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Cleveland Marathon Weekend 2013

I am beyond excited to race tomorrow, even with the heat that is predicted. I’ve already dialed my goal time back and if need, be I will dial it back more during the race. The goal is to finish and … Continue reading

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Cleveland Marathon Weekend is Upon us.

I have a crazy busy week this week but by Friday I will be hanging out with runners at the VIP dinner, Saturday I will be shopping at the marathon expo, Saturday night I will be carbo loading with friends … Continue reading

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Cleveland Marathon Training Week 18: This Is It!

Training is all done, now just need to keep the legs healthy and give them some much needed rest. My plan is to run 5 miles on Monday (yesterday), 4 on Tuesday and 3 on Wednesday and then I am … Continue reading

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My Cleveland Marathon Experiences

While researching a couple things for this post, I stumbled upon some really cool Cleveland Marathon Facts. First Cleveland marathon was in 1976 and Jesse Owens fired the gun at the starting line. Cleveland Marathon has gone through many name … Continue reading

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Cleveland Marathon Training Week 17: Taper Time

Crazy how fast those 17 weeks went by and now I’m tapering for my second marathon of the year. I’m still thinking about my time goal for this race but overall I am so happy to be healthy enough to … Continue reading

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Cleveland Marathon Spectating: Step it up Eastsiders!

I’m being 100% serious in saying that WATCHING A MARATHON IS FUN!!!! I’ve watched quite a few marathons and get completely sucked in every time. You get to watch the top/elite runners come through, then you get to see the … Continue reading

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Cleveland Marathon Training Week 16: 19 days? Who’s counting…

I am looking forward to this marathon so much. The Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon has always been a favorite of mine. I love spending the day just running through the city. I believe this will be my 5th time participating … Continue reading

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Athens Marathon 2013

First, I want to  apologize to everyone because I totally lied about running this marathon. However, I have a good reason. Kinda. However, I want to say I’m sorry I lied and I promise not to hide any more secret … Continue reading

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Cleveland Marathon Training Week 14

I’m going to keep this short as I am still thinking about those in Boston. I kept a really good secret over the past few weeks and decided to run the Athens Marathon last Sunday. It wasn’t pretty but I … Continue reading

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Keeping My IT Band Happy: The Cross Training Edition

I want to tell you that for years I ran, just ran and did zero cross training. However, when I look back to when I first started distance running (7 or so years ago) I didn’t just run. I ran … Continue reading

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