This was my favorite spectator sign from the 2011 NYC Marathon. There were so many great ones it was hard to pick, but this was the one. So much encouragement from so many strangers. It was incredible. It made me…
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Follow Me Sunday on Your Phone
The NYC Marathon has a cool new app this year for your mobile that allows you to track runners (including me!) during the race. There are iPhone/iPad versions as well as an Android version (but why??). You need to know…
Less Than a Week
One week from today I will be recovering from the 2011 NYC Marathon! I can’t imagine doing it really yet. All the months of training, dealing with an injury, recruiting child sponsors, etc., etc. Sunday will be quite a culmination.…
Learn to Love Rest
So on Sunday I did my 8 mile long run. On the last mile or so I had some pain in my left knee. I knew this was no good because Olivia has struggled with an ITB fiction injury for…
Posted in Off On Mondays
A Little Uncomfortable
So, on today’s long run (8 miles), I had…how do I say it…trapped gas. By the end it was gone (and no I didn’t “get rid” of it in Central Park!) and I felt better. But, it was very uncomfortable.…
Off On Mondays
I’m excited to share about my first full marathon training. I usually tweet about the runs, but these posts will delve a little deeper. I’m calling them “Off On Mondays” because my rest day is on Mondays! Pretty genius, huh?…
Why Do You Run?
As I wrote yesterday, I’m running the NYC Marathon November 6. This is an amazing video put together by my team-Team World Vision. Would you consider sponsoring a child today? Click on the link in the sidebar…
Help Me Run – Help a Child
As many of you know I’m running the NYC Marathon on November 6 of this year! I’ve lost 113 lbs in the past year and a big part of achieving that has been running. I ran my very first half…
Tagged with: child sponsorship, nyc marathon, olivia-ward, weight-loss
Posted in Life and Living, NYC Marathon 2011
Posted in Life and Living, NYC Marathon 2011
