When I saw the men come in hot and fast and then Mary Akor, I knew Val would be on pace for breaking a personal record and she was strong in the finish.
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Val Races Corona del Mar 5K
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Like the previous races, I am her “caddy”. The American Heritage Dictionary in the #2. definition defines caddy as “A boy who does odd jobs.” Yep, that pretty well describes what I do!
Racing Doubleheader
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This course was a little more challenging and Val felt a little performance anxiety since some of her friends and competitors were participants and she wanted to do well and, as expected, she did. In fact, only 1 second separated her time from yesterday to today on a harder course and legs that weren’t as fresh as they were 24 hours prior. So, here is another happy ending…
Overtraining and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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To Stretch or Not to Stretch
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Tweet Coach Romanov, the founder of the POSE System, posted this useful article about stretching and flexibility. It may change the way you train in ways other than just running. 4 REASONS TO NEVER STRETCH AGAIN STRETCHING DOESN’T…
Learning How to Run (Again).
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Tweet Back “in the day”, running was my favorite thing to do but that hasn’t been the case for many years. Nevertheless, as long as I am still going to run a little, I might as well do it better…
Hot to Trot Turkey Trot 10K
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Tweet We got up early this morning, not to put a turkey in the oven but to get Val down to beautiful Dana Point for the annual Dana Point Turkey Trot 5 & 10K runs. On Valerie’s menu was the…
Big Race Day in Long Beach
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Val is one of those competitors who lives for race day and once the gun goes off, she goes off. She ran a strong, smart race
Chapman University 5K Race
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Val ran an excellent tune-up race and is definitely ready to knock down a half marathon PR in Long Beach next weekend.
Independence Day, July 4th, 2007
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Tweet I began the day early to get Val ready to race the Surf City 5K run in Huntington Beach at 8:00 AM. As it is July 4th, I felt a good way to begin the day’s festivities was to…
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