SO WHAT? I STILL RAN Today’s run felt harder than it should have. As I was distracting myself from thinking about how it was just a meh run, I thought about how so much of running is truly brain training. Yes we

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Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. BACK TO BACK MARATHONS: 2 WEEKS APART Monday – rest – no running, cross training or lifting. Tuesday – rest – no running, cross training or lifting. Wednesday – rest – no running, cross training or lifting. Thursday – easy run outside – 5 miles pushing single stroller – 7:46 avg – admittedly I was probably running too fast on this run but it was a good confidence booster and I believe that sometimes a workout I WAS CHASED DOWN BY A CAR WHILE RUNNING Yesterday was the first official day of summer break for Chloe – it also meant that it was Day 1 of triple stroller summer training. I set off with a heaviness in my legs but tried to have happiness in my

heart.

HOW DO YOU FIGURE OUT A REALISTIC GOAL TIME FOR A MARATHON 10K: 40:45. 10 miler: 1:08:17. 1/2 marathon: 1:30:40. The only race time I’ve beat out of those predicted race times is the 10K time – 40:23 was my PR which I ran shortly after running a 3:13 in 2011. Another fact to note is that I haven’t been racing shorter distances lately so I don’t typically have a short race time to plug into the THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA MARATHON: THE FORBIDDEN CITY After we visited Tiananmen Square we headed to the Forbidden City.. Wikipedia: The Forbidden City Julie, our tour guide, was Chinese and seemed to genuinely love sharing her knowledge of the history behind the places we went to. FILMING FOR VOICE OF AMERICA & I RUN THIS BODY IN PAKISTAN Last Friday I spend a good part of the day filming with Voice Of America.. The TV show they were filming for is about women expanding upon their traditional roles as caretakers of their children and their husband and adding fitness/running to their lives. PICTURES: W & OD TRAIL END, PURCELLVILLE Before I moved to Leesburg and made my way to the end of the W & OD Trail I was always curious what the end would look like. Here are pictures I took on a run last week! The W & OD Trail

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OUTDOOR ADVENTURES: OSPREY DAYLITE BACKPACK REVIEW Sponsored by Zappos. My kids are home on winter break and I’m pretty excited about it! Yes, it makes fitting in a run a little trickier than normal, but I treasure these days where the morning snuggles have no reason to end and we aren’t tied to a time on a clock. SO WHAT? I STILL RAN Today’s run felt harder than it should have. As I was distracting myself from thinking about how it was just a meh run, I thought about how so much of running is truly brain training. Yes we

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Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. BACK TO BACK MARATHONS: 2 WEEKS APART Monday – rest – no running, cross training or lifting. Tuesday – rest – no running, cross training or lifting. Wednesday – rest – no running, cross training or lifting. Thursday – easy run outside – 5 miles pushing single stroller – 7:46 avg – admittedly I was probably running too fast on this run but it was a good confidence booster and I believe that sometimes a workout I WAS CHASED DOWN BY A CAR WHILE RUNNING Yesterday was the first official day of summer break for Chloe – it also meant that it was Day 1 of triple stroller summer training. I set off with a heaviness in my legs but tried to have happiness in my

heart.

HOW DO YOU FIGURE OUT A REALISTIC GOAL TIME FOR A MARATHON 10K: 40:45. 10 miler: 1:08:17. 1/2 marathon: 1:30:40. The only race time I’ve beat out of those predicted race times is the 10K time – 40:23 was my PR which I ran shortly after running a 3:13 in 2011. Another fact to note is that I haven’t been racing shorter distances lately so I don’t typically have a short race time to plug into the THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA MARATHON: THE FORBIDDEN CITY After we visited Tiananmen Square we headed to the Forbidden City.. Wikipedia: The Forbidden City Julie, our tour guide, was Chinese and seemed to genuinely love sharing her knowledge of the history behind the places we went to. FILMING FOR VOICE OF AMERICA & I RUN THIS BODY IN PAKISTAN Last Friday I spend a good part of the day filming with Voice Of America.. The TV show they were filming for is about women expanding upon their traditional roles as caretakers of their children and their husband and adding fitness/running to their lives. PICTURES: W & OD TRAIL END, PURCELLVILLE Before I moved to Leesburg and made my way to the end of the W & OD Trail I was always curious what the end would look like. Here are pictures I took on a run last week! The W & OD Trail

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OUTDOOR ADVENTURES: OSPREY DAYLITE BACKPACK REVIEW Sponsored by Zappos. My kids are home on winter break and I’m pretty excited about it! Yes, it makes fitting in a run a little trickier than normal, but I treasure these days where the morning snuggles have no reason to end and we aren’t tied to a time on a clock. HASHTAG I RAN TODAY + RANDOM THOUGHTS I ran today. It didn’t go as planned. I hate plans for this reason, because often {or more than often} things don’t go as planned.Thankfully my coach is also my best friend and she helps keep me on a non-plan plan. It’s one of the many reasons I decided to hire her as my coach. WHAT SHOULD YOU EAT DURING A MARATHON? The median marathon finish time in 2010 for a man was 4:16:14 seconds and 4:42:10 for women. This is a LONG time compared to the average elite finish time of just over 2 hours. The average run I HAVE BECOME THAT GIRL…. Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. W&OD TRAIL: THE CHANGE OF A CONSTANT I feel compelled to write today. Writing is how I process emotions. I want to let the emotions out, sit with them for a little, and then put my big girl pants on and move forward. It took 7 miles t

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FILMING FOR VOICE OF AMERICA & I RUN THIS BODY IN PAKISTAN Last Friday I spend a good part of the day filming with Voice Of America.. The TV show they were filming for is about women expanding upon their traditional roles as caretakers of their children and their husband and adding fitness/running to their lives. THIS HAPPENED. WOMEN’S RUNNING COVER MODEL Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. PICTURES: W & OD TRAIL END, PURCELLVILLE Before I moved to Leesburg and made my way to the end of the W & OD Trail I was always curious what the end would look like. Here are pictures I took on a run last week! The W & OD Trail THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA MARATHON BY THE GARMIN NUMBERS This past weekend in the hotel bar, when I was attempting to find my first real meal of the day at 9 pm the night before the race, I bumped in to someone who I worked with when I worked for National Marathon {Before Rock N Roll DC was RNR DC it was owned by someone else and was called National Marathon – I was the Director of Volunteers in

2010}.

TREADMILL WORKOUTS + A $200 GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY FROM SEARS Talkin’ bout treadmills.. I’ve never been one to hate on the treadmill. Once I became a mother it was the only way I was able to keep training for marathons. Without it I probabl

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Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. HASHTAG I RAN TODAY + RANDOM THOUGHTS I ran today. It didn’t go as planned. I hate plans for this reason, because often {or more than often} things don’t go as planned.Thankfully my coach is also my best friend and she helps keep me on a non-plan plan. It’s one of the many reasons I decided to hire her as my coach. SO WHAT? I STILL RAN Today’s run felt harder than it should have. As I was distracting myself from thinking about how it was just a meh run, I thought about how so much of running is truly brain training. Yes we

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Visit the post for more. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. I HAVE BECOME THAT GIRL…. Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. WHAT SHOULD YOU EAT DURING A MARATHON? The median marathon finish time in 2010 for a man was 4:16:14 seconds and 4:42:10 for women. This is a LONG time compared to the average elite finish time of just over 2 hours. The average run HOW DO YOU FIGURE OUT A REALISTIC GOAL TIME FOR A MARATHON 10K: 40:45. 10 miler: 1:08:17. 1/2 marathon: 1:30:40. The only race time I’ve beat out of those predicted race times is the 10K time – 40:23 was my PR which I ran shortly after running a 3:13 in 2011. Another fact to note is that I haven’t been racing shorter distances lately so I don’t typically have a short race time to plug into the W&OD TRAIL: THE CHANGE OF A CONSTANT I feel compelled to write today. Writing is how I process emotions. I want to let the emotions out, sit with them for a little, and then put my big girl pants on and move forward. It took 7 miles t

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Post Race BlissToday I ran my first run back after the Potomac River Run Marathon. I took a full 6 days off from exercise of any type.7 glorious, pain free miles today with my local running club.Fo HOW TO KEEP YOUR KIDS ENTERTAINED IN THE RUNNING STROLLER Recently someone remarked that I have very patient kids in order to run so many miles with them. I had to laugh a little. Patient and my children are not two things that I ever think of together. M

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Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. HASHTAG I RAN TODAY + RANDOM THOUGHTS I ran today. It didn’t go as planned. I hate plans for this reason, because often {or more than often} things don’t go as planned.Thankfully my coach is also my best friend and she helps keep me on a non-plan plan. It’s one of the many reasons I decided to hire her as my coach. SO WHAT? I STILL RAN Today’s run felt harder than it should have. As I was distracting myself from thinking about how it was just a meh run, I thought about how so much of running is truly brain training. Yes we

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Visit the post for more. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. I HAVE BECOME THAT GIRL…. Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. WHAT SHOULD YOU EAT DURING A MARATHON? The median marathon finish time in 2010 for a man was 4:16:14 seconds and 4:42:10 for women. This is a LONG time compared to the average elite finish time of just over 2 hours. The average run HOW DO YOU FIGURE OUT A REALISTIC GOAL TIME FOR A MARATHON 10K: 40:45. 10 miler: 1:08:17. 1/2 marathon: 1:30:40. The only race time I’ve beat out of those predicted race times is the 10K time – 40:23 was my PR which I ran shortly after running a 3:13 in 2011. Another fact to note is that I haven’t been racing shorter distances lately so I don’t typically have a short race time to plug into the W&OD TRAIL: THE CHANGE OF A CONSTANT I feel compelled to write today. Writing is how I process emotions. I want to let the emotions out, sit with them for a little, and then put my big girl pants on and move forward. It took 7 miles t

FIRST RUN BACK

Post Race BlissToday I ran my first run back after the Potomac River Run Marathon. I took a full 6 days off from exercise of any type.7 glorious, pain free miles today with my local running club.Fo HOW TO KEEP YOUR KIDS ENTERTAINED IN THE RUNNING STROLLER Recently someone remarked that I have very patient kids in order to run so many miles with them. I had to laugh a little. Patient and my children are not two things that I ever think of together. M SO WHAT? I STILL RAN Today’s run felt harder than it should have. As I was distracting myself from thinking about how it was just a meh run, I thought about how so much of running is truly brain training. Yes we I HAVE BECOME THAT GIRL…. Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training.

BOSTON MARATHON

Visit the post for more. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. W&OD TRAIL: THE CHANGE OF A CONSTANT I feel compelled to write today. Writing is how I process emotions. I want to let the emotions out, sit with them for a little, and then put my big girl pants on and move forward. It took 7 miles t MARATHON HYDRATION/FUELING PLAN Gatorade Endurance is the on course hydration for New York City Marathon again this year. This works out well for me since it’s the only type of hydration/fuel I’ve trained with since Boston Marathon 2017.New this year for New York City Marathon is the addition of a gel station at mile 18.. All four gel flavors will be available – Mango,

Vanilla.

WHAT IF A TEACHER HAD TOLD YOU THAT YOU WERE ENOUGH? Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. WHAT DOWNSIZING MY CLOSET TAUGHT ME ABOUT LIFE & RUNNING Last year I jumped on the bandwagon and read Marie Kondo’s book, the life changing magic of tidying up. The first time I read it – I thought she was crazy. The second time I read it  TOKYO MARATHON TRAINING Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training.

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At 22 + weeks pregnant I was beginning to think that maybe my running was coming to an end. Being that at times I do have a flair for the dramatic I think I may have slightly over exaggerated to myself the extent to which my not-so-great runs lately had HOW TO KEEP YOUR KIDS ENTERTAINED IN THE RUNNING STROLLER Recently someone remarked that I have very patient kids in order to run so many miles with them. I had to laugh a little. Patient and my children are not two things that I ever think of together. M

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Boston Marathon 2012: 4:20:03 Marine Corps Marathon 2012: 3:17:14 (Division 14 – Females 30 – 34, Gender 58) Richmond Marathon 2012: Rock N Roll Vegas Marathon 2012: B & A Trail Marathon 2013: Marine Corps Marathon 2013: 3:13:48 (Division 23 – Females 30 – 34, Gender 62) Rock N Roll Vegas Marathon 2013: 3:17 Boston Marathon 2014: 3:52:04. Rock N Roll Vegas Marathon 2014:

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Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. HASHTAG I RAN TODAY + RANDOM THOUGHTS I ran today. It didn’t go as planned. I hate plans for this reason, because often {or more than often} things don’t go as planned.Thankfully my coach is also my best friend and she helps keep me on a non-plan plan. It’s one of the many reasons I decided to hire her as my coach. SO WHAT? I STILL RAN Today’s run felt harder than it should have. As I was distracting myself from thinking about how it was just a meh run, I thought about how so much of running is truly brain training. Yes we WHAT SHOULD YOU EAT DURING A MARATHON? The median marathon finish time in 2010 for a man was 4:16:14 seconds and 4:42:10 for women. This is a LONG time compared to the average elite finish time of just over 2 hours. The average run I HAVE BECOME THAT GIRL…. Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. HOW DO YOU FIGURE OUT A REALISTIC GOAL TIME FOR A MARATHON 10K: 40:45. 10 miler: 1:08:17. 1/2 marathon: 1:30:40. The only race time I’ve beat out of those predicted race times is the 10K time – 40:23 was my PR which I ran shortly after running a 3:13 in 2011. Another fact to note is that I haven’t been racing shorter distances lately so I don’t typically have a short race time to plug into the TRICKS FOR TURNING A NEGATIVE STATEMENT INTO A POSITIVE Tricks For Turning A Negative Statement Into A Positive. The year was 2004. I was 22 years old and had been a marathoner for a year. I was a relative newbie to the sport of running but that didn’t stop me from feeling that with each mile I ran, running was becoming a huge part of who I was. Runners were some of the most welcoming people I had

FIRST RUN BACK

Post Race BlissToday I ran my first run back after the Potomac River Run Marathon. I took a full 6 days off from exercise of any type.7 glorious, pain free miles today with my local running club.Fo THIS HAPPENED. WOMEN’S RUNNING COVER MODEL Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training.

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Boston Marathon 2012: 4:20:03 Marine Corps Marathon 2012: 3:17:14 (Division 14 – Females 30 – 34, Gender 58) Richmond Marathon 2012: Rock N Roll Vegas Marathon 2012: B & A Trail Marathon 2013: Marine Corps Marathon 2013: 3:13:48 (Division 23 – Females 30 – 34, Gender 62) Rock N Roll Vegas Marathon 2013: 3:17 Boston Marathon 2014: 3:52:04. Rock N Roll Vegas Marathon 2014:

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Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. HASHTAG I RAN TODAY + RANDOM THOUGHTS I ran today. It didn’t go as planned. I hate plans for this reason, because often {or more than often} things don’t go as planned.Thankfully my coach is also my best friend and she helps keep me on a non-plan plan. It’s one of the many reasons I decided to hire her as my coach. SO WHAT? I STILL RAN Today’s run felt harder than it should have. As I was distracting myself from thinking about how it was just a meh run, I thought about how so much of running is truly brain training. Yes we WHAT SHOULD YOU EAT DURING A MARATHON? The median marathon finish time in 2010 for a man was 4:16:14 seconds and 4:42:10 for women. This is a LONG time compared to the average elite finish time of just over 2 hours. The average run I HAVE BECOME THAT GIRL…. Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. HOW DO YOU FIGURE OUT A REALISTIC GOAL TIME FOR A MARATHON 10K: 40:45. 10 miler: 1:08:17. 1/2 marathon: 1:30:40. The only race time I’ve beat out of those predicted race times is the 10K time – 40:23 was my PR which I ran shortly after running a 3:13 in 2011. Another fact to note is that I haven’t been racing shorter distances lately so I don’t typically have a short race time to plug into the TRICKS FOR TURNING A NEGATIVE STATEMENT INTO A POSITIVE Tricks For Turning A Negative Statement Into A Positive. The year was 2004. I was 22 years old and had been a marathoner for a year. I was a relative newbie to the sport of running but that didn’t stop me from feeling that with each mile I ran, running was becoming a huge part of who I was. Runners were some of the most welcoming people I had

FIRST RUN BACK

Post Race BlissToday I ran my first run back after the Potomac River Run Marathon. I took a full 6 days off from exercise of any type.7 glorious, pain free miles today with my local running club.Fo THIS HAPPENED. WOMEN’S RUNNING COVER MODEL Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. SO WHAT? I STILL RAN Today’s run felt harder than it should have. As I was distracting myself from thinking about how it was just a meh run, I thought about how so much of running is truly brain training. Yes we 5 TIPS FOR YOUR BEST SUMMER OF RUNNING I’m on my way back to Virginia today after 5 fun filled days in San Diego! Here are some summer running tips to get you through the last month of running before fall temperatures {hopefully} start creeping in.Summer is here in full force in my neck of the woods.

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Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. BACK TO BACK MARATHONS Last year at Kona one of my friends gave me a pair of lululemon Hotty Hot shorts as a gift and I’ve been kinda crazy about them since! They are REALLY comfortable while running. As an added bonus, they are just plain cute, so I often don’t feel in a rush to take them off

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W&OD TRAIL: THE CHANGE OF A CONSTANT I feel compelled to write today. Writing is how I process emotions. I want to let the emotions out, sit with them for a little, and then put my big girl pants on and move forward. It took 7 miles t WHAT IF A TEACHER HAD TOLD YOU THAT YOU WERE ENOUGH? Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. MILE POSTS: COLORING PAGE When I was stuck at airports for what felt like a bazillion hours on the way to Chicago a couple of weeks ago I did a little doodle in my @moleskine_world notebook to pass the time ️ my sister loved it and said she wanted me to draw her one.since she is my fav I just spent what felt like another bazillion hours drawing her a larger one ️ I love taking pictures when I’m drawing cause I I’M TERRIBLE AT MATH I’m stating a fact, they are very good at math. I’m terrible at math. Terrible as in I can keep myself entertained {stressed out} for the entire length of a marathon trying to do mental math for pacing purposes. I’ve been off many a time in said mental math, so I often resort back to counting miles in 10 minute increments and telling

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MARINE CORPS MARATHON 2011: RACE RECAP Marine Corps Marathon 2011: Race Recap. My alarm went off at 4:11. My favorite number is 11 and my birthday is 4/11. If I was waking up early for a marathon I wanted the number on the clock to be a good one. I was not tired.

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Boston Marathon 2012: 4:20:03 Marine Corps Marathon 2012: 3:17:14 (Division 14 – Females 30 – 34, Gender 58) Richmond Marathon 2012: Rock N Roll Vegas Marathon 2012: B & A Trail Marathon 2013: Marine Corps Marathon 2013: 3:13:48 (Division 23 – Females 30 – 34, Gender 62) Rock N Roll Vegas Marathon 2013: 3:17 Boston Marathon 2014: 3:52:04. Rock N Roll Vegas Marathon 2014: 5 TIPS FOR YOUR BEST SUMMER OF RUNNING I’m on my way back to Virginia today after 5 fun filled days in San Diego! Here are some summer running tips to get you through the last month of running before fall temperatures {hopefully} start creeping in.Summer is here in full force in my neck of the woods. HASHTAG I RAN TODAY + RANDOM THOUGHTS I ran today. It didn’t go as planned. I hate plans for this reason, because often {or more than often} things don’t go as planned.Thankfully my coach is also my best friend and she helps keep me on a non-plan plan. It’s one of the many reasons I decided to hire her as my coach. SO WHAT? I STILL RAN Today’s run felt harder than it should have. As I was distracting myself from thinking about how it was just a meh run, I thought about how so much of running is truly brain training. Yes we WHAT SHOULD YOU EAT DURING A MARATHON? The median marathon finish time in 2010 for a man was 4:16:14 seconds and 4:42:10 for women. This is a LONG time compared to the average elite finish time of just over 2 hours. The average run

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Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. TRICKS FOR TURNING A NEGATIVE STATEMENT INTO A POSITIVE The year was 2004. I was 22 years old and had been a marathoner for a year. I was a relative newbie to the sport of running but that didn’t stop me from feeling that with each mile I ran, running was becoming a huge part of who I was. HOW DO YOU FIGURE OUT A REALISTIC GOAL TIME FOR A MARATHON Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. WHAT SHOULD I WEAR FOR MARINE CORPS MARATHON? Sunglasses – always a must during a marathon, but especially at Marine Corps. It gets windy on the bridges, which in my opinion are the worst part of MCM. Sunglasses help block the wind. When your face is scrunched up and tense, your body is tense. HOW TO KEEP YOUR KIDS ENTERTAINED IN THE RUNNING STROLLER Recently someone remarked that I have very patient kids in order to run so many miles with them. I had to laugh a little. Patient and my children are not two things that I ever think of together. M

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Boston Marathon 2012: 4:20:03 Marine Corps Marathon 2012: 3:17:14 (Division 14 – Females 30 – 34, Gender 58) Richmond Marathon 2012: Rock N Roll Vegas Marathon 2012: B & A Trail Marathon 2013: Marine Corps Marathon 2013: 3:13:48 (Division 23 – Females 30 – 34, Gender 62) Rock N Roll Vegas Marathon 2013: 3:17 Boston Marathon 2014: 3:52:04. Rock N Roll Vegas Marathon 2014: 5 TIPS FOR YOUR BEST SUMMER OF RUNNING I’m on my way back to Virginia today after 5 fun filled days in San Diego! Here are some summer running tips to get you through the last month of running before fall temperatures {hopefully} start creeping in.Summer is here in full force in my neck of the woods. HASHTAG I RAN TODAY + RANDOM THOUGHTS I ran today. It didn’t go as planned. I hate plans for this reason, because often {or more than often} things don’t go as planned.Thankfully my coach is also my best friend and she helps keep me on a non-plan plan. It’s one of the many reasons I decided to hire her as my coach. SO WHAT? I STILL RAN Today’s run felt harder than it should have. As I was distracting myself from thinking about how it was just a meh run, I thought about how so much of running is truly brain training. Yes we WHAT SHOULD YOU EAT DURING A MARATHON? The median marathon finish time in 2010 for a man was 4:16:14 seconds and 4:42:10 for women. This is a LONG time compared to the average elite finish time of just over 2 hours. The average run

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Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. TRICKS FOR TURNING A NEGATIVE STATEMENT INTO A POSITIVE The year was 2004. I was 22 years old and had been a marathoner for a year. I was a relative newbie to the sport of running but that didn’t stop me from feeling that with each mile I ran, running was becoming a huge part of who I was. HOW DO YOU FIGURE OUT A REALISTIC GOAL TIME FOR A MARATHON Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. WHAT SHOULD I WEAR FOR MARINE CORPS MARATHON? Sunglasses – always a must during a marathon, but especially at Marine Corps. It gets windy on the bridges, which in my opinion are the worst part of MCM. Sunglasses help block the wind. When your face is scrunched up and tense, your body is tense. HOW TO KEEP YOUR KIDS ENTERTAINED IN THE RUNNING STROLLER Recently someone remarked that I have very patient kids in order to run so many miles with them. I had to laugh a little. Patient and my children are not two things that I ever think of together. M SO WHAT? I STILL RAN Today’s run felt harder than it should have. As I was distracting myself from thinking about how it was just a meh run, I thought about how so much of running is truly brain training. Yes we BACK TO BACK MARATHONS Last year at Kona one of my friends gave me a pair of lululemon Hotty Hot shorts as a gift and I’ve been kinda crazy about them since! They are REALLY comfortable while running. As an added bonus, they are just plain cute, so I often don’t feel in a rush to take them off

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BACK TO BACK MARATHONS: 2 WEEKS APART Monday – rest – no running, cross training or lifting. Tuesday – rest – no running, cross training or lifting. Wednesday – rest – no running, cross training or lifting. Thursday – easy run outside – 5 miles pushing single stroller – 7:46 avg – admittedly I was probably running too fast on this run but it was a good confidence booster and I believe that sometimes a workout I HAVE BECOME THAT GIRL…. Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. W&OD TRAIL: THE CHANGE OF A CONSTANT I feel compelled to write today. Writing is how I process emotions. I want to let the emotions out, sit with them for a little, and then put my big girl pants on and move forward. It took 7 miles t I WAS CHASED DOWN BY A CAR WHILE RUNNING Yesterday was the first official day of summer break for Chloe – it also meant that it was Day 1 of triple stroller summer training. I set off with a heaviness in my legs but tried to have happiness in my

heart.

WHAT IF A TEACHER HAD TOLD YOU THAT YOU WERE ENOUGH? Mile Posts. Mile Posts is a running blog written by Dorothy Beal. From how to train for your first 5K to funny memes on how to laugh your way through marathon training. THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA MARATHON: THE FORBIDDEN CITY After we visited Tiananmen Square we headed to the Forbidden City.. Wikipedia: The Forbidden City Julie, our tour guide, was Chinese and seemed to genuinely love sharing her knowledge of the history behind the places we went to.

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WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU KNEW SOMEONE CHEATED AT A MARATHON? This story ( in the news today reminded me of the day I was told point blank by another runner that he had cheated at a marathon. There are some terrible things people can do in life. In running I

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FEB 2020

TGIF & MORE TOKYO TRAINING The first sentence of a blog post feels the hardest. Where do you start when there is too much to say? “You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.” ― Tina Fey Last week I made a mid-week decision to skip speed work in favor of running a 10K race. I figured since it was a step back week that while my legs wouldn't be fresh, they also wouldn't feel completely dead. Ran my long run of 14 miles on Friday,

took …

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JAN 2020

MUSIC TO RUN TO #3

I started this weekly post, on songs I was enjoying, last year and then made it a whopping two posts before taking an extended leave of absence from the blog. I’m reviving it with the promise of posting more than twice in 2020 Today’s five songs are remixes I’ve been enjoying while training for Abbott

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JAN 2020

A FEW THINGS I'M DOING TO STAY INJURY FREE Finished up last week with 63 miles in 6 days (63.6 – complete coincidence on the numbers)! I don’t think I’ve strung together four SOLID weeks of training in over two years – probably longer – I should go back and look. To say I’m happy is an understatement. 2019 was REALLY great for a Categories: Abbott World Marathon Majors

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Running Tags: Marathon

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24

JAN 2020

MARATHON TRAINING: #45 Happy Friday! This is what my week of running looked like: Monday – Rest Day. My children were off for the MLK holiday so it ended up working out well that it was a rest day. My kids are at an age where all they seem to do is bicker, so we headed to the

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, Runkeeper

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JAN 2020

WMM TOKYO MARATHON TRAINING 2020 Finished out last week with 65 miles, up from 64 the week before and 59 the week before that. I’m feeling stronger and more motivated this training cycle than I felt at the beginning of last year. In comparison my mileage for those three weeks last year was 55, 55 and

42. My long runs

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JAN 2020

ABBOTT WORLD MARATHON MAJORS TOKYO MARATHON I’m sure you already know because I posted it on Facebook. me: huh In this digital age I don’t presume that anyone knows anything that I’ve posted anywhere else. I used to feel bad when friends would ask me why I didn’t like their Facebook post (it was never on purpose – just something I

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14

JAN 2020

DON’T THINK. JUST GO. Don’t think. Just go. I say repeatedly to myself. It’s raining…don’t think, just go. It’s cold…don’t think, just go. I’ve only had one day off in the past two weeks…don’t think, just go. I have work to do. How do you expect to get ahead in life? …don’t think, just go. The excuses in my

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JUN 2019

MUSIC TO RUN TO #2

Today’s five songs are from the playlist I made while training for Abbott World Marathon Majors Tokyo Marathon. I like creating specific playlists for each race I train for. During each training cycle I mostly listen to the same playlist repeatedly. When I need an extra boost on a tough run though I’ll go back

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07

JUN 2019

BOSTON MARATHON 2019 & MY GO TO BREAKFAST Sponsored conversation by Almond Breeze It’s hard to believe it’s been almost two months since I finished my 41st marathon, Boston Marathon. The month after a marathon is always a mix of of bliss and sadness for me. I’m happy that the experience happened but always really sad it’s over. That sounds crazy when I write it

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Marathon , Marathon

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JUN 2019

MUSIC TO RUN TO #1

Happy Global Running Day! I’ll take 365 “made up” holidays if they encourage people to run and be active. #GlobalRunningDay — Dorothy Beal • I Run This Body® (@MilePosts) June 5, 2019 Shoes: OV X HOKA BONDI B Someone once told me they enjoyed following me on twitter because you didn’t know what you were

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JUN 2019

MY GOAL FOR BERLIN MARATHON Sponsored conversation by Under Armour This year is flying by….or running by me – rather quickly as I prefer to think… At the beginning of this year Berlin Marathon seemed far off in the future but the time has arrived to start full on training. As I’ve mentioned more recently the time on the clock

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09

MAY 2019

SO WHAT? I STILL RAN Today’s run felt harder than it should have. As I was distracting myself from thinking about how it was just a meh run, I thought about how so much of running is truly brain training. Yes we have to train the physical body but if you don’t train the mind, the physical body

gives up

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freelance writer who has this thing with running. occasional blogger. unapologetic oversharer. mom x3. marathoner x 44. owner of I RUN THIS BODY® brand. Mile Posts is a collection of my sometimes helpful, occasionally funny, but mostly completely random thoughts on running and life. xoxo *Currently training for Abbott World Marathon Majors Tokyo Marathon and London Marathon. Read More I RUN THIS BODY BLOG ARCHIVES ’09 – ’20 I Run This Body Blog Archives ’09 – ’20 Select Month February 2020 January 2020 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 January 2019 December 2018 October 2018 September 2018 June 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009

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