Runners, man – we’ve got a lot of strange tips and tricks when it comes to making the most of our runs. From improving our times to reducing injuries, there seems to be a set of rituals for just about everything. I remember when I first got into running – some of the things I read more
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Why I won’t be running the Walt Disney World Wine & Dine half marathon this year (even though I really, REALLY want to)
March 12, 2013 – 7:30 am
Sigh. Today is a sad day. Granted, it’s only sad for the most superficial of reasons, but still… Today is the day that registration for the Walt Disney World Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend opens up. When I came home from running the Tinkerbell Half Marathon in January, I had every intention of signing read more
It’s that time again: Help me raise $500 for charity and force me to run a half marathon! HOORAY!
February 12, 2013 – 7:30 am
The thing about saying that you’re going to do something is that it’s all talk until you commit in some kind official capacity. When it comes to running a race, the point of commitment for me is always registration. You toss your name into the ring and hand over the fee (which usually isn’t chump read more
Reviewing my Fitness Goals and the #Distance13 After Party
February 6, 2013 – 1:27 pm
Throughout the month of January I took part in an interesting online fitness challenge called Go the Distance 2013. Blog- and Facebook-based, the challenge was organized by Morgan (Life After Bagels), Krysten (Misadventures of a Darwinian Fail), Jess (Truly Into Fitness), and Robyn (Robyn Baldwin.com)– an amazing bunch of health and fitness bloggers and all read more
Disneyland Adventure Part 1: The TinkerBell Half Marathon!
January 23, 2013 – 8:07 pm
My friends, it’s official: I, Sara Hamil, am a half marathoner. I’m still having a hard time processing what happened last weekend. I spent so much time leading up to it preparing and obsessing that it’s hard to believe it’s already over. In the days since I’ve tried my best to relive the morning of read more
On running and kicking self-doubt in the face
January 16, 2013 – 7:30 am
It’s hard to believe that California is only two days away. Harder still to fathom is the fact I’ll be running my very first half marathon in the Disneyland Tinker Bell Half Marathon weekend while I’m there! Back when Llisa and I first decided to do this, it felt forever away. Like, January 2013 was read more
On my morning run
November 28, 2012 – 2:18 pm
Getting out of bed at 5 a.m. is not fun. Getting out of bed at 5 a.m. is especially not fun when it’s cold out and all you want to do it stay curled up in your toasty bed. But you can’t run in bed (although if you could, I would be a world champion) read more
Tinkerbell Half Marathon: Thoughts on goals and that point-of-no-return
June 19, 2012 – 2:33 pm
There’s something about stepping over that point-of-no-return that makes working toward a goal so much more real. Actually, that whole point-of-no-return thing is probably exactly that “something” I’m referring to but, whatever. When we set a goal for ourselves, I think we all have that point when it shifts from a fanciful “wouldn’t it be read more
Outrunning the Zombie Apocalypse (a “Zombies, Run!” app video and review)
May 31, 2012 – 12:23 pm
Yes, my friends, the zombie apocalypse is apparently on its way and if you want to escape a doomed existence as zombie fodder or a card-carrying member of the shambling masses, you’d better work on your cardio. Or at least that’s the conclusion my friends and I came to yesterday on Twitter after reading this read more
It’s a Race! Or Two! Kinda!
May 11, 2012 – 3:55 pm
Yes! It’s true! I’ve got not one but TWO races planned for the next year with my friend, Llisa! And not just any two races but two fairy themed races. I swear we didn’t plan it that way. It just happened. Originally we had talked about doing two half marathons; the Tinker Bell Half Marathon read more
