As I mentioned in Friday’s post, I ran in the Rock N Roll USA half marathon in DC this Saturday. I am going to do a post about the race, but today’s post will include some of my thoughts about my experience running this weekend. I’ll start by recapping the training week: Week of 3/9/14- 3/15/14 Sunday 3/9: Quick Strength for Runners Week 5 (Part 1), 30 minutes reflexion yoga Monday 3/10: 11.06 miles with 2 x 3 miles ... Read the Post...
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