Author Archives: sarah

I’m flying down the straightaway into the setting sun. No, wait, rising sun! I’m so transported by this run that for an instant, I can’t remember what time of day it is. Somehow I’m maintaining an 8 minute pace over … Continue reading →

I don’t much care for tempo runs and I was nervous about the one I had to do today. But I totally turned things around over the course of the run so I thought I would write about it. The … Continue reading →

I’ve just finished the first three week block of building in my training cycle for the Philadelphia Marathon. I honestly expected to feel excited, thrilled to be back at it, happy to be running more structured runs instead of just … Continue reading →

Not Your Typical 5K is the name of the race that happens every July in Middletown. Not typical, because who plans a course like this? Why run from Main Street, up the hill, back down again, back up again, around … Continue reading →

If you like triathlons, central Connecticut is the place to be. It turns out all summer long, there is a sprint tri every Thursday at one of our local lakes. It alternates between two locations, but one is at Cedar … Continue reading →

Keeping up with my tradition of very late race reports, I ran the Mystic Half marathon on May 31st. After missing the Colchester Half and the Middletown Half, I was SO HAPPY to finally run a half marathon in 2015. … Continue reading →

I’m a bit slow with this post because the end of the semester gets crazy, but what a great race this was! This was my first race with a biking component. I did the two indoor triathlons this spring, but … Continue reading →

So many times a runner friend will say something like, “My knee hurts in such-and-such a place, but I have a race in four days that I HAVE to run! What should I do? I don’t want to go to … Continue reading →

I’ve been pretty loyal to the Maestro and I think he’s a fantastic physical therapist. He wasn’t getting anywhere with this latest injury though, I think largely because we had an incorrect diagnosis. It turns out I have a bulging … Continue reading →

I did a nearly spontaneous triathlon last weekend. That’s a strange thing, but it’s pretty much true. Sure, we had talked about it a little bit. But when you dress up as a roller derby team to do a trivia … Continue reading →