night before the race

July 17, 2013

Night Before the Race: Boilermaker 15K

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I headed upstate to Albany on Friday afternoon, and was pleasantly surprised to find that the two hour bus ride was actually not terrible for my neck – as long as I stayed off the computer, that is. I spent most of the ride calling Dallas doctors and trying to find one who could fit me in early the next week, to no avail. (As I write this on Wednesday, I’m now so used to how impossible it is to get in with a doctor here in Dallas that it seems obvious, but at the time, I was shocked and …

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June 7, 2013

Race Report: Vermont City Marathon

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Yesterday happened to be National Running Day, and today is the third anniversary of the day I broke the world record, so I think it’s an especially fitting day for me to finally post this year’s Vermont City Marathon race report. On May 25 2008, the Vermont City Marathon was my first marathon. I was terrified going into the race – would I be able to finish? – and got through it by “running to the ice cream,” as it said on the signs that my family and friends made. But that day turned out to be more than just …

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March 19, 2013

Race Report: Rock N Roll USA Marathon

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Unlike Sevilla, my night before the race in DC was practically perfect. My flights to DC from Dallas went smoothly, including upgrades to first class so I could stretch out, and I even had time to grab some oatmeal in the Delta SkyClub on my layover in Cincinatti. I arrived in DC midday, hungry for lunch, and after meeting up with Theodora, I picked up a falafel wrap for lunch at a nearby food truck. The pillowy pita bread was perfect – exactly the kind of carb-y indulgence I love just before marathon. Thank you, House of Falafel! After getting …

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February 26, 2013

Night Before the Race: Seville Marathon

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After a wonderful stay in Gran Canaria, we flew back up to mainland Spain for a weekend in Seville. We arrived late at night, and were totally exhausted when we got there, so I’m sorry to admit that instead of going out, we picked up groceries at a bodega to cook dinner in our rented apartment. After a full weekend of eating some of the best food I’ve ever had in my life at various little cafes and bars in Sevilla, I really regret passing up the opportunity to eat more! But it was probably for the best that I …

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January 19, 2013

Night Before the Charleston Marathon

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I got into Charleston pretty late last night – but that didn’t stop me from spilling out my thoughts on what I done, taking care of some emails… and then discovering that it was already midnight. I never stay up that late when I’m just home! (Yeah yeah bring on the old lady jokes.) Oops. But luckily, today was a pretty quiet day. I got to work from home (okay, from the hotel) and didn’t have a ton going on with my client, so I did a lot of internal firm work and also dialed into our quarterly all-hands – …

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