10k

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Jingle All the Way 10k

December 14, 2009 By Victoria 4 Comments

I had my first 10k this weekend. For so many months I have been training, then side-tracked, then training again, gearing up for the cold, dealing with my nerves and all this time fretting and fretting about my time. I was using this particular race to qualify me for RunDC next year. Then something happened. [...]

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I’m Like Forrest Gump Just Without the Scraggly Beard

November 3, 2009 By Victoria 1 Comment

Saturday morning I ran seven miles. I’ve never run that far before, 6.2 being my longest run until then. I did better than I thought, only stopping to walk for a minute when I hit 6.5 miles. I just couldn’t get over how tired my legs felt or how tight my hip flexors were becoming. [...]

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For Reals

October 22, 2009 By Victoria 1 Comment

I’m still sore for session 71 of Body Pump yesterday. Even the tiny bones in my ankles are crying for mercy. I forgot to pack my underwear in my gym bag today. For reals y’all. I had to put my granny panties that I wear to the gym back on my just showered behind. Blech. [...]

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My First 10k- About 65% Motivated

September 22, 2009 By Victoria 4 Comments

After this past June’s 5k success and last month’s month of 5 day a week workouts I have decided to challenge myself once again. Really, I just want to do this in March and I need to have a qualifying 10k under my belt. So here I go! I’m going the Jeff Galloway route with [...]

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