Broad Street Run

It’s good to be back after a much needed blog-hiatus.  Running a business, a family and well, just running…for our lives…is exhausting.  Getting off the merry-go-round occasionally brings perspective and vision back into alignment.

I decided to christen myself back into the racing world with two old favorites and ended up with what I call “extreme racing”.  Fluke-like conditions on both accounts made for crazy adventures and incredible fun.  Harsh weather conditions require us to dig deep, and although we were not rewarded with our best times, it did not diminish the sweetness of overcoming the elements.  However absurd it all was, we could not help but laugh at the idea that a group of thirty, forty, or fifty-something women could be so crazy as to even take these on!  And I know we are not alone on this.  There are so many groups of running women out there that do the same.  I saw and met many of them in New York and in Philly these past few weeks. You ladies rock!

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Back for MORE (Half Marathon):

A 4:15am wake up call for a 5am meeting time at the nearby grocery store.  Three of us decide to make the trek that day from Philly to NYC because we have other commitments that prevent us from a night’s stay.  We meet LDF’s Jamie and Jen at the Starbucks near the start in Central Park with our numbers in tow.  It’s pouring outside and the temperature is about 40 degrees–so not fun.  I have never had to race in the rain before, so I was clueless as to how to adjust.  I am shocked that so many of the 10,000 registered actually show (about 6400 will finish).  We sit in our corral as rain pellets us, listening to the beautiful Kristin Davis (of Sex and the City) [click to continue…]

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