I trained for the Marine Corps Marathon for four months, so I was disappointed that I didn’t have a great day. I’m still proud to have finished another marathon, and it was a well-organized race, but I didn’t have quite the experience I wanted. It wasn’t just that I ran the race much slower than … More Consistent pacing leads to a comeback at the Veterans Day 10K
As a big fan of “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me,” I was excited when I heard Peter Sagal, the host of the show, was coming out with a running-related book. That’s two things I love rolled into one! I actually finished Sagal’s book, “The Incomplete Book of Running,” last year, but I’m just now getting … More Runner Reads: “The Incomplete Book of Running” by Peter Sagal
I accomplished the second of my five 2019 goals in October — I ran a race on my birthday. Unfortunately, I didn’t meet that one last year because two races were canceled on my birthday. So, even though the Marine Corps Marathon four days ago was my slowest marathon, I was able to accomplish one … More My October Running: Lots of miles and a birthday marathon
One of the signs set up along the Marine Corps Marathon course read something like, “Yesterday’s weather was perfect,” with a frowny face. I faced the same terrible weather conditions as every other runner at the Marine Corps Marathon, but I finished. I had various issues starting early on in the race, which I ran … More Mission Accomplished: I ran the Marine Corps Marathon on my birthday
Around the time I ran the entire Maryland portion of the NCR Trail, I became interested in checking out the connecting Pennsylvania portion of the trail, too: the York County Heritage Rail Trail. The Pennsylvania portion starts where the NCR Trail/Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail ends, at the Maryland-Pennsylvania state line, and continues to York. … More 2019 Running Travels: All aboard the York County Heritage Rail Trail
I’ve been busy, which is why I’m finally writing my monthly wrap-up for September on Oct. 18. It was a great month of running! I ran 167.74 miles. This is my highest-ever monthly mileage, a little more than a mile above my previous record, which was from this February. I ran four races. These were … More I hit a new mileage record in September!
For the seventh year in a row, I left Dogfish Head Craft Brewery with a large group of other runners for a nearly five-mile run around Milton, Delaware. I’ve been running the Dogfish Dash with my boyfriend, Mike, since 2013. For the last few years, we’ve also had a large group from the Eastern Shore … More My seventh Dogfish Dash was fun as always
This September marked my fourth MATPRA Media Marketplace, and it’s an event I always enjoy. It’s an annual meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Tourism Public Relations Alliance, and representatives of destination marketing organizations get to interact with travel writers. Since I am a marketing and public relations manager with Wicomico County Recreation, Parks & Tourism, I … More 2019 Running Travels: Thanks to MATPRA, I got to explore more of Va.’s Richmond Region
I was determined to run somewhere new the weekend of Sept. 14-15. I was originally planning to make the trip to see my family starting on Friday so that I could run somewhere new Saturday morning. That didn’t work out, and then I also didn’t get up early enough to run anywhere new on Saturday. … More 2019 Running Travels: Stop off the highway at the Red Run Stream Valley Trail
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She Runs by the Seashore 