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Hey Loopsters! In my last Bloop, I wrote about my time in Bermuda and how I was looking forward to so many future adventures, such as pacing in Vermont (cancelled) and Alaska (cancelled), running my first marathon in 3 years (Illinois Marathon - postponed to October, but with no date released at this time) and then Grandma's Marathon (cancelled). Enjoying teaching (teaching online for the rest of the school year, which is particularly challenging with band), looking forward to a nice weekend with DH in Kalamazoo (cancelled) at the end of May. Many Lemons, right? Here's the brig

Week of April 28 Total Miles: 26 This weeks weather was generally really nice, a lot warmer and sunnier, pretty much t-shirt and shorts weather for my runs. Decided to cut out any speed work for this week and just do easy pace runs, except for Wednesday. Mon: 63F and sunny; 60 min easy run; 6.56 miles, 9:09 min/mi, 124 avg HR. Tue: 66F and cloudy: 61 min easy run; 6.57 miles, 9:21 min/mi, 125 avg HR. Wed: 52F and cloudy; 60 min easy run; 6.56 miles, 8:51 min/mi, 124 avg HR. Good weather for running and generally felt really great and strong w

I am a dedicated lurker and post approximately once a year. I plan on trying to post a bit more as a way to connect during this weird time in our shared history. A bit of background before my virtual race report. I had decided to run a mid March half marathon as a goal race. My running has been stagnant for the last 5 years or so, so I challenged myself to actually really train, As a mature athlete, i was gradually building up each week. I had just set out on my weekend long run in early January, when i received a text. A house was going to be for sale in the neighborhood i had be