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Posted on September 10, 2014 by charlotte
24 weeks of training down and only three days to go until the big race. This is my longest and most gear-intensive race so far and there’s a ton I need to get together in the next 24 hours. Little packages… Read More
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Posted on August 18, 2014 by charlotte
My first Iron-distance triathlon is in 26 days. I’ve been training solidly for 20 weeks, the first half of which was fully enjoyable and manageable. Then the hours started to creep up. A couple 20hr training weeks in… Read More
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Posted on March 21, 2014 by charlotte
Or, how I ended up wearing hurache sandals next to Silvino Cubesare Quimare. In case you missed it, here’s the slideshow I presented for the Mount Desert Island Pecha Kucha event at the Bar Harbor Inn on March… Read More
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Posted on February 10, 2014 by charlotte
Too much of a good thing I had planned on finishing my 2013 six month ultra running and racing season with the Mount Desert Island Marathon on October 20. But then a couple late season opportunities came up… Read More
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Posted on January 24, 2014 by charlotte
Learn to love the cold When I raced cross-country skiing in high school and college, -4F was the official low cut-off temp for competition. Because of this we spent many weekends standing around in our thin spandex suits freezing our… Read More
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Posted on November 26, 2013 by charlotte
Read here about the four poses I do almost everyday to balance out my less-than-perfect running form.
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Posted on November 25, 2013 by charlotte
La Ruta Run 100k & 52k Race Report, October 16, 2013 Race day morning started with a 4am minibus ride to a prerace breakfast of fruit and some particularly greasy gallo pinto. When we got to the start… Read More
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Posted on November 20, 2013 by charlotte
How I ended up in a minibus with thirteen Tarahumara Indians driving around San Jose, Costa Rica for five days On a rare rainy day this summer I was wrapping up an equally rare full morning of work… Read More
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Posted on November 13, 2013 by charlotte
We spent all day together – we sang, we danced, we ate and we bathed in holy water. We visited coffee plantations and a gorgeous permaculture farm. But the highlight of the day was Silvio’s fart on the… Read More
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Posted on November 4, 2013 by charlotte
In a little less than two weeks I’m headed to Costa Rica to run La Ruta Run. The details are still a little fuzzy to me, but here’s what I know so far. We start in Jaco, a… Read More