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| What's your history? | |
My favorite awards are my Boston medals, and my two trophies I won from the Indy 5k in Kentwood. | |
| Tell us about a memorable race experience. | |
Running the Ludington Half Marathon 6 months pregnant with a very good running friend, Ken who made me laugh throughout the whole race! It was just a great weekend! | |
| What are 3 adjectives that describe your approach to your sport? | |
dedication, commitment, positive support | |
| What are nutritional tips you use to gain optimum performance? | |
water, sour patch kids and coffee! Okay so don't do this, just try different things till you find what works best. | |
| Give us some inspiration! | |
Five things that motivate me are my friends, music, a sunny day or cool morning, fresh air, and the feeling I get when I cross the finish line! | |
| What is your single most important goal this year? | |
To qualify for Boston again. | |
| The thing I love most about competing is ____________. | |
being blessed enough to do it and the friends I gain along the way! | |
Author Archives: Amanda DennisonRunning Fifth-third Riverbank for the 8th time!
I am excited to be able to run my 8th Riverbank this year. Looks like a better forecast than usual, and near perfect temps!
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My 6th Boston Qualifier and PR at Martians Marathon Yesterday
I was so thrilled to run the Martians Marathon yesterday in Dearborn. My new training schedule of running three days per week with two cross-training days along with my new light shoes really did the trick for me.
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New racing shoes…can they make me faster?
So I just purchased online a pair of Nike Lunaracer shoes that are only 6 ounces a shoe. I normally wear my training shoes for all my races, but was curious as to if all the hype of the new lighter shoes would really make me faster. Time will tell as I have my 11th [...]
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Ran the Irish Jig the day after a 22 miler…crazy I know:)
I didn’t want to mess up my marathon training schedule and with running 22 miles on Friday, my 5K time was not my best, but I couldn’t ask for a more gorgeous day.
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Changing up my routine
So with the cold, dark winter upon us, I have decided to change up my running routine a bit. I am used to running seven days a week, taking a day off every other week. Well, that can get pretty boring if there are really so specific workouts, so I am now running four days [...]
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10th Marathon is over…GR was great!
What a perfect day weather wise yesterday! Felt pretty good throughout, but didn’t push myself because I knew I was under-trained. Came in at 3:41…not my best, but I didn’t expect to do my best. No complaints here, just glad to have number 10 done and planning on number 11 in the spring. Thanks to [...]
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Training Blah, Marathon Rah!
Ok, so I don’t feel the best, and have had a very stressful couple of weeks, but I will be at the expo tomorrow signing up to run the GR Marathon!
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Park to Park half marathon PR!!
Ran this race in Holland on September 24 (was waiting for pics, but none came) and came in first in age group with a time of 1:39 and change! Was very happy with that and had perfect weather. Did not feel as great as I wanted to at the end, but still thinking I might [...]
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Cooler weather = marathon season!
So excited for fall and marathon training. Hoping to do Grand Rapids if training continues to go well. Bring on the long sleeves and happy faces!!
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Did anyone else think Riverbank was a bit warm?