by Ericka | Sep 6, 2012 | Chicago marathon, half marathon, indiananpolis womens half marathon, marathon, running
I’ve been dying to do a race with my sister for forever now. We ran the Chicago Marathon together in 2010 but there just aren’t a lot options for races when we live so far apart.When I found out the Indianapolis Women’s Half-Marathon was scheduled...
by Ericka | Aug 14, 2012 | Chicago marathon, Crossfit, Marine Corps Marathon, philadelphia marathon., running
Marathons x 2So, let’s talk about how I signed up for the Marine Corps Marathon last week and now I’m asking myself why (I’m also running Philly three weeks later.)When I saw that Back on My Feet had lowered their fundraising cost to only $350, I...
by Ericka | Aug 6, 2012 | Chicago marathon, Kara Goucher, New York City Marathon, olympic marathon, olympics, philadelphia marathon., shalane flanagan, Tiki Gelana
Source. I woke up leisurely yesterday morning preparing to leave my hotel room and thought I should turn on the TV to see what was up on Olympic sportage. To my extremely pleasant surprise, it was the last 5 miles of the women’s Olympic marathon!I squealed as...
by Ericka | Jul 11, 2012 | Chicago marathon, Crossfit, girls, lena dunham, philadelphia marathon., training run
I’ve made an executive decision: I’m not running the Chicago Marathon.I told you before how I was debating it. And after a lot of consideration (and very little running), I’ve chosen not to.I have run 5 marathons — I’ve done it and right...
by Ericka | Jun 4, 2012 | back on my feet, Born to Run, Chicago marathon, North Face Endurance Challenge, philadelphia marathon., running, ultra marathon
My BOMF running partner for the half-marathon, Dave.Yesterday was the North Face Endurance Challenge and there couldn’t have been a better day for it! Though I hated life for a few minutes when my alarm went off at 5am, the feeling quickly disappeared as...
