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Two Hours or Bust: Pacing the Zooma Half Marathon

Natalie — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:48:46 +0000

Racing locally, in my opinion is one of the best ways to race. You can sleep in your own bed, you know the tricks to getting around traffic and good parking, you likely know the route of the race and there is the general pride that comes with seeing athletes ready to run in your [...]

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Two Hours or Bust: Pacing the Zooma Half Marathon

Setting & Adjusting the Race Pace Goal

Natalie — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:00:06 +0000

When I first started doing running races, I raced to participate, to experience the race, and that was about it. Let me first say that there is absolutely nothing wrong in racing with that mindset. My perception of racing started to change as I learned more about running, form, training techniques and drills, and my [...]

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Setting & Adjusting the Race Pace Goal

Race Pace vs. Training Pace

Natalie — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:00:54 +0000

There are a number of training drills that call for running at 5K pace or a 10K pace. Some drills just tell you to run at your goal race pace. Though I’ve gotten into incorporating more tempo runs and speedwork into my training I still haven’t quite figured out the paces I should be shooting [...]

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Race Pace vs. Training Pace

Half Marathon Highlights

Natalie — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:03:32 +0000

Earlier this year I met the owner of Blue Point Timing and Race Management in Annapolis, Ron Bowman. He has worn many hats in the Annapolis running community and continues to coach many runners in addition to running alongside them, and is now well into his second year of operating his race management company. It [...]

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Half Marathon Highlights

ZOOMA, Thunder, & Chocolate

Natalie — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:00:12 +0000

Most runs start pretty early in the morning and the ZOOMA Annapolis race had a start time of 7 a.m. for runners of the 10K and half marathon course. This means that volunteers had to be there long before the sun was even up to ensure that water stations, information centers, parking lots, exhibitor areas, [...]

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ZOOMA, Thunder, & Chocolate

Planting the Volunteer Seed

Natalie — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:00:13 +0000

Every time I do a run I am forever grateful to the volunteers who line the course at the water stops, the start and finish line, the packet pick-up, the gear check–they seem to be everywhere. I’ve never really stopped long enough to think about where all the volunteers come from, or what happens behind [...]

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Planting the Volunteer Seed