Spoiler: I stayed awake. But my initial post-by-email attempt failed. Let’s try this again (and pretend this posted about 10 hours ago!) For those of us who work and play in the GMT +8 time zone (Me! Me! Me!), 2014 is less than an hour away. I haven’t even had a nap yet tonight, and […]
A few days ago, I had lunch with my second-cousin-in-law. [Yes, that is a relationship – and yes it is the same s-c-i-l who shared his NYC Marathon race report last month.] As some of you may recall, he’s a Kiwi who relocated to the US about six months ago. One of my favorite parts […]
Coach Holly here, reporting, live and well (fed) from northern New Jersey, folks! I think travel inspires me to write Fortunately/Unfortunately posts, so here’s a peek at Sunday’s travels: Fortunately, modern technology (and the trick of time zones) allows me to wake up in Singapore, and go to sleep later (much, much, MUCH later) the […]
Well, folks, it’s just after 5 AM on Sunday morning (Singapore time), and I’m on a plane, heading for the land of turkeys and cranberry sauce and all other Thanksgiving-type shenanigans. I am both ridiculously excited (Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, and my family knows how to celebrate), and a bit anxious (my To Do […]
Some days, I fail as a blogger. Even if though I ran a lot of miles and composed a slightly clever post about being a female endurance athlete yesterday, I definitely dropped the ball on my most important Blogger Job of the Day: Promoting my first-ever guest post, over at Mountains and Miles. I’m helping to fill […]
Yeah, yeah – this is much later than promised. I’ve been busy doing this: But before all this excitement, I was in the middle of a marathon (in more than one way!) race report here. So if you missed the first part, check out Chevron City to Surf Perth Marathon: Race Report (Part 1). The […]
Guys, I’m still struggling to put this whole marathon experience into words. You all know that my posts tend to be long-winded thorough. And that goes double for race reports. I hate to leave anything out – especially after you all told me a few months back that you really like to hear ALL the details […]
I won’t make you read 1,000 words – let’s just cut to the chase: Perth Marathon = 3:44:53 Sha-freakin’-zam. Given my training and goals, this was a very pleasant surprise. Actually, it’s closer to ‘shock’ than ‘surprise’, really. I know that with solid training (including speed work), I have a sub-3:30 in me, no question. […]
It’s 9 PM, Perth time. Race flags off at 6 AM. [Nine hours to go – but who’s counting?] We’re staying 1 km from the Starting Line (SWEET). The alarm is set for 4 (or 4:15?) AM. At the moment, I’m giving thanks that GCA and I had the foresight to stay so close to […]
I promise to post about my 27 mile run (in fact, I have much of the post written) – but Marathon day is just a few days away, and I’d like to be caught up with my training reports before I run. Otherwise, posting them would be a bit anti-climactic, right? And since the 27er […]
