Category Archives: Half Marathon Training

The Way to Joy

When the going gets tough… In 2009 I hit the lowest point of my life… I looked around and said, “I don’t have the strength to do this anymore.” I had everything, a loving husband, loving children, four beautiful grandsons and twin grandbabies on the way. But nothing seemed worth “it”. Life was a struggle, […]

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THE CONTINUING JOURNEY

So, initially the seed was sown after following Dean Karnazis’ Run Across America. This of course became the DREAM. However I began to think of what could be done in NZ of a similar magnitude. A few people had run the length of NZ ( a distance of approximately 2000kms) but what could be done […]

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Winter Running Can Be Fun? Try It Barefoot!

Sole Running: Takes from the Trails Winter running can be challenging at the best of times, with so many variables that have to be taken into consideration to make your run a success. You can spend more time just getting ready to make the venture outdoors than you actually spend running. This is not uncommon […]

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The Perfect Fit

Finding the Perfect Fit A few weeks ago I went out for my longest run ever, a 17 miler!  At mile 13, I felt this pain in my calf and tried to be hard core and press on, but the pain was so bad I literally could not run.  I had to walk 2 miles […]

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Rocking on the Roads: Stitches

Learn more about running stitches How many times are we running and then suddenly a pain in the abdominal area occurs, we try to push further and the pain is still there, we try to lower the pace and the pain remains until, at some point, it becomes so strong that we are in the […]

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I Am A MoonJogger: Evelyn DeLuccia

Get to know Evelyn from her answers below! When did you first start walking/running? What motivated you to start walking/running? :  I started running at the age of 46. I needed to do something more than normal exercise classes and go to the gym. I started running with a group of people called Team Allears […]

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WAYLAND WELLNESS JOURNEY PART II

The Running Edition As I stated in Part I of my Wayland Wellness Journey blog I mentioned very little about running and that was by design but I wanted to inform everyone my starting point and continue the story by showing you my Running Journey. In my High School days, I was a 400m runner […]

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Relax and Run

Finding the Passion In Running It has been almost a month since I fulfilled my lifelong dream of completing a marathon. Sometimes I have to pinch myself to remember that this is real and that I don’t have to fret, worry, plan, anticipate or dream about that day in October, 2013. I don’t have to […]

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I Am A Moon Jogger: Michael Brandt

Introducing Michael Brandt – Moon Jogger Michael Brandt (El Dorado Hills, CA) age 71, just completed his 15th international marathon at the 29th Marathon du Medoc held in Pauillac, France on September 7, 2013. This was by far the best marathon I had ever participated in – hands down, and it is not your typical […]

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