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Race Reports

I ran my 41st half marathon last weekend, the Dallas 13.1 Series. Pretty cool to have run as many as I am old. It’s been a crazy week or I would have posted about it sooner, but Peggy and I had a blast not sweating like pigs because it is 112 degrees outside. The run [...]

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Tour des Fleurs 20k and Tour des RS Fleurs

by Runner Susan on September 18, 2011

in Garden,Race Reports,Running

Yesterday Peggy and I ran the Tour des Fleurs 20k. It took us a while but we each sweated out the toxins and finished the race. Peggy was fantastic and she could have run much faster, but she was a trooper and stuck with me and my colon. She’s nice like that. I’m okay with [...]

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2011 Cowtown Marathon

by Runner Susan on March 3, 2011

in Marathons,Race Reports,Running

The first marathon I’ve run since Chicago 2008. I can’t believe so many years have gone by since I’ve run a marathon. I was on a roll for a while – 1-2 marathons per year since 2004. Then I crapped out. This was probably the toughest marathon I’ve ever run.  It was hilly, humid, hot [...]

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Sister Runner Amy and I ran the White Rock Half Marathon on Sunday. It was cold, we dated Galloway more than we didn’t, but we finished. At this point in my life, putting one foot in front of the other and moving in a forward direction is my goal. Goal accomplished. And then SRA made [...]

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I needed a break, so I self-suspended my blog. I know, I know. But now I’m back and I’m going to try and be really good at balancing my life. It’s hard when you have bad gas, but I trust my lovely Internet People will keep me in line. So, what have I have I [...]

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Run the Jailbreak

by Runner Susan on September 19, 2010

in Kenza Roo,Race Reports,Running

Every now and then, scattered about the science fiction novel that is our life, there are a few good days – and today was one of them. It’s a great time in life when our babies are finally old enough to run the races with us. Today, Kenza and I ran, swam, clawed and climbed [...]

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