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My running story

‘m Lisa, a wine-loving-runner living in Baltimore, MD. I grew up in New York (Long Island) and moved to Baltimore to attend college.

Growing up I was always active- taking dance classes and playing field hockey- but didn’t really like to run. I actually joined the track team and after realizing how much I hated running, begged the coaches to let me be a thrower.

Once I was in college, I exercised on my own terms to stay in shape and offset my awful eating and drinking habits. By the time I was a senior, I was running up to about 5 miles a few days a week.

After college I became even more interested in health and fitness and I was focusing on getting healthier. As I started graduate school at Towson, I would make it a point to work out 6 days a week, and plan my meals to eat as healthy as possible while living a very busy lifestyle (working 40 hours a week including weekends, from as early as 6am to as late as 10pm, and occasional overnight shifts, plus taking 4 classes a semester). In 2007 I decided to run the Baltimore 1/2 marathon. I didn’t really know what I was doing, but I loved training, racing with all the crowd support, and the feeling of crossing the finish line. I continued to run but didn’t race much, mostly due to not having enough money to spare on race fees.

In 2010 I started having bad hip pain, and was diagnosed with a labral tear. I had surgery but was running again within 4 months. After that my husband (boyfriend at the time) decided to start running too. I got him to sign up for his first 5k in 2011. Since then we have done a handful of races, including a marathon on our way to our honeymoon. We don’t run together, but it’s great to have someone to talk about training with, complain about the bad runs with, and share the feeling of success with after a great race.

I love reading blogs about other runners’ training experiences.You can read more about why I started blogging here.

I hope that this blog will connect me with others who share the same passion for running. Thanks for stopping by!

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  1. Katiemac says

    June 23, 2014 at 12:45 am

    I’m like way inspired

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  2. Amber says

    August 10, 2014 at 1:00 am

    It was cool meeting you at the Chuck 12 today & I love the name of your blog!

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    • [email protected] says

      August 10, 2014 at 11:17 am

      Thanks! Great to meet you, too! I love finding more Baltimore area bloggers:)

      Reply
  3. Sharisse @ sharissepieces says

    October 14, 2014 at 8:34 pm

    Hi, Lisa! So… you had me at wine!!! You also have a very inspirational story. How awesome that you and your husband are into running together – marathoned to your honeymoon!?! Super cute!!! Looking forward to catching up and reading more 🙂

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    • [email protected] says

      October 14, 2014 at 10:29 pm

      Welcome! and thank you!

      Reply
  4. Lizzie says

    October 21, 2014 at 10:08 pm

    I just came across it from Health Diva Eats! I go to Towson and saw that you live in the area! Just saying hello! 🙂

    Reply
    • [email protected] says

      October 27, 2014 at 12:28 am

      Thanks for stopping by!!

      Reply
  5. Karen @runningfifty.com says

    November 8, 2014 at 7:33 pm

    The name of your blog caught my eye. It’s perfect! I am new to blogging and am happy to have found yours. Since you enjoy wine, I thought I’d mention a race my husband and I did this summer in Michigan called the 13.Wine Half Marathon. I knew we had to run it just because I loved the name! It is run past acres and acres of vineyards and lots of wineries. And there is wine tasting at the end! We had no idea Michigan had such an awesome wine country. We loved it!!

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    • [email protected] says

      November 9, 2014 at 1:27 pm

      That sounds like an awesome race!! I will need to look into it. My husband actually has family in Michigan and we usual visit there but unfortunately we go over the holidays. It would be great if a trip there ever lined up with this race!
      Thanks for stopping by and commenting!

      Reply
  6. Marnie @ SuperSmartMama says

    January 31, 2015 at 1:46 pm

    Hi Lisa, it’s always fun to hear about others’ running stories. Great story, great journey, and I’m glad to have found your blog!

    Reply
    • [email protected] says

      January 31, 2015 at 3:09 pm

      Thanks for stopping by, Marnie!

      Reply

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