After my first half marathon, I figured out that it actually is pretty important to make sure my body had recovered from the race before I got back into running hardcore. In the post from my last half marathon, I dug into a little bit of the mental aspect of distance running. Since my second time around running the 13.1 distance, I've been finding that recovering on the mental side of it has been a lot more difficult than the physical. Long runs can be pretty grueling. Any

I can't remember a time when eating crow has tasted so good. One of my posts from September was an exhortation to embrace the 2-4 weeks of beautiful weather between hot and cold weather seasons. But here it is, halfway through December and I was able to get out for a run in gorgeous 70 degree, sunny weather. Seriously, I couldn't be happier to have been wrong about this. The sentiment from my above-referenced post remains though: get out there in this amazing weather! At s

On Thanksgiving day, I had the opportunity to participate in the Thanksgiving Day Half Marathon in Atlanta, Georgia and it was awesome! Not only did I feel great about sitting around the rest of the day to eat and watch football, but I set a new personal record, cutting about three minutes off of my time from my first half marathon. At the risk of sounding overly cheesy, I had plenty to be thankful for. If you're already looking ahead to next year - as I am - and planning a