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Race Recap: Kansas Half Marathon by Julia U. Posted Wed 09 May 2012 8:08am Holy Moly, I hate the new blogger set up. I'm sure it rolled out like a long time ago, and I just haven't been on since then. I fail....like mega fail. ANYWAY, I need to recap the Kansas Half Marathon which was....ummm...April, 22nd? Yeah....that sounds right. Because I ran RTP on the 14th and it was a week later.... YEAH, you read that c ... Read on »

Marathon Training Week 2: 13 mile progressive treadmill run. by Meggan F. Posted Sun 06 Feb 2011 11:32am Thursday: AM: 4miles easy, abs /PM: 10min w/u, circuit for 25min Friday: AM: 8.2 miles with Micah (7:20-30 pace) Saturday: 13 miles in 90 min 30 min at 7:30-7:00 pace 5min... wanted to get my 16 miles in. I did hit a major milestone, 13 miles was the longest treadmill run I have ever done to date. It went by so quickly that I really don't even feel Read on »

A Wet 13 Miles: NYC Marathon Long Run #5 by A Healthy, Happier Bear Facebook

Posted Sun 22 Aug 2010 10:33am After an amazing night of sleep, I woke up at quarter until 7 this morning ready to attack my 13 mile training run! Breakfast I enjoyed an Arnold Sandwich Thin... COMBINATION BEFORE A LONG RUN! I knew that I’d need more than just water to get through 13 miles so I used a sample I received from one of my recent races. Nuun Active Hydration Read on »

Ohhhh Kansas City by Chloe Posted Tue 18 May 2010 6:23pm How I love my friends in Kansas City. I am so blessed to have such an amazing group of girls that no matter how long we go with out seeing each other - we still have... And thanks mom for coming over to Kansas City for the wedding! So I really took advantage of my 'rest' week. Love it. Oh yeah - no spray tan. Did not make it into KC on time Read on »

You’re Not in Kansas Anymore by Kara B. Posted Mon 21 May 2012 3:11pm Does no one else deal with extremely sore muscles after races? My calves, hamstrings, and quads still hurt from Saturday, but I’ve been reading all sorts of comments about peoples’ great, grand, awesome shake-out and recovery runs on Sunday and today, with no mention of heavy, lead-like legs. If my foot wasn’t sore I think I could possibly atte ... Read on »

Less than a half a minute seperates Lieto and Potts at finish of Ironman 70.3 Kansas by Roman M. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 06 Jun 2010 2:49pm "I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing," said a very tired Andy Potts after chasing Chris Lieto to a 24 second silver podium position at Ironman Kansas 70.3... Potts hit the half marathon portion of the day's race the chase was on. Potts made up over five minutes on the run as he chased down Lieto through the Midwestern heat Read on »

Kansas/Kelsey Squared Trip by Kelsey G. Posted Tue 15 May 2012 2:23pm A while back when the blog was featured on SkinnyRunner I met a fellow blogger who was virtually the same exact person as me…right down to the same name/same spelling. Kelsey is my long lost twin who just happens to live in Kansas! (To spare the confusion of people thinking I am referring to myself in third person, we will respectfully refer ... Read on »

Inaugural Ironman 70.3 Kansas Race Review by Roman M. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 26 Jun 2008 6:03am Inaugural Ironman70.3 KansasRace Review http://www.ironmankansas.com EveryMan Rating:3 Brewskis (except that I did not finish) Rating Scale (based on the amount of beer... that exceeds your expectations • No Brewski A must-do annual event for both friends and family The Race There's a popular surf shop in Lawrence, Kansas were you can purchase a cool Read on »

Wait, we're not in Kansas… by Megan Posted Fri 01 Jan 2010 12:00am The weather here in Southern California is confusing the heck out of me today!! We’re having weather reports like the ones we were used to in Kansas!!! Rain? Thunder... terrible at buying new running shoes when I need them– always trying to stretch out my dollars– but with all of my marathon training, these were definitely a necessity. And he got Read on »

Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore by Gavi E. Posted Tue 13 Jul 2010 8:27pm afternoon, I took off from graduate school in a SuperShuttle headed straight for LAX. Destination? Wichita, Kansas for the wedding of one of our best family friends! I flew in from... was actually quite beautiful. We noticed this on our run, too, but Kansas is, unsurprisingly, quite flat. But it is much more lush than I was expecting. We arrived at the arboretum Read on »