At 9am on November 21st I set off for my longest, run/walk, 24 hours. Erik came out with me and set up a tent to keep me company. I was so grateful for that, he doesn’t even know. I started out strong and steady. I knew the pace to keep was going to be about […]
Marathon recap
Tyler Rose Marathon 2015
Last week I ran the Tyler Rose Marathon and by far it was the toughest course I’d encountered since Cow Town in 2013. It was very hilly and although, I thought I was mentally prepared for how hilly it was going to be, it was tough. The day before the race, Oct 10, 2015 we […]
Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon
The weeks leading up to this race were filled with excitement, anticipation, and nervousness! On April 4th I ran the Irving Marathon with my friend Liz. We were both happy with our racing on that day and for some reason I had it set in my mind that at OKC I was going to PR. […]
Ultra psycholgist
The word ultra gives a significance to a marathon that almost makes the marathon distance of 26.2 miles seem…”easy.” In November I ran my first ultra. It was a 12 hour endurance race and it was maybe the hardest thing I have ever done aside from giving birth to my two boys. It was drizzling […]
The Irving Marathon, Marathon #3 recap.
The day before the race I was getting things ready and realized I needed more gels. So last minute stop at Sports Authority and I saw a shirt, I had to have for the big day! For those of you that know me, I always end up getting something new for race day, last minute […]