Tag Archives: Seattle marathon

Seattle (Half) Marathon From the Other Side

The Seattle Marathon was my first half marathon over 10 years ago (read my experience here). It’s a yearly tradition for me and my dad to run, but this year, due to my hamstring injury, I had to resort to being a spectator. This was not easy! This race is Thanksgiving weekend (read my review [...]

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How Long Does it Take a Hamstring Injury to Heal?

It’s been over a month since I ran and injured my hamstring in the Nike Women’s Half Marathon in San Francisco. My goal after the race was to rest a bit, then get back to training so I could have a solid race in the Seattle Half Marathon Thanksgiving weekend. Unfortunately, my hamstring has other [...]

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Run a Race in November to Help Hurricane Sandy Recovery

The New York City Marathon was cancelled. Of the 47,000 runners registered, 40,000 showed up to run before they found out it was cancelled. Many of those runners decided to put their time in New York to use in other ways: thousands of marathoners volunteered to help victims of Hurricane Sandy. There was also an [...]

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See Jane Run 5k Half Marathon sign

See Jane Run 5k-My Review

Seattle was the third stop out of four for the 5k and Half Marathon series from See Jane Run. See Jane Run is a women operated running store, with locations in Boise, ID; Danville, CA; Oakland, CA; and San Francisco, CA (the first store was opened here in 2000). I chose the See Jane Run [...]

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116th Boston marathon finisher medal

I Must Get Back to Boston!

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, [...]

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