http://jenniintraining.com A blog about training with Team in Teaming for the the San Francisco Marathon. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:11:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are making some changes to the blog, please pardon our appearance while we recover! http://jenniintraining.com/2009/recovery-run TNT Coach Jim shared a great NYTimes article with us today.  Our own Coach Conlon who is one of the TNT Manhattan coaches and Physical Therapist was quoted in the article.  I think it's awesome that with TNT we have access to such a breadth of running knowledge, including how ... http://jenniintraining.com/2009/to-defer-or-not-to-defer-that-is-the-question So clearly I have not been blogging.  As with many good intentions, sometimes they never come to fruition, as was the case with blogging about the majority of my marathon training for the NYC marathon on Nov 1.  My husband told me every good blogger would blog about wondering if ... http://jenniintraining.com/2009/firing-the-old-oven-back-up On February 11, 2008 I had an accident.  I call it an accident because it was "an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury".  There were a series of events that lead to this accident, where if any one had been slightly altered in any way, the accident might ... http://jenniintraining.com/2009/out-with-the-old-in-the-with-the-new-knee This should be my motto "Will run for expensive jewelry".  One of the perks of the Nike Women's Marathon in SF is that Tiffany's is one of the official sponsors.  This means that as you cross the finish line in a delirium that makes you think you're seeing things, you ... http://jenniintraining.com/2007/will-run-for-expensive-jewelry Pain, elation, jubilation, hunger.  Just a few of the things I felt after 4 hours and 22 minutes of pounding the pavement at the 4th annual Nike Women's Marathon in San Francisco yesterday.  That's right folks, 4:22 at my first marathon.  I was very happy to finish and now I ... http://jenniintraining.com/2007/official-marathon-finisher So the marathon is called the Nike Women's Marathon, but it's not just for girls, boys can run too. But I have to say, I didn't see too many men at the expo today when I picked up my race packet. There were a lot of women prancing ... http://jenniintraining.com/2007/thousands-of-girls-and-a-few-boys I AM GETTING SO EXCITED!!!  So I've hardly run this week, tapering.  I have recently finished a nice plate of pasta for lunch and a bottle of Gatorate, carb-loading.  And I'm just about ready to jump out from behind my desk!  Traveling for the past 2 weeks certainly has left ... http://jenniintraining.com/2007/so-excited-i-want-to-jump-out-of-my-desk If you look very closely you can see me running.  This was taken on Sunday morning, October 7 as I ran along the Seine river in Paris.  There is a road lower than the main road along the Seine that is usually open to cars, but on Sunday mornings they ... http://jenniintraining.com/2007/paris-through-a-runners-eyes Yesterday marked "1 week" until the race.  The last few weeks I've been traveling a lot for work.  I've been meaning to write, specifically about my amazing experiences running in Paris, but I digress from the true intent of this entry.  Paris can wait, but I do promise to write ... http://jenniintraining.com/2007/coming-to-the-end