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Chasing 26.2 UPDATE

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In advance of the 2012 Philadelphia Marathon, I signed up with Clif Bar Pace Team.

Clif Bar organizes experience runners to help set the pace in marathons and half marathons for runners all skill levels. The following video describes their role in helping runners successfully complete a marathon.

When you sign up with the Clif Bar Pace team, they send you samples of the latest Clif Bar running foods. These items will come in handy during my first Half Marathon in two weeks. I’m really looking forward to Oddyssey Half Marathon and the free beer post run as well.

If all goes well, by the time I step up to the starting line at the Philadelphia Marathon; in addition to Team Philly Marathon training, I will have two half marathons and a sprint triathlon completed.

Basically, I will sleep after the marathon is completed!

Posted on May 14, 2012 :: Categories: Philadelphia :: Tags: Marathon, Philadelphia, Running
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2012 Broad Street Run

Sunday, May 6th

2011: 1:47:57
2012: 01:31:30

Finish: 1:31:30 – Pace: 9:09 per mile
Place Overall: 12419 / 41638
Place in Gender: 5357 / 23360
Overdiv: 530 / 2476

Posted on May 06, 2012 :: Categories: Philadelphia :: Tags: Philadelphia, Running
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Go Flyers!

Posted on April 18, 2012 :: Categories: Philadelphia :: Tags: Philadelphia
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Breaking: Fire Claims Lives of Two Firemen

Warehouse Blaze Kills 2 Firefighters: MyFoxPHILLY.com

Two Philly firemen lost their lives and three others sustained injuries battling an abandoned warehouse fire in the Kensington section of Philadelphia.

Mayor Nutter is unavailable to comment; the deputy mayor and fire commissioner will speak on this tragic event.

My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the fallen firefighters today.

Posted on April 09, 2012 :: Categories: Philadelphia :: Tags: Philadelphia, Philly's Finest
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What Becomes of a Rainy Saturday Afternoon

Centuries old etched glass goblets on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. I have not seen them on display during previous visits perhaps I overlooked them. Wandering the museum is a great way to mentally unwind after a long run on Kelly Drive and to my great pleasure photography is allowed.

Spent time in the Armory and Medieval section with my trusty Canon 40D and 50mm f1/4 and fellow runner, Trish, experimenting with her new Canon camera.

Posted on April 01, 2012 :: Categories: Philadelphia, Photography :: Tags: Philadelphia, Photography
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Springtime at Philadelphia Museum of Art

Philadelphia Museum of Art – a great place to check out when visiting Philly.

This is my bootcamp and running home. I feel quite lucky to workout amid such beauty.

Posted on March 26, 2012 :: Categories: Philadelphia, Photography :: Tags: Philadelphia
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Flickr Photowalk Meetup Philadelphia

Spent time on Sunday walking through Chinatown in Philly with members of Flickr, an amazing photo sharing website. Sadly, I did not have time to stay till the end of the photowalk as I had errands to complete and packing for Blissdom to finish that day. However, I did get to meet a Flickr representative, Markus Spiering, and meet the people behind the photostreams that I follow on Flickr.

I created a small slideshow with photos taken with my iPhone via Instagram:

I also brought along the Panasonic LX3 Lumix. Those photos will be processed and posted next week. I’m off to Nashville to attend the Blissdom 2012 conference tomorrow and will return next week with lots of photos, video and stories.

Posted on February 20, 2012 :: Categories: Philadelphia, Photography :: Tags: Philadelphia, Photography
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Record Breaking! 2012 Broad Street Run Sells Out In 5 Hours

A record breaking 5 HOURS is all it took for registrants to secure one of 33,000 spots allocated for the 2012 Broad Street Run held on May 6th. Registration opened this morning at 10am and by 3 pm the same day the race was sold out. Many aspiring registrants were frustrated by the crashing and slow response of the registration website. Despite the technical difficulties, I managed to secure my spot in this race.

If you are not sure your registration went through, you can check for your name within the list of official registrants.

Because of the difficulties encountered in registering for this race, organizers have offered a ‘second chance lottery’ for an additional 2500 runners. If you were unable to secure a spot this morning, please use this LINK to register for this lottery. Good luck!

I suspected the race would sell out in less than 24 hours, and it did – 5 HOURS. Holy cowburgers! Check this space as I will be reporting on my training and the race itself.

I will also speculate that next year the Broad Street Run will convert over to a lottery system.

Happy running, everyone!

Fun pics from 2011 Broad Street Run:

Posted on February 15, 2012 :: Categories: Philadelphia :: Tags: Philadelphia, Running
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Virtual Run for Something – For The Love Of It 5K Run

22 degrees with patches of ice on the ground – this is the best look I could manage without freezing solid.

My running buddy Trish and I ventured out into the ice and cold on a Sunday morning in support of ‘For The Love of It 5/10K walk/run for a friend in Seattle battling breast caner. The race was free and fun, donations were accepted for the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

After the run, cupcakes were served…

Thank you bags for participants…

Great run, good food and helping a cancer patient – What more could you ask for in a Virtual Run for Something?

P.S. You are not reading my bib number wrong..it is 26.2

Posted on February 12, 2012 :: Categories: Bloggers, Inspirational, Philadelphia, Photography :: Tags: Philadelphia, Running
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2012 SheRox Triathlon Philadelphia

I so excited! this weekend I registered for the 2012 SheROX Sprint Triathlon. The event is scheduled for Sunday, August 5th 2012 in beautiful Philadelphia.

What is a sprint triathlon? It is a shorter distance Triathlon which covers a quarter of the distance of a full Triathlon. Consider it a starter Triathlon with distances of: .6K (.37 mile) swim, 25K (15.5 mile) bike, 5K (3.1 mile) run . SheRox Triathlon series are held across the country and they are the fastest growing women’s triathlon series in the country.

This video gives a great preview of what a SheRox triathlon is all about:

SheRox Triathlon – Bermuda from Burnt House Productions on Vimeo.

I’m sure you’re wondering why I’d take on this race, as my race dance card is quite full for this year. I’ve added cross training in addition to running in preparation for the upcoming Broad Street 10 Miler and Oddyssey Half Marathon. I’d like to continue with this training – with the addition of swimming and bicycling. A date with a triathlon is precisely the carrot needed to motivate me through the spring and summer.

So far, I’ve dusted off my bicycle – an awesome, yet seldom used, Trek hybrid and plan to have it tuned up at Guy Bicycles. I live within a mile of two gyms with 25 meter pools and I’m registered to train with Team Philly for the upcoming Broad Street run.

The triathlon occurs right before Team Philly marathon training officially starts. At that point, with the grace God, I’ll have Broad Street, a half marathon and a triathlon completed before I begin training in earnest for the Philadelphia Marathon.

It is all about chasing 26.2.

Now to figure out what brick training is all about…

Posted on January 30, 2012 :: Categories: Inspirational :: Tags: Philadelphia, Running, SheROX, Triathlon
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