This past weekend we had the opportunity to head up to London for a quick weekend trip. Tiffany and I tend to travel a lot less than we want to and have decided that now is the time to get a lot more traveling in since the kiddo is finally at an age where she is old...
This morning was the first long run of the 16 week Hal Higdon novice marathon training plan, which meant heading out for a 10km (6mile run) - the weather, as has been the case for the past few days was absolutely dreadful and I had thoughts of heading back into our...
One of my real big passions is sightseeing by running through cities. I believe you can only experience the true feel of a place while exploring it on your feet. Naturally, you can cover a whole lot more ground running than walking. Since sightseeing and taking...
After starting the 2013 race season with two half marathons (The Berlin Half Marathon and the Spreewald Half Marathon) it was time to go for something a bit shorter to get the whole family involved. While Tiffany enjoyed the Avon Women's Run on Saturday (with my mom,...
Ever since I had seen the funky green pickle race medal of the Spreewald Half and Full Marathon at the Berlin Half Marathon Race Expo a few weeks ago, I wanted to run the race to get my hands on this strange medal. When my schedule cleared out and I was still in good...
During the first weekend of May, on a sunny beautiful day, I decided to torture my mother-in-law and entered her into a 10km race. Her race entry was actually a Christmas present from Stefan and I, because she is a new runner and we thought what better gift for a...
2013 had started slowly in terms of running races, this all changed with the 33 Vattenfall Berlin Half Marathon on April 7th. Neither Tiffany nor I had ever run a half marathon before and to be honest, both of us were happy that we had at least run the entire race...
Since I was getting a bit wordy in the race report, I decided to split this into two posts. To read more about the Berlin Half Marathon, click here. Berlin Half-Marathon Post Race Report Right as you cross the finish line, there are just people everywhere. They are...
Last Sunday was the 33rd annual Vattenfall Berlin Half-Marathon. The very first half-marathon race I've ever run...and definitely not my last. We have been training the past 4 months for this race, after completing our first 5k and 10k races at the end of 2012. And of...
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