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Portland marathon race recap
Portland Marathon weekend started with the community shakeout run along the waterfront on Saturday morning. I attended as an ambassador for the race, for Team RunRun, and for my run club, so it was fun to see and meet lots of people affiliated with each group. The run was a nice 5k along the river…
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Why Join a Running club?
In early 2021, I moved to Forest Grove and found myself missing all of my old running buddies. I had a new baby and wasn’t able to get away to Portland as easily to train with friends as I had in the past. Marathon training in a town where I didn’t know many people, let…
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Carb loading for the marathon
Working on fueling was a huge piece to my marathon training puzzle. I worked on fueling a ton during my runs as well as pre- and post- run to aid in recovery. As a gluten and dairy free pescatarian, I get asked a lot about what I eat. I generally eat a lot of carbs…
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How I dropped my marathon PR by 36 minutes
It had been six years since I had run a marathon when I decided to sign up for Appletree and start focusing on the distance again. I had a baby under a year old and a busy toddler. I knew training would look a little different than it had prior to becoming a mom, but…
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Appletree marathon race recap
On Sunday, September 8th I ran my third marathon. It was my favorite race I have ever run and one I won’t soon forget. Why Racing puts on this race and they did such a great job! The race is set along the waterfront in Vancouver and it is essentially two out and backs. I…
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