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…
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…
Two weeks removed from the Ogden Marathon, and I’ve had some time to really reflect on the great time I had there. I was very nervous going into the race – not so much the race itself but the fact that I was meeting the family of the soldier I was running to remember (Bryan…
I am not from a longtime military family, nor have I served in the military. My dad is a Vietnam vet, having been drafted and then serving overseas from 1970-71 in the 101st Airborne Division. Unfortunately, I know little else about his service, as he has been less than eager to speak of his time in…
Marathon 11: Chattanooga Marathon; Sunday, March 5, 2017, 8am I’m happy to report the hills didn’t destroy me in Chattanooga on Sunday. As I only have flat terrain to train on, there was the very real possibility I would not be able to walk after the marathon due to the hilly course. And that I…
Now that I have decided to run each race in 2017 for a fallen hero, someone who succumbed to post traumatic stress and couldn’t win the internal battle with their demons after service to their country, I am realizing what a humbling and awesome commitment I have made to the families of these heroes as…
Without realising it, I have set myself up for a recurring theme for the spring of 2017: hilly marathons. I assure you, this was not intentional. I loathe hills. I cannot train on hills (as we have none in Grand Cayman). I can’t even see a hill. My biggest hill I run over on a…
Robyn Runs the World 