On May 4th I ran my 17th (I think?) half marathon at the Frederick Running Festival. I've been registered for this race 4 times. I ran in 2009 as my second half marathon ever. In 2020 I signed up but it got canceled. I ran it in 2022 and signed up again this year because its not too far from where I live and it's a good course. While things didn't turn out exactly how I wanted, it was still a good day! Frederick ... Read the Post...
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