Races

Nicole DeBoom – Just One of the Girls

August 2, 2010

Nicole DeBoom is CEO of the women’s fitness clothing brand, Skirt Sports, and creator of the Skirt Chaser race series – she’s an athlete, a successful entrepreneur, an innovator and really, just one of the girls. With the Skirt Chaser coming to Vancouver, WA this Sat, 8/7, I had to get the low down on [...]

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The Marathon

January 10, 2010

26.2 miles! I know a few marathoners, but I haven’t taken that leap myself yet. My sister, a few good friends…people are running and walking marathons in record numbers. There was a controversial NY Times article a while back about slow runners participating in marathons. The article had a negative connotation and basically gave the [...]

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Too Slow to Run a Marathon

October 23, 2009

In a recent article in the NY Times entitled, “Runners Have a Place, but Is it in a Marathon?” author Juliet Macur examines the practice of slow runners running marathons. While the article was well written, I was shocked with what I read. One woman interviewed said she asks people what their time was and [...]

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Running a Half Marathon With a Bum Achilles

October 17, 2009

Today is the day. After having saint like patience (maybe a little bit of an exaggeration) for the last week and a half, I finally ran this morning. This is D-Day – Decision Day – to determine if my achilles will cooperate for the half marathon tomorrow. After an “easy” 3-mile run this morning, I’ve [...]

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To Run or Not to Run

October 12, 2009

After running 11 miles with some serious pain in my achilles, I am having to take it easy and see how I feel for the upcoming half marathon I’ve been training for. I had a physical therapy appointment on Friday, right before heading out of town for the weekend. I think I surprised my physical [...]

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Fitness Bucket Wish List

September 26, 2009

Guest Blogger: Sherri McMillan with Northwest Personal Training and Northwest Women’s Fitness Club I’d like to encourage you to complete a Fitness Bucket Wish-List…all the fitness related adventures you’d like to do before you die. And then start training for one of these events and/or adventures. Many people take this approach – “As soon as [...]

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EA SPORTS Active 5k Challenge

September 20, 2009

EA SPORTS Active is offering a free training program to help people run or run/walk their first 5k. Besides the training program, the EA SPORTS Active 5k Challenge includes group runs (or walks) once a week if you’re in an area with a Community Leader, and an EA SPORTS Active running tee for race day. [...]

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Reminiscing

August 30, 2009

I ran 6 miles with a couple of friends yesterday. With the Girlfriends Half Marathon around the corner on October 19th, we spent a good portion of our run talking about our experiences with the half marathon last year. It was our first half marathon and our first time running 13.1 miles. Definitely a learning [...]

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The Other Side

June 7, 2009

I helped a friend this weekend who was one of the directors of her church’s running event. The Crossroads Community Church 5k was the first running event for the church, but I bet it won’t be the last. The event was a fundraiser for their food pantry ministry. There was a large table overflowing with [...]