When I picked up Christopher McDougall’s Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, I was expecting some sort of anthropological how-to manual on running. What I ended up with is a fascinating story of the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico, crazy ultra-marathoners, and the ultimate ultra-race between …
I spent Sunday afternoon semi-bragging (and simultaneously consoling myself ) on Facebook and at mein Schatz‘s Oma’s 85th birthday party, that although my time in the Hannover Half wasn’t my fastest, at least it wasn’t my slowest. Um, yeah, but it sure came pretty darn close. I just took a look back at all my old race …
I’m leaving town soon to go run tomorrow’s half-marathon in Hannover, and even though I’m not as fit as I was last year, my excitement is building! You definitely don’t have to be fast to love racing, and here are a few of my favorite things about the experience: The pre-race expos. Being surrounded by …
If I had started training in February for the Hannover Half-Marathon, I would have just finished my eleventh week of training. But, as you’ve heard before, I’ve only actually been sporadically training since about March. Not a real recipe for success, but I’m making it work. Though I was down for the count last week …