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May 2008 - Posts

• The Bolder Boulder

  I've been looking forward to running the Bolder Boulder for weeks. No, months! It's such a fun, well-organized, HUGE race, and I had planned it out as my first REAL 10k (ok, I did the BB a few years ago, but I jog/walked it, so I'm not really counting Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 27, 2008 4:12 PM by gaye | 2 Comments

• My Green(ish) Thumb...

  It's that time of year...spring has sprung! Something about spring always gets me really (sometimes overly) ambitious to plant and grow things. It's not like I've ever really had great success with it, but I just have to keep on trying year after year. Read More... Posted Thursday, May 22, 2008 4:50 PM by gaye | 3 Comments

• Colfax Marathon Relay

  I ran a marathon today! Well, ok, it was just a 5k leg of a marathon relay. ;-) My friend Sonja (go check out her blog for her post on the race!) asked me a week or two ago if I was interested in running on one of the teams that her coaches were putting Read More... Posted Sunday, May 18, 2008 10:06 PM by gaye | 1 Comments

• Colorado Half Marathon

  Wow. I had an amazing race today. I obliterated my goals for the race! Not just beat them, totally smoked 'em! My goals for today's race (in order from most expected to reach to least), were a) to run 2:15 (check), b)run 10 minute mile pace (check), and Read More... Posted Sunday, May 04, 2008 9:13 PM by gaye | 2 Comments

• Here I go again...

  I'm sitting here in my hotel room in Fort Collins in preparation for my second-ever half-marathon tomorrow morning. I'm excited and nervous! I really feel ready for this, but at the same time, my last minute doubts are kicking in, in abundance! This will Read More... Posted Saturday, May 03, 2008 5:35 PM by gaye | 3 Comments