Run Revolution

***Since the initial response was a little slow, we are extending the 6dollarbands giveaway one more week until next Friday, May 17 . Please share (click here to share the post).*** Along with a lot of marathoners, Boston 2014 is on my radar. According to my last post about it, I was running a marathon [...]

It’s only been a week since the horrific tragedy in Boston, but thankfully the two responsible won’t be hurting anyone else. After the initial shock, then sadness, then relief I wasn’t there, came the thought, “Am I going to be too scared to race in a big marathon now?” As the week went on, and [...]

And…I am back. As a runner, I am back. Over the past month, I have worked my way up (pain-free) to pre-training! After injuring my hamstring back in October, I thought, at times, that I may never run more than 4 miles ever again.  I was hoping to run the Seattle Marathon in November, and [...]

I am a running-with-headphones kind of girl. Always have been. I am a music lover, and I seek out new music to listen to while I run. However, since the majority of my runs lately have been short due to my hamstring injury (which hasn’t given me any pain lately!), I have been forgoing the [...]

I have become a late afternoon/evening runner by default. I am a sleeper, always been a sleeper. The thought of waking up when it’s dark and cold to go for a run is just terrible. Race day, I do it because I have to. I want to run the race, and the race is usually [...]

***ATTN NAOMI OSBORN*** You are the winner of the Yaktrax Run Giveaway. You have until TOMORROW to contact me to claim your amazing prize! If I don’t hear from you, I am going to have to select a new winner.  I have good news pertaining to my hamstring injury: I have had FOUR pain-free runs [...]

And…I’ve crossed another one off my marathon bucket list: San Francisco Nike Women’s (half) Marathon. I would say the race was a success, but we’ll save the personal details for after the race details. The expotique (a womens fancy word for expo): We flew into San Francisco Saturday morning, which left us until 6PM to [...]

I have written about how to prep for the long run (read this). I have written about how to recover from a long run (read this). I have written about my training (read this). Now, I’ve combined them all in a short film. Watch me “run” you through the long run day, from start to [...]

San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon and Half marathon is this weekend! At this time last year, I was prepping to run my very first marathon with the goal of finishing, but also qualifying for Boston. Success! (read about my first marathon experience here). Good luck to all you runners who are running San Diego [...]

Training for a marathon is a job in itself! What happens when you add a full time job, eating, personal appointments, a certain venture named Run Revolution, maid of honor duties for sister’s upcoming wedding, self care, and sleep to the mix? A day that is booked down to the minute, which makes it almost [...]

It’s official. I just got off the phone with Rock and Roll Seattle headquarters and have changed my half marathon entry to a full marathon. My body, only three weeks since it ran Boston, is not fully recovered, and I have mixed feelings about this. Do I know what I am doing? Not really, but [...]

This postcard came in the mail over the weekend. It was the only mail I received, and it was sitting in the box all alone. Normally, the stats on this card would not be times I would be proud of, but I kind of want to frame this postcard. The numbers on this postcard are [...]

It’s been less than two weeks since I ran the Boston Marathon, and I am officially back in training. Here’s how recovery has been: Monday, April 16-Ran the marathon, finished, took a bath, drank champagne, ate, drank some more champagne, passed out Tuesday-SORE quads (lots of downhill in marathon), sore big toenail on right foot, [...]

One week to go until THE marathon (do I even need to say which one anymore). I am totally tapering. All of my long runs are done. I feel rested. I have no weird pains (just normal marathon training wear and tear). I feel really good for someone who has been training since September. My [...]