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Vanessa Shawver's Blog – August 2015 Archive (3)

Does King Kong Wear Nikes?

There are exactly 19 days to what I feel like will be my first marathon. Sure, I’ve actually done two before, but I didn’t train for either, trotted along with no regard for time and even stopped for beer at various points along the way. My best time was four hours and forty fun minutes. This time, it’s much, much different.

This time, I’ve terrifyingly publicized my goal of attempting to qualify for the Boston marathon,…

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Added by Vanessa Shawver on August 24, 2015 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Tales from the Mountain: Sweat, Blood and Stale Beer

After bagging my second Pikes Peak Ascent this weekend, I find myself in a familiar predicament where I walk around swearing that I will NEVER do that race again. Not because it was particularly bad (I actually even had a little bit of fun), but purely because I’m reminded how…

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Added by Vanessa Shawver on August 17, 2015 at 3:00pm — No Comments

The 4 R's (Run, Read, Write & Relax)

There are only 39 days until I make an attempt to earn a Boston Qualifying time and 11 days until the Pikes Peak Ascent. I've put in tons of work over the last few months, managed at least a half marathon at my qualifying pace, and suffered through the Barr Trail Mountain Race to…

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Added by Vanessa Shawver on August 4, 2015 at 2:53pm — No Comments

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