Make a Run for it!: Archive

May 11th

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“Wrapped in our silver capes and adorned with medals and salt streaked caps as...”

– Kristin Armstrong, after running the 2011 Boston Marathon (via runningchitony)

May 5th

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queenoflean replied to your post: Marathon Recap/Race Report haha, definitely saw you on the course. cheered for you! You did?! I wish I saw you too! Thanks for cheering and also THANKS FOR THE DONATION! I’m woefully behind on my thank you notes but you’ll be getting one soon.

May 3rd

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Marathon Recap/Race Report

Okay you guys. Here it is. The post you’ve all been waiting for with bated breath. Although hopefully not too bated, since if it was really bated breath you might have died by asphyxiation by now… what can I say, negligent blogger up in here. So the day started at like 5:45 am when we went to the buses down by the Common. Alyssa and I were really tired (and really attracive,...

May 3rd

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“If you can make your heart and nerve and sinew serve your turn long after they...”

– Rudyard Kipling I know you all get these Runner’s World Quote of the Day emails, but I really loved this one.

Apr 26th

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runnyknows asked: How'd you do yesterday?!

Apr 19th

My Important Pre-Marathon Checklist:

paint nails Nickelodeon slime green go to the BC bookstore in search of BC temporary tattoos so we get lots of cheers from our alma mater (/graduate school) at mile 21 iron my name onto my singlet eat all the carbs dump Justin after he gives himself a MOHAWK… ugh. Your important pre-marathon checklist: text RUNNER to 345678 and put in 22341 when it asks for a bib number so you can...

Apr 17th

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midwesternerinmanhattan asked: Caitie, good luck on Monday!! Let's kill Heartbreak Hill! :) -Laurel

Apr 14th

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Apr 13th

“Hopkinton, for runners like me, is the Holy Grail of real estate. Every...”

– The Boston Globe: Home is Where the Start is LOVE this.

Apr 13th

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Relevant Gchat Conversation

BFF: i had the most hilarious dream about you friday night
Me: YES tell me
BFF: okay so first of all keep in mind that i was very sick while having this dream
Me: hahaha
BFF: but
BFF: you and justin were getting married
BFF: and your wedding was like a pool party?
Me: HAHAHA
Me: obviously.
BFF: and you and justin were standing on the patio part above everyone getting married
BFF: and then you freaked outttt and ran into this secret room in the house
BFF: and i was the only one who could find you
BFF: and you were like "i can't marry him i can't marry him i can't marry him"
BFF: and i was like caitie calm down what's the matter
BFF: and you were like "if i marry justin, i have to run a marathon every year for the rest of my life no matter what even if i'm pregnant or sick or injured..."
Me: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Apr 12th

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Apr 12th

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Apr 12th

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Apr 12th

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“Her approach to trail running, Shelton says, came from Kerouac’s The...”

– Outside Magazine article on Ultramarathon runner Jenn Shelton

Apr 5th

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Blog-Eat-Blog World: WhyMCA? →

Everyone! Important news! My awesome running buddy/roommate/soulmate Alyssa is on Tumblr. She brings the LOLs, as evidenced below… check her out! blogeatblogworld: 2) Does anyone else make faces at the TV when they’re on the treadmill? I don’t see anyone else making faces. But sometimes I’m running and I’m wicked hungry and then there’s a commercial for the most amazing looking food in...

Apr 4th

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“These events are trail races governed by three rules: no fees, no awards, no...”

– Awesome article on trail running by Christopher McDougall of Born to Run fame

Apr 2nd

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No One Man Should Have All That Flour: Monster →

noonemanshouldhaveallthatflour: Pasta, Pasta, Penne a la Vodka, everybody know’s u gotta mince the fucking garlic i’mma need to see you wash your hands at the faucet i’mma need to see you wash your hands at the faucet drop it, drop it, in the hot water, you can even add a pinch of salt if you wanna Kanye songs rewritten about food? ummmmYESYESYES Also, carbs.

Apr 2nd

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YOU GUYS.

The marathon is somehow like three weeks away. How did that even happen? I’ve been pluggin’ along - the 22 mile run last week was decent, a little slower than last year but I’m okay with that. I don’t really have a set time goal for the marathon, just hoping to cross the finish line in under 5 hours, which should be do-able. Last year we finished in 4:50 and the year...

Apr 2nd

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Feb 22nd

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queenoflean asked: Hey I think I remember you and Justin running around the Heartbreak Hill area last year. Do you run other sections of Comm in your training? Do you think one direction or the other matters much (I am not sadly/thankfully training for Boston)? I think I might start using it for some long runs (along with 759872934 million other people apparently). Just curious, thanks!

Feb 22nd

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Watch

This is my boyfriend. Everyone laugh at him. leavefearinyourdust: Judge me on the horrible shoes, but not on the messy hair. I’m on school vacation, and I still roll out of bed like normal human being persons. Cannot for the life of me figure out what my wordpress password is, so it looks like I’ll have to just keep posting here until I can overhaul/design a new site for this year. Pretty…....

Feb 22nd

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Watch

So if you’ve been reading this blog for awhile, you probably know that I really dig Christopher McDougall’s book Born to Run. Seriously, if you’re any kind of runner (or reader, for that matter), you should definitely read this book. I’ve blogged about it a lot. You can get it on Amazon for $15 (or $9 for the Kindle). If you’ve ever run, even once, READ THIS BOOK. ...

Feb 17th

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So once a week I play intramural soccer with my sister and her roommates. (Above photo unrelated… except gimme that baby.) Now, what I’m about to say next may shock you, since I am the slowest/least motivated runner ever, but let me let you in on a little secret. I’m ridiculously competitive. Like… beat my boyfriend at Scrabble and dump a Gatorade bucket on myself...

Feb 17th

“Do the work. Do the analysis. But feel your run. Feel your race. Feel the joy...”

– Kara Goucher, 2008 Olympian over 10,000 meters. Sign up to get the Runner’s World Quote of the Day in your inbox here. (via runnersworld)

Feb 17th

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Feb 17th

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running on empty: And now, to BQ… →

runonempty: Well after months of promising to announce new qualifying standards and multiple delays in delivering the news, the Boston Athletic Association has finally released the new qualifying times and procedures for registering for the Boston Marathon. And the news is so highly anticipated, the link… I’m with Laurel on this one…

Feb 16th

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“Through it all, each morning has patiently asked me, ‘Why do you run today?’....”

– Complete book of women’s running p38. (via leanhappiness)

Feb 16th

Feb 15th

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Feb 15th

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Feb 14th

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Feb 13th

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Feb 9th

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Feb 9th

“Here is how you run a marathon. Step one: start running. Step two: there is no...”

– -Barney Stinson

Feb 8th

"The problem was thinking about running a marathon... →

Feb 8th

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Training Tips from the BAA

The BAA recently sent out an email with a couple of training tips in it that I found pretty helpful: Keeping your training flexible As you proceed through your February workouts, don’t be afraid to adjust and adapt a workout to the conditions. In much of the United States, the winter weather can vary from Arctic-like conditions to mild spring days. If it’s an exceptionally poor day,...

Feb 8th