enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: running
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At the beginning of the year, I set four personal goals to accomplish in 2011. Here's where I stand with nine months down : I added up my miles last week and realized I was just four short of 365, so I knocked this one out on Thursday. Once I started training for my first…
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Remember this post? I said I'd report back. As mentioned, I ended up buying an "unlimited classes in 30 days" package. And then (happily) I made it to 17 more classes during the 30 days. THE PROS : I still shake like a leaf during the sets which means my muscles are being challenged. I…
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He was my best guy friend in high school. And today I have three stories to tell you about Steve. 1) Our junior year, Steve was on the basketball team that made it all the way to, well, I've forgotten how far they made it, but really far in the state championships. To get that…
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I'm not a doctor, or an expert, or even that good at this yet. But I would like to share a few tips and thoughts from my experience. You can read more about my "relationship" with running here, but long story short, I went from hating running to being a causual runner to enjoying running…
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Yesterday, I ran the San Diego Run Rock Roll half marathon (my rad friend veronica did too). I spent Friday and Saturday making myself sick with nerves but Sunday morning was pretty calm. We walked from my apartment to the start line at 5:30am and then took off around 7am. I went through highs and…
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When I was about four or five, I remember measuring summers by the number of scabs and scars on my knees. I remember thinking "I fell down nine times this summer." I also remember loosing track of all the big tear-jerking tumbles I took down the driveway. I had scrapes on top of scrapes and…
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oh. man. I am having a hard time moving this morning. Yesterday, I took my first Bar Method class on the recommendation of a few of my college girlfriends, who despite being scattered across the country are all hooked on this workout I knew it was going to be hard. I knew the point of…
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I did not always enjoy running. Safe to say, that for at least ten years, I hated every miserable step. But, when I exercised, I ran because it seemed like the quickest way to get a burn and be done with it. Plus, at my neighborhood gym when I was in high school, the treadmills…
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