You asked :)

by Janet on January 11, 2012

I have received a number of emails asking me which races I am looking at.  Thanks for asking! (I live in the Ann Arbor, Michigan area.)

Here is my list; I (probably) won’t do them all.  The * ones are races that I have done before and really enjoyed; plan to do them again. These are all 5K and 10K or further except Northville Road Runner 8K.  It is a trail run at Mayberry State Park.

4/14 Martian (Dearborn)
5/2 RunFit (Novi)
5/6 Burns Park (Ann Arbor)
5/20 Race for Your Memories (Milford)
6/2 Dexter-Ann Arbor (Dexter) Planning on this one for sure
6/9 Flirt with Dirt * (Novi)
6/23 Solstice * Northville
7/4 Hungry Duck * (Brighton)
7/23 Northville Road Runner (Northville)
9/8 Woodstock * (Pinckney)

Which ones are you interested in?  Do you have a list?  We would LOVE for you to share it with us!

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Boston Here I Come~MY PLAN!

by Janet on January 3, 2012

I am determined not to injure myself this year, (pretty good beginning of a plan, huh?)   So, I am going to follow the guidelines in a new book I just got called “Run for God.”  It is a disgustingly sensible plan that may be difficult to follow.  Once I get out on the trail or track, it is REALLY difficult to be “sensible…”  I JUST WANT TO RUN

You know that feeling, don’t you!  I can see you shaking your heads “yep!”

So, I am going to make a commitment to you, my fellow runners: I will follow the guidelines in the “Run with God” for the rest of this month (January.)  Then we will re-visit this situation.  O.K?

My actual plan is
1. To be running 5K’s with a speed of sub 10 by Spring.
2. To be running 10K’s with a speed of sub 10 by Summer.
3. Run a half-marathon this Autumn
4. Run a full-marathon next Spring 2013.
5. Qualify for Boston ~Autumn 2013 or Spring 2014.

I will turn 65 years old this September, so my qualifying time is 4:45:59.  That is a 10.9 minute mile!  I can do that now; well, maybe not for 26.2 miles in-a-row :)

I have a list of 5 and 10K’s lined up.  It is difficult to find a half- marathon that is not on a Sunday…Do you know of any?  Please, let us know!

What is YOUR plan?  We would LOVE to hear it.

Let’s go to Boston together, shall we?  I can see you shaking your heads “yep!”

Wondering what YOUR qualifying time is?  Just go to:

http://www.asksasha.com/boston-marathon-qualifying-time.php

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Boston, Here I come!

January 1, 2012

I won’t be running the Boston Marathon quite as soon as I had planned…but I am getting back on track! My running was going very well until about mid-April when I “ran too far, ran too fast and ran too often; ” results?~a stress fracture in my tibia and  running stopped!  By mid-summer I was [...]

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Running and Writing

October 6, 2011

My buddy coach, Jo, (www.jochristie.com) sent me a quote that she received from Runners World. I wish to share it with you as it really “rang true” for me. HaIf I didn’t run, my writing would be very different from what it is. To be a fiction writer, the most important qualities are imaginative ability, [...]

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Dances with Dirt

September 27, 2011

Do you have your Autumn schedule for your personal favorite sport?  Have you looked up the races in your area or the races in someone elses area that you would love to travel to? It is only a few days into the Autumn season, and I have all of my runs lined up (either participating in [...]

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Summer is winding down

September 13, 2011

I have been away from my blog for awhile; swimming, biking, running, a little competing, a few injuries, alot of having summer fun! But, summer is winding down now; it is getting lighter later now (which is not appreciated by us morning runners!)  It is time to re-think and re-group my work-outs, swims, bikes and [...]

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Solstice Run

July 1, 2011

How is your summer running?  Have you found some great 5K’s, 10K’s, 1/2 and full marathons?  There certainly are alot to choose from! I loved doing the Solstice Run in little Northville, Mi!  Still only able to run a 5K and even at that my time was pathetic!  Speed has improved since the stress fracture, but each [...]

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Flirt with Dirt

June 13, 2011

Well, I sorta-ran Running Fit’s Flirt with Dirt; a trail run on an unkept wooded trail with ankle deep mud, tree roots and an ending stretch of trail UP a sledding hill.  Was it fun? You bet, it was !  Just being out there was such a boost to me. My time?  We won’t talk [...]

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Dexter-Ann Arbor Run

June 6, 2011

Yesterday was the Dexter-Ann Arbor Run, and they ran without me…all 7,000 of them.  I must confess that, at first, I hoped the weather would be really crummy, so I would not feel so bad about missing it…:)  But, then I thought about all of those 7,000 runners who would be there, and asked God to [...]

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Sports Injury, con’t (big sigh)

June 1, 2011

Thank you so much for all of your inquiries, well wishes and prayers for recovery from my stress fracture.  They have helped so very much! Thank you, Annie, for requesting an update as she is also grounded due to a stress frature… I have been working with Coach Ron Warhurst and Earl Wenk of the Running [...]

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