’d probably wake up with my alarm and then decide…
Race Recap: Capital Pursuit 10 mile
Last Sunday was Capital Pursuit! It is one of my favorite Capital Striders’ race. Plus, there really aren’t very many 10 mile road races. The race is planned to fall as a great tune up race for IMT Des Moines Marathon or Half Marathon. This year the weather was beautiful. It was perfect race conditions…
Race Recap: Captain Midnight’s Run for CF
So the Friday before the tri, Megan talked me into doing Captain Midnight’s Run for CF 5k as a tune up for her and I hadn’t raced a 5k since Midnight Madness in July. So we ventured up to Ames on a very sticky Friday evening. This was the first race I ran in just…
I’m a triathlete now?
Well, I don’t know if that’s completely true as I only did the cycling portion of the Des Moines Triathlon as part of a relay. The swim went off without a hitch as Cassie is a fish. 10 minutes after the start time and I was transferring the timing chip to my ankle and wheeling…
Late update: Clive Running Fest
Clive Running Fest 10k: June 13, 2015 Clive Running Fest and I go way back, well back to 2011 when I started running again. I stumbled into the Beginner Running Group that spring which is lead by Curt and Nancy Hoegh. They were also the race directors of Clive Running Fest, which they encouraged everyone to…
Race Recap: Dam to Dam
May 30th started off as a dreary morning. I was up at 4:30 am to catch the bus from downtown Des Moines to Saylorville Dam. I was on the bus at 5:30 am carefully thinking over my race strategy. OK, not really, I was thinking more along the lines of, “OMG! After 4 years of…
Race Recap: Run & Ride Valley Fair
Last weekend, Jo and I ventured up to Minneapolis to see Alex and run a race that included entry into Valley Fair afterward. I have heard lots of people comment that the courses for the various Disney races spend very little time in the park and the rest of the course is very boring. The…
May Day!
Goodness! I’ve been completely ignoring my blog! I wish I could say that my 90 Day Transformation has been going well…but it hasn’t. Though I am eating better, mainly as a result of moving in with Kyle, I haven’t really kicked my muffin top. A big part of this is likely due to training for…
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