After 12 weeks of training, many mid-week 3-milers early in the morning and late at night and seemingly endless weekend long runs, the Philadelphia Half Marathon is finally here. With the race looming just five days away, I’m excited, nervous (and a little bit terrified). My mind is certainly running in overdrive and below are …

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The Philadelphia Half Marathon is exactly ONE month from today. This time in one month, I’ll be eating my standard pre-race toast with jelly, fiddling with my carefully orchestrated playlist and preparing to toe the line to run 13.1 miles through this beautiful city. I won’t lie. This has not been an easy training cycle. …

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If there’s one thing I hate saying, it’s the word, “no.” All my life, I’ve been classically over-involved, as many people in my generation are. But somehow, that tendency to over-commit followed me through high school, college and even now, into the early part of my career. When I graduated from college in 2010, I felt …

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Somewhere around the beginning of 2012, I stumbled upon this pin on Pinterest and immediately fell in love with the quote. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”  I promptly tweeted the quote, made it the wallpaper of my phone and added it it to my “Be Inspired” Pinterest board. This simple, nine-word quote became my personal mantra. …

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