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My First Half Marathon – A Recap

BK Half Finisher

A few weeks ago, I completed my very first Half Marathon (13.1 miles, 21 kilometers), at the Brooklyn Half. I steadily trained for a good 6-8 weeks (originally it would have been 12 weeks of training, but I had to cut my weeks short because of minor injuries, and last minute race registration). The day […]

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Running Past Your Comfort Level – Part II

In the previous post I told you about how I got past my comfort runs, those runs that we keep doing on replay because that’s all we think we are capable of doing. Mine were anything under 3 miles. I was on 1 to 2 miles for at least a good year or so. In this […]

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Training for My First 10k Run

Arie Flexing at Barclay

Earlier this year I decided I would make it my business to be more active, and include some sort of running in my workout routine. On January 22, 2013 (the day of my birthday), I registered for my first 10k race with Nike Women. The NWM 10K is a virtual race, so I pick my […]