Fueled by Endorphins

[DISCLAIMER- it’s a long one! SORRY!] I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving with family and friends!  I’ve been procrastinating with posting about the Philadelphia Marathon, in part because it turned out differently than I had hoped, and in part because every time I went to post I realized I was taking time away from…

I found out a little secret that RCN seems to have been keeping from us- the internet works semi-consistently during the morning/daytime hours!  While this isn’t convenient during the week, it’s a great time to post before I head to Philadelphia today!So much has happened since the Hurricane, I don’t even know where to begin.  I’ll leave…

Things are starting to get back to normal around here but it’s looking like the internet will be out indefinitely. I have lots to blog about once things are back up and running and will try to post periodically when I’m able to find internet elsewhere! I hope everyone who was affected by the storm…

Sandy has been, for the most part, mild…((so far))  This wonderful day started off how I wish every day started- with a nice hot Cinnabon frosted to perfection.  Obviously this isn’t in the typical pre-marathon plan but it seems like a special occasion. While the weather seemed like any other rainy day, the lack of people…

Sannnnnnddyyy, why-y-y-y, oh Sandy As scary as it is that a natural disaster is looming, it’s pretty exciting preparing for a storm.  I have the same feeling that I used to get in elementary school when a big snow storm was about to arrive, except tomorrow I won’t be waking up early to watch my…

My internet has been a little crazy going in and out all week so it’s been hard to be consistent with posting.  But with training getting serious and simultaneously approaching the end, I am curious about how most runners feel about attending happy hours during training.  On the third Thursday of every month, my office…

I think I bought magic sneakers! Today’s training called for five miles, which I’ve done a hundred times, or so it seems.  But unlike all of those other times when I started at a 10 minute pace and gradually worked my way towards a slower pace, plateauing around an 11:30 pace, I was flying (for…

Today was the best kind of day: An Optional Day.  At my office, optional days are scheduled for Columbus and Veteran’s Day and you are allowed to either take these days or utilize them as two paid days off at some other time during the year.  So today I opted out of work.   As…

Today I officially decided I’m a runner.  Someone said if you run you are a runner.  And I think this may be true in part, but I think what really makes someone a runner is having equal part desire to get out there and motivation to follow through in order to be able to really…

Last week after picking up my race number at the NYRR office I decided to walk home from the UES.    It’s not the shortest walk, but I had some window shopping to do, and it was a nice night, so why not? Since I pretend I live the lifestyle of the rich and famous…