As my blog name suggests, I love to travel! This week, I was fortunate enough to tag along with my husband on a work trip across the pond to London, my favourite city in the world! Between the history, visiting with friends and enjoying a new place to run, I can’t tell you what I…
So many runners use their efforts to raise money for charities they believe in – whether it is through the race entry fees that support charitable organizations or being on a ‘team’ that raises money for a cause. Literally tens of millions of dollars are raised each year for charitable efforts by members of the…
With only FOUR WEEKS until show time, things are really starting to seem surreal in my training. I’m still putting in a decent number of miles at this point, but the way the miles are scheduled makes it a bit easier on my body to work hard when I need to. I’m able to conserve…
As I close in on my first marathon, I’m reminded in so many ways that I wouldn’t have been able to do this without incredible support from so many others. From encouragement to advice and much more, I’ve been so lucky to have a great community of runners around me, both virtually and in real…
Sunday: 3.1 mi Superheroes Kick Butt virtual 5K. I ran this in a very slow time, partly because it was hotter than Hell (which coincidentally, I live just 6mi from Hell in the Cayman Islands) but also because my legs were a mere 12 hours removed from a fairly fast 13.1 mi long run the…
In the past 20 months of running, if I have learned anything, it is that there is one big key to being a happy runner: don’t compare yourself to others. No matter what, there will be someone faster than you, someone who is able to run longer distances than you, someone who runs in more…
13 September 2015: I ran a virtual 5K in one of my SLOWEST 5K times of 29:30: the Superheroes Kick Butt Virtual 5K. I feel like I am allowed a pass on the time because I ran 13.1 miles the previous night, a mere 12 hours earlier. This was a bit of an impulse run…
The clock is ticking, counting down that I only have 42 days until the marathon! The good news is that I feel like I am ready. The bad news is that I want to be more ready, and so I’ll keep training as hard as I can to get me to the start line. Here…
After every long run, I get to play ‘Where Do I have Chafing Today’ game. And let me tell you, I NEVER win this one. Because anytime I have chafing, I definitely lose. And with the extreme heat, the chafing, or the rubbing of skin against skin/clothing is way worse than usual. For runners, usual…
With only 49 days (49! Days!) to go until Marine Corps Marathon, I find myself fading from the training a bit. Of course, I’m blaming it on the heat, as September has thus far been warmer than August, but I think part of it is ‘seeing’ the finish line ahead and knowing that I am…
Robyn Runs the World 