Vegan Girl On the Run

     One year ago today will be a day that I will never forget. The memories of that day...as bittersweet as they are...will forever be vividly stuck in my heart, mind, and soul. You see, on April 15, 2013 I ran in the 117th Boston Marathon. A race that runners from all over the world put in hours of training just to get a chance to have the privilege of earning a spot in. For as long as I have been a serious distance runner I had wanted more than anything not only to qualify for Boston, but to be healthy enough to go and run this race. I qualified 3 different times before I was finally able to actually go and run the race. I had pretty severe injuries in the months after my first 2 BQs that prevented me from going to Boston. If I remember right this was in 2006 and 2007. Despite the fact that I had developed a partial labral tear in my left hip and had surgery on my left leg just months before the race, my sports doctor gave me the go ahead to run Boston in 2013. Wi...

   Last week we traveled to DC (about a 2.5 hour drive for us) for the Cherry Blossom 10 mile race. I had been looking forward to this trip not only for the fact that I was able to run in another race, but at my 29 years of age this was my very first time to really experience DC. I've driven through DC in the past when I was around 15 years old, but in my book that doesn't count. Visiting this city has always been on my bucket list so you can imagine that I jumped at the opportunity to race there and visit the city by foot...as a runner this is one of my favorite ways to explore new places. I was looking forward to running by some historical monuments, seeing the famous cherry blossoms, seeing the White House, and so much more.      Not only was I running in this race, but Avery (my 5 year old) was running in the Children's Cherry Blossom 1/2 mile "race." This was her second race of her (hopefully long) running career ; )...she may take a little after her mama...