I am a 30-something woman living & running in New York City. A runner for 7 years, I am a multi-marathoner and fan of the sport. My running buddies recognize me on the course and in the park by the...
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JJ: Recessionista
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Pigtails F.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training
Quite a gloomy day in my industry today. Pretty much every major and mid-sized publishing house started announcing their cutback strategies a month or so ago, which included layoffs, the halting of new acquisitions, and serious curtailing of T&E expenditures, just to name a few of the painful ones. Today, two of the top companies announc...
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Saturday’s Tidying Up
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Pigtails F.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training
We’re heading back to New York tomorrow morning, so today’s activities include (in addition to more diligent relaxing) a bit of tidying up: laundry, tucking away the final pieces of unused plasticware, changing sheets and that sort of weekend wind-down stuff. This tidying up has carried over to Pigtails Flying, as I’ve got some...
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Kara Goucher Link
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Pigtails F.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training
Okay, so this link is nearly 4 weeks old, but I’m sharing now. Deal with it, people. As you all know, Kara Goucher is my perpetual #1 crush, but she was also “Today’s Crush” over at Asylum on Marathon Monday. I admit it: I scrolled through all 72 photos.I love how Adam wears a long-sleeved shirt that says, “Mr. Kara...
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Flatness, with Hills
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Pigtails F.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training
Can woman exist on simple joys alone? Sometimes I wish it were so. I returned from my easybreezy run today (just fast enough to get warm) and walked down our stone path, towards the gate (which I built with my dad) on our porch to go inside. Husband was off in the woods, photographing his rock sculptures (he likes to capture them through the sea...
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Surprises Abound, Thankfully
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Pigtails F.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training
As far as holidays go, Thanksgiving’s alright. I mean, we get two days off work, and an excuse to eat like gavone. But really? I’m just a humbug, a party pooperwho’d much rather have the day to myself than spend two days preparing for the “pinnacle”: roast turkey. I don’t even like turkey. Can we just skip rig...
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Ellipses
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Pigtails F.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training
Hey! Someone thinks I’m funny! Do you think I’m funny?… I went from super-excited to super-annoyed in the span of two minutes on Monday. Exiting my neighborhood post office (where I haven’t been for about a year), I saw a freshly-painted storefront, Yoga Tonic. SWEET! A yoga studio three blocks from my apartment, I&rsquo...
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Juxtaposition, Yo
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Pigtails F.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training
Perhaps the contrast between yesterday’s run and today’s run would have been greater if I’d ran on Mars and not through Sunnyside this morning, but it would have been negligible. I was cracking up at the differences the entire five miles. Let’s see… rural/urban. Piles of leaves/piles of garbage. Neighbors out of a...
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Connecticut Hushes Me
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Pigtails F.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training
I had the occasion to run today in Connecticut, and I spent the hour-long drive up the Merritt to the panhandle trying unsuccessfully to remember the last time I’d been in Connecticut for an actual visit. Long Islanders (I’m one by birth) spend little time thinking about Connecticut. We know it as the state of Yale University, Joe Li...
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London Calling
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Pigtails F.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training
Sometimes I don’t dare get excited about what’s to come. Sometimes it’s too much to hope for future joys. But in the case of the Flora London Marathon, on April 26, 2009, I can’t help myself. I’ve barely recovered from NYC and already I’m having visions of myself jetting across the ocean, getting ready to dash...
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Ellipses
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Pigtails F.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training
Missing all sorts of things today… like sleep, my training routine, and Brother, just to name a few. I’ll try and step around this strange-shaped hole today, and hope that drinks with CB and my JJ run tomorrow will fill it in a bit…My heart goes out to Ansky, who is trying to sort out how to balance his training with the nee...
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Poconos Loop
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Pigtails F.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training
I was about 3 miles into my 4.5 miles run this morning when the most scattered of snow flurries started to shift from the sky. Two things happened concurrently. I remembered Husband waking me up gently last night to tell me “I feel Winter coming forward,” and I officially stopped mourning Summer. Okay, so it’s taken me two mont...
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P Is for Poconos
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Pigtails F.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training
Finally, finally I am here, back where my blood pressure drops and brain waves simmer into undulating ribbons rather than spiky scribbles. The Poconos House. Since Thursday and Friday were days off, I woke up ready to run this morning. Okay, it was actually lunchtime when I woke up but who’s counting–I’m still on vacation until...
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Red Running Gloves
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Pigtails F.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training
Here in Denver, it’s two hours later than it is back home. This morning, my alarm went off at 6:45 AM, my body clock still set to 8:45 AM, but nevertheless, I still didn’t want to get out of bed. I laid there for 20 minutes, snuggling into the frothy comforter and the perfectly squishy pillows (four of them! All for me!), thinking I ...
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ING New York City Marathon (the last 5.2 miles)
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Pigtails F.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training
Manhattan, Again (Miles 21 to 26.2) I remembered this part down Fifth Avenue clearly from my training run–lots of scenery, and freaking interminable. This was the tract where I was grateful for all the familiar faces–crafty PS with her smile; TNT coach LW pointing right at me (she helped me with race day strategy–thanks Coach!...
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ING New York City Marathon (miles 13.1 through 21)
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Pigtails F.
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Queens (Miles 13 to 16) Running over the Pulaski Bridge, into my borough, I was totally jazzed. So much so, that I picked up the pace on the uphill. It was at this point that EN did me the biggest favor of the day–he scolded me. “TK, now is NOT the time to Go.” Damn, the man’s right. I checked my pace (but just a little)...
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What to Do with Your Old Running Shoes
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Pigtails F.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training
Today, I sent three pairs of old trainers here.(Have been diligently pecking out the last half of my race report on my Blackberry as I commute to and fro. It WILL be posted this week. Sorry to keep any of you in suspense! i ran for the first time today since the marathon–I sprinted a block, in heels, to catch the bus! Felt good–do yo...
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ING New York City Marathon (the first 13.1 miles)
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Pigtails F.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training
Despite two weeks of taper freak out, stress out and insecurity, I awoke on race day in a buoyant mood: happy, relaxed, and excited. Also, for the first time ever the night before a marathon, I got solid, uninterrupted sleep. Everything, down to defrosting my breakfast berries, had been laid out in procedure order the night before, so all I had ...
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I Was There
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Pigtails F.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training
(This has absolutely nothing to do with running, or the New York City Marathon, or my race report, for which I know you’re all waiting.) The breakfast I attended last week at ‘21′ was just dished by Liz Smith. This would be cool, if I cared about such things. Posted in Off-Topic
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