Category: Geek Girl Runner
Running related posts and content, including ten episodes of my geekgirlrunner.com podcast
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The terrible and wonderful reasons why I run long distances – The Oatmeal
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The Quest For The Ultimate Workout Headphones – Nice. If I were still running, I’d get these.
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A Decision I’m not going to run the Gold Coast marathon this year. I’m not going to run any marathon this year. I know this sounds stupid, but it feels incredibly FREEING to say that. I know I said I was going to. But as soon as I said it, I felt weighed down by…
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Week 1: And back to the beginning I go for the third year in a row! The first week of 2012 was an interesting one. I did my first “long” run of marathon training – 7 miles. It was on a very hot day, so I took it nice and slow. I missed my mid-week…
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Aww, neat! Kristen got interviewed about her running experiences and credited me as one of her inspirations. How nice is that! It actually makes me laugh a little, as Kristen kicks my butt all over the place. She bikes! She swims! She runs more than I do! And she has two kids and a big…
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Week 52Another year has come and gone! As you’ll recall, last year I pulled out all the stops to hit my goal of 1000km. This year I was aiming for 1100km, and for the first half of the year I was on track to surpass that by far. Unfortunately the second half of the year…
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Week 51It was kind of a crazy week. I had only three full work days to try to finish everything up at the office, and Spudds was cancelled for the holidays. I still managed three runs though so I’m satisfied with that. The one upside to Sydney’s cold and grey summer has been how pleasant…
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Week 50Holding steady. Work has been really busy in these last weeks before Christmas, so I haven’t been able to squeeze in any training sessions at Spudds. I did still manage my three runs though! Dec. 11: 7.65kmDec. 14: 5.17kmDec. 15: 2.76km (walking)Dec. 16: 5.86kmTotal this week: 18.68km (11.6mi)Total in 2011: 1007.85km (630mi) And I’ve…
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Week 49I am back on the horse! My cough is nearly gone and I managed three runs this week along with a workout at Spudds. I’m trying to hold back and build up slowly, but it feels so great to be able to exercise again. Dec. 4: 4.79kmDec. 6: 5.16kmDec. 9: 5.20kmTotal this week: 15.15km…
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Week 48This flu has really wrecked my training plans for the end of the year. I’m still coughing a lot at night, but it seems to be easing up during the day a bit. So today I went out for my first run in 2.5 weeks. I took it very easy with five minutes’ walk…