Marathon Training
Mission Cherry Blossom
I’m not a morning person. I like to take my time getting up – drifting in and out of dreams for at least a half hour before getting out of bed. Yet, this past Wednesday, seeing a bright blue sky out my window, I got up right away, dressed in my running gear and was…
Read MoreREMRunner in the News
I’m so honored to be featured in the Boston Globe health section today. (Check out: “A Race With Sleep” by Elizabeth Cooney, March 29th, 2010.) If you’re new to my blog today, welcome! Feel free to explore, but if you’d like to read more about narcolepsy and cataplexy affecting my life and training …
Read MoreThe Upside of Slowing Down
Still recovering from the tendonitis in my knees, I’m training with 30-40 minute run/walks. Although this isn’t exactly what I’d like to be doing less than a month before the marathon, I’ve decided to take this opportunity to incorporate something else into my routine – photography. You know what they say about life – you…
Read MoreUnder Dark Ominous Clouds
After a week of vibrant summer-like weather here in DC, the weekend arrived, and with it, a bubble of sheer gloom. I’d like to say it rained all weekend, but I never actually saw it rain –only felt a constant spritzing of moisture in the air. Without any direct sunlight – the city felt like…
Read MoreSomething Worth Fighting For
I must admit that yesterday, for the first time, this experience brought me to tears. I’m usually incredibly poised, but yesterday I lost it. My feelings were just too strong. Here’s what happened. Given my recent flair-up of tendonitis in my knees, I’ve had to cut back almost entirely on my running to concentrate on…
Read MoreI think I’ll go to Boston…
With 43 days until the marathon, I traveled to Boston this past weekend for the Wake Up Narcolepsy marathon fundraiser, hosted in support of the four women (myself included) who will be running 26.2 miles on April 19th, 2010 towards finding a cure for narcolepsy. I was excited to be back in my old…
Read MoreThese Hips Don’t Lie
If you happen to be in the Dupont Circle area this afternoon, you might have seen the REM Runner out and about. But I wasn’t running. No, I was walking. In the rain. Carrying a 4 foot white styrofoam log-shaped roller tucked under my arm. This gigantic styrofoam log is part of my brand new…
Read MoreAs fast as a Kenyan…
Some of you might remember my “rivalry” with the Kenyans for Boston 2010 (I wrote about the rivalry here). Thank you to those that believed in me and said you’d be cheering for me over the Kenyans. However, I regret to inform you that the rivalry is over. My training is going fairly well, but the…
Read MoreWhy Not Today.
I was looking forward to my 3 mile run today, as these shorter runs have become a comforting and stress-relieving part of my winter routine. However, I’ve decided that it’s best that I don’t run today. Hopefully I’ll be able to get this run in tomorrow, so it’s really not the end of the world. None-the-less,…
Read MoreSnowmageddon
When I decided to move from Boston to Washington DC, one of the first things everyone said was, “Hot summers in DC… But much milder winters. You’ll enjoy that.” When I decided to train for the Boston Marathon, one of the first things everyone said was, “Milder winters in DC… Much easier to run down there. Lucky for you.” As a lifetime…
Read More