This article asks some beginner questions about running races and interpolates a recap from my first race that was longer than a 5k. If you want to skip ahead, read the headers below, and you will find my answers to some of your basic race questions just below them. Several years ago, I ran my…
Full disclosure: As part of the Foam Fanatics ambassador program, I received one free entry for a race in the city of my choice. A couple of weeks ago, I participated in what I can only describe as one of the most physically challenging activities I’ve done in a very long time: I ran the…
Full disclosure: As part of the Foam Fanatics ambassador program, I received one free entry for a race in the city of my choice. A couple of weeks ago, I participated in what I can only describe as one of the most physically challenging activities I’ve done in a very long time: I ran the…
Team photo from my year at Rutgers. My freshman year in college, I played Division III volleyball at Rutgers University’s Newark campus. Towards the middle of the second semester, I was recruited to play Division I volleyball at Long Island University’s Brooklyn campus. Transitioning between NCAA divisions was something I was excited about, competition wise,…
Team photo from my year at Rutgers. My freshman year in college, I played Division III volleyball at Rutgers University’s Newark campus. Towards the middle of the second semester, I was recruited to play Division I volleyball at Long Island University’s Brooklyn campus. Transitioning between NCAA divisions was something I was excited about, competition wise,…
A few weeks ago, I ran my first 4-mile race, which is also the first race I’ve run in about two years. The race was called The Cougar Dash (not that kind of cougar), and I was invited to race by my teammate Nikki. Her daughter attends Seneca Lake Elementary School, and the school’s PTA…
