As I stated in my last blog, I am running the Baltimore Marathon through my home town for two people, 10 year old Alex Rach, who is in a marathon battle against cancer, and for one of our 22 Too Many heroes, Sgt Deana Orellana, who served honourably in the United States Marine Corps. When…
UPDATE 16 APRIL 2019 Alex’s mom posted this on the Army of Love Team Alex Facebook page today. Please keep Alex in your prayers My heart is heavier than I ever thought imaginable. Alex’s scans revealed a 5″ tumor in his right lung. He has relapsed, and there is not much they can do. They…
The Berlin Marathon, my second race in the World Marathon Majors, was an overall great experience. Given that my least favourite races tend to be the larger ones, I had tempered my expectations of what type of experience I would have. As a result, I came out of it enjoying more than I anticipated. We…
No matter what, the finish line of a race is a special place, one of memories and feelings of accomplishment. Rarely do runners have the chance to immediately share that moment of crossing the finish line with someone. For some, they may have trained alone and run alone, wanting to finish alone and have that…
My fall race season is about to begin, and I’m starting it with the Berlin Marathon – one of the world marathon majors! (The other world marathon majors are: Boston, NYC, Chicago, Tokyo, and London at the time of this blog. There are plans to add a couple more races to this list.) My only…
Can we talk? I regularly see posts in my online running groups where runners (and cyclists) are hit and often killed by those in a motor vehicle. Most of the people operating the motor vehicle are drunk or distracted drivers. Outrage ensues after each of these instances, and rightly so. I really got my start…
With my crazy running schedule (self induced, of course), I really have to be careful about other things that I commit to, things that will take away the resources necessary to complete the training for my next race(s). Some activities, ideas, trips or adventures may sound like a good opportunity, but when I really analyze…
What started off as an innocent suggestion by my friend Lashell (in September 2016) to run the Adams County Half/Full Marathon in 2017, snowballed into a lobstah and hill-fueled race-cation full of shenanigans in the easternmost point of the US this past June with our ‘#LubecPartyOfThree.’ A girl’s getaway to allow the three of us…
Sometimes, you just need to step out of your comfort zone and take on new challenges. The Bay of Fundy International Marathon was one such time for me. Where I live it is almost impossible to have any hill training, so going to run a marathon that has 2400+ feet of elevation gain through non-stop…
For my 14th marathon and the fifth this year (so far), I’ll be running the Bay of Fundy Marathon on June 25, 2017. This marathon is a little different from other races I have run to date in so many ways. First, it is a cross-border marathon, which means that I’ll be running from the…
