Author Archives: sarah

Loving the Bomb

Posted on August 29, 2019 by sarah

I haven’t been racing a lot so I’ve kind of fallen off the blogging bandwagon, but I sure have been running. Today’s workout was 9 miles total, 2 warm-up, 6 at aerobic threshold pace (8:15-8:30), 1 mile cool down. I … Continue reading →

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Boilermaker 15K July 2019 Race Report – “More Than A Race”

Posted on August 5, 2019 by sarah

Boilermaker is the essence of summer distilled into a few hours on the second Sunday in July. The race itself – 9.3 hot and hilly miles through Utica, NY – features an elite field, top-notch organization, and the best post-race … Continue reading →

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Westfield 10K Race Report June 2019

Posted on July 8, 2019 by sarah

Not every race is going to go according to plan. If you never fail, you’re not looking hard enough for the edge of what you can accomplish. I’m experimenting and not every experiment has the expected result. Sure, those things … Continue reading →

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Run for the Pies Race Report June 2019

Posted on July 3, 2019 by sarah

Run for the Pies was the third race in my Short Distance Spaghetti Project. I went to Jacksonville to visit Coach Mick, who had to miss running Boston after a bike accident. Diamond also lives in Jacksonville and she suggested … Continue reading →

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Short Distance Spaghetti

Posted on June 28, 2019 by sarah

What is Professor Badass up to? I thought that chick loved the marathon with an undying passion and yet she’s posting a whole series of race reports for shorter races? Good question! What am I up to? When I looked … Continue reading →

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1000 Miles

Posted on June 21, 2019 by sarah

I write a lot of rather long blog posts, but this one is short. I ran my 1000th mile of 2019 today. It was the third mile of a four mile run with some strides mixed in. No big deal, … Continue reading →

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Delaney Dash 4 Miler – 2019 Race Report

Posted on June 19, 2019 by sarah

This is race number two in the shorter-and-faster kick I’ve got going between Boston and the start of training for Chicago. I partly ran this because it’s the USATF-CT Four Mile championship race – who even knew there was such … Continue reading →

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Providence 5K 2019

Posted on June 10, 2019 by sarah

Academics complain about how busy the month of April is, but for Mother Professors, I think May is worse. May is when the end of the college semester collides with end-of-school-year events for kids and all free time vanishes into … Continue reading →

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Boston Race Report 2019 – Part 2 – the Race

Posted on April 23, 2019 by sarah

Race Day Race day “dawned” with a torrential downpour. Because the Incredible Mervus is indeed incredible, I knew I could ask him to get up and help with breakfast. The room didn’t have a microwave so we had to make … Continue reading →

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Boston Race Report 2019 – Part 1 – Pre-Race

Posted on April 23, 2019 by sarah

“Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” ― Mary Oliver I am writing a race report for the Boston marathon because I ran the Boston marathon. An obvious and yet astonishing sentence. I first started … Continue reading →

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