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Snowy Winter Beach Weekend
Things this weekend included: Snow Beach Running Yoga Baking a cake Red wine Pasta Movies Things this weekend did not include: Subway Tall buildings Pigeons So, pretty much the perfect weekend. I spent...
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Long Weekends and Long Runs
Hello again! I hope everyone had a lovely long weekend. I enjoyed the Fourth of July with family on Long Island, where I unplugged and spent as much time at the beach as possible. I can’t remember the...
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4th Anniversary of My First 5K
One hot and sunny Sunday morning four Augusts ago, I ran my first 5K. I had started running less than a year before, and diligently trained all summer long with a walk/run program. I had picked this...
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Great Bonac Foot Race 5K Recap – PR and AG win!
Spoiler alert: Yesterday morning I got both a new 5K PR and my first-ever age group win! Ever since I hurt my foot at the beginning of August, I haven’t been sure if I was going to be able to run this...
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Mama’s First Half Marathon – Hamptons 2013
On Saturday, my amazing mama ran her first half marathon! (Read Erica Sara Designs’ Cheer Squad post to read more about my mom and her running story.) Hamptons Marathon swag: drawstring backpack,...
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Fourth of July Weekend and Cruise Around Manhattan
Fourth of July weekend seems like a distant memory already! Second of July sunset on Brooklyn Bridge Park, post-thunderstorm I got out of the city and headed to the beach with some friends, which...
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Scenic Runs: Gerard Point, Long Island
Gerard Point, a 1.5-mile peninsula in The Springs, on the East End of Long Island, is one of my favorite places on earth. Not only is it a perfect place to catch the sunset (which you can see over...
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NYC Marathon Training Week 7: Summer’s Last Hurrah
This is a weekly recap chronicling the highs and lows of training for my first marathon: NYC 2014! To see previous weeks’ training recaps, click here. And before we knew it, it was the last week in...
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Hamptons Half: Third Time’s The Charm
Tomorrow morning bright and early I will be running my third Hamptons Half Marathon! This was my first half marathon back in 2012, and I started training when I was still living in Sicily, finishing up...
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NYC Marathon Training Week 11: Hamptons Half Marathon
Week 11 of NYC Marathon training was a little bit of a cut-back week and ended with summery weather for the Hamptons Half on Saturday, and a late-September beach day on Sunday. Monday – Easy yoga...
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Thanksgiving Weekend and Happy December!
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend! I’m back to work today after a few much-needed days off. It was great to sit back and eat Thanksgiving food…and then leftovers for the next few days. My...
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Old Friends and New Friends
One of the best parts about being back in NYC after a year in Sicily is getting to hang out with all of my old friends, as if no time at all has passed. I spent Saturday evening cooking dinner with two...
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I Ran a Half Marathon!
It was one of those days where everything goes right, and then gets even better. It rained all night, but by the time we got to the Springs School an hour before the race start, it was overcast and...
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One Year Ago
One year ago I had just arrived in Catania, Sicily to begin my Fulbright English Teaching Assistant grant. One year ago I was running here: And here: And now I’m less than a 10 minute walk from here:...
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Snowy Winter Beach Weekend
Things this weekend included: Snow Beach Running Yoga Baking a cake Red wine Pasta Movies Things this weekend did not include: Subway Tall buildings Pigeons So, pretty much the perfect weekend. I spent...
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Bridgehampton Half Marathon Race Recap
Last Saturday morning I got ready to race my tenth half marathon in Bridgehampton, New York, on the South Fork of Long Island. It’s the spring race from the organization that puts on the Hamptons...
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Shelter Island 10K Race Recap
Racing in the summer never seems like it’s going to be a great idea – it’s usually hot and humid, which makes it hard to breathe and stay hydrated – but despite this I still registered for the Shelter...
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Great Bonac Foot Race 5K Recap – PR and AG win!
Spoiler alert: Yesterday morning I got both a new 5K PR and my first-ever age group win! Ever since I hurt my foot at the beginning of August, I haven’t been sure if I was going to be able to run this...
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Fourth of July Weekend and Cruise Around Manhattan
Fourth of July weekend seems like a distant memory already! Second of July sunset on Brooklyn Bridge Park, post-thunderstorm I got out of the city and headed to the beach with some friends, which...
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Scenic Runs: Gerard Point, Long Island
Gerard Point, a 1.5-mile peninsula in The Springs, on the East End of Long Island, is one of my favorite places on earth. Not only is it a perfect place to catch the sunset (which you can see over...
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