I loved running the Marine Corp Marathon 10K but if I'm honest, the whole experience was a bit of a downer. My previous race, the Disneyland Paris Half Marathon was SO fun and exhilarating, from flying to Paris with friends to seeing everyone in costumes and of course running 26.1 kilometers in and around the parks. The Marine Corp Marathon and 10K are right here in D.C. and only ran the 10K, which is in the shadow of the bigger and more impressive marathon. I consistently found myself downplaying the race. I wasn't running the MCM 10K… I was “only” running the MCM 10K. And that lessened my excitement for the race and my feeling of accomplishment afterwards. I had "only" ran 10 kilometers ...
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Running (Slowly) with the Marines: MCM 10K Recap
The Marine Corps Marathon is a huge running event, with thousands of runners from all over the country coming to DC to run with the Marines. Since I'm a long way from being ready to run my first marathon, I decided to sign up for its little sister event: the Marine Corps Marathon 10K. I figured after the Disneyland Paris half marathon a few weeks before, 10 kilometers would be a breeze. I had a simple goal going into the race: to run a faster 10K than my previous one, the Capitol Hill Classic. Since it took me an hour and ten minutes to complete that course back in May, I also added a stretch goal of finishing closer to the 1 hour mark this time. How did I do? Well, by the first kilometer ...
Ariel & the Sweeper Girls: A Disneyland Paris Half Marathon Race Recap
Two weeks ago, I ran my longest race of 2017: the Disneyland Paris-Val d’Europe half marathon, part of Run Disney France’s Magic Run Weekend. My previous races this year were the Cherry Blossom 10 miler and the Capitol Hill Classic 10K. I’ll cap off my running season with the Marine Corp Marathon’s 10K. I’m not quite ready to commit to training for a full marathon yet though it’s definitely a distance I’m looking to doing next year 😉 If you read my goals for the Disneyland Paris half, you saw that they didn’t include a specific time. I just wanted to complete the course, make some new memories with my bestie Caitlin and snap some fun pics with Disney characters as I ran through my old ...
A Quick Update on My Running Goals
I didn’t really know where to start when I first sat down to jot some running goals for the year. I mean, my main goal was to lead a healthier life, turn to running rather than drinking at the end of a stressful day and hopefully complete the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler I had impulsively […] ...
Setting Goals for my First International Race
Earlier in the year, I laid out my running goals for 2017. I set out my overall objective, to make running a regular, consistent habit, and a series of short term, achievable goals like running a 5K without walking and joining a running group. I had no intention of including running an international destination race […] ...
