Running Buddies

Just Like Old Times

August 29, 2010

Once my achilles injury got too painful to ignore, I started running slower and slower, while the rest of my running friends continued to improve their pace. Then, on the post-surgery road to recovery, I’ve been much, much slower than everyone I used to run with. Aside from seeing my running group at the beginning [...]

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Running Buddies

May 27, 2010

A friend from my running group left town this week to begin her journey with a new job on the east coast. From Washington State to Washington, DC, this woman is seizing her moment and it’s inspiring to witness. Several of us from the running group, actually from two different running groups, gathered at a local [...]

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Lessons Learned and Forgotten

May 15, 2010

Today was my first Saturday run in a long time, 7 months to be exact. I met up with my running group, but I didn’t actually run with them, not entirely anyway. I’m following doctor’s orders and easing back slowly, listening to my body and not pushing my achilles too far. So today was .50 [...]

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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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Saturday Morning Runs

August 8, 2009

I love Saturday morning runs and I’m about to head out for one right now. I meet up with my running group almost every Saturday and when we’re on break, I often meet with friends from my group. It’s funny, every session I think I’m missing out on sleeping in on a Saturday. I pull [...]

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Running Groups

June 11, 2009

A friend of mine came to my running group’s track workout last night. Now, our track workouts, thanks to a somewhat sadistic coach, are notoriously difficult, but in an encouraging, you’re going to be proud of yourself when this is over, kind of a way. The track workouts can be really hard on new runners, [...]

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Ladies Night

April 17, 2009

Oh my, how times have changed. “Ladies Night” used to be a darn good reason to hit the clubs. These days, I look forward to Ladies Night at Fit Right Northwest. If you’re a runner in the Portland/Vancouver area, I’d be shocked if you didn’t know of Fit Right Northwest. They have two locations, one [...]

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The Grass is Always Greener

April 11, 2009

I was really looking forward to this break from running. I was going to slow down so that I could feel restored and ready to go harder and better. I tell ya, the grass is always greener on the other side. Now that I have this down time, I hate it. I want to hit [...]