With the Marine Corps Marathon in the books, it’s time to focus on training for the Dopey Challenge which is just over 2 months away! For those of you not familiar, the Dopey Challenge is an inaugural event at this year’s Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend (January 8-12, 2014). The challenge is to complete all 4 … Continue reading
Tomorrow I’m headed into the city to cheer my little head off at the New York City Marathon! While this is actually my first time going to spectate at a race (gasp!), but I’ve done my research, asked my family who have come to watch me run and well, I’ve run a few races myself … Continue reading
For the past few days I’ve been reflecting on my Marine Corps Marathon experience. For a race that I went into not feeling as well prepared as I would have liked it ended up being the perfect day! I decided to think about what really worked for me during this run and came up … Continue reading
I feel like I always struggle to write full marathon recaps. How do you write down the mental, emotional and physical experience of a 26.2 mile journey by foot?!? I personally really enjoy going back and re-reading my race recaps, I look at my blog as a sort of journal (albeit a journal open … Continue reading
A few months after registering for the Marine Corps Marathon I saw the information on the MCM Runners bRUNch and thought it sounded like a great way to start of my Marine Corp Weekend! From the Marine Corp Marathon website: “The bRUNch is a 5k warm up run led by MCM staff along the Mall … Continue reading
Still weather stalking… @Marine_Marathon Raceday forecast: Partly cloudy skies, West wind 5-10mph. Temps: 6am 41, 7am 42, 8am 45, 9am 49, 10am 52, 12pm 55, 2pm 57. — Chuck Bell (@ChuckBell4) October 22, 2013 …and still stressing about my race day outfit! Lots of options packed, including tube socks after this twitter suggestion: https://twitter.com/mrcostello/status/392669358297579520 Oh … Continue reading
This weekend I spent some time getting my stuff organized and starting to pack for Marine Corp (I can’t believe how close it is!), so I thought I’d share with you one of my favorite ways to keep some of my race-day essentials organized! Yes, this is a cosmetics bag. No, my race day essentials … Continue reading
With just 10 days to go it’s been an eventful week in the Marine Corp Marathon world! Twitter erupted with a flurry of panic over these tweets: EXCLUSIVE: Marine Corps Marathon in jeopardy if gov't shutdown is not lifted this week; Army 10-Miler route changed http://t.co/J2EDxbzryM — Arlington Now (@ARLnowDOTcom) October 15, 2013 Report: #Shutdown … Continue reading
Day 2 of Hartford Marathon volunteering – race day! (If you missed Day 1 volunteering at registration you can find it HERE!) Saturday morning I arrived at Bushnell Park, the location of the race day activities, bright and early! Ok, it was definitely not bright at 5:30am, but the park was already alive with staff … Continue reading
Let me tell you, I think race volunteering is the way to go! You don’t have to pay. You don’t have to train. And you still get fun free stuff! As I’ve mentioned, one of the reasons that I wanted to volunteer at the Hartford Marathon in particular was because I used to work in … Continue reading
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