Comments on: My first half-marathon: What, no bagels?

By: Ruth

Ruth — Fri, 06 May 2011 14:33:15 +0000

I loved reading this!!! You are AWESOME! I just started training for a half marathon and I really needed something to inspire and motivate me. You have done that, thank you so much!

By: megan

megan — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:45:23 +0000

You are inspiring. I run my first half on Sunday and was looking for a good story. Thanks for sharing!

By: shawn

shawn — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:51:14 +0000

WOW! i googled My First Half Marathon and clicked on this post. I just ran my first one last sunday and enjoyed reading this. Now i want to comb through your previous posts and even look for your book! You’re inspiring!

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:47:31 +0000

I just found this blog, after buying your book on a whim. Two things:

1) This entry made me cry.

2) You are beautiful.

Thank you.

By: Brandi

Brandi — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:41:10 +0000

I know this comment is about five months late, but I’ve been slogging through your archives for months, and now that I’m almost finished I just have to tell you how wonderful you look and how amazed I am at what your determination has bought you. You truly are inspiring, and running is something that I’ve always wanted to get into and yet never done because of my own weight. Lately I’ve been focusing a bit more on my fitness, so now that I’m pregnant with my second child I’ll be on pause a little bit. But once I’m done with the pregnancy, perhaps I’ll take a little more inspiration from you, and start putting feet to pavement in my “spare” time.

By: Inny

Inny — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:13:28 +0000

Wow, this post is the most inspiring thing I have ever read. And this is not an overstatement. Way to go!

By: The Muse

The Muse — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:39:30 +0000

Even though I wasn’t at BlogHer, I came over via BISJ, and had to read your half-marathon victory. I ran one myself, my first ever, in late March this year, but with vastly different weather – it was in the low 40s when we started, windy and damp, and barely inching into the 50s when I finished, 2:34:56 later.

I’m training for a marathon that’s this December (Las Vegas, 12/07), and kinda intimidated.

But, congratulations for completing such a challenge – I know exactly what you mean about feeling like you’re going to run forever!

By: PastaQueen

PastaQueen — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:28:30 +0000

I used a program the running store gave me. I put it in a Google calender. You can go to this link and flip to January of 2008 to see it

By: Cristina

Cristina — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:11:07 +0000

I just ran across your blog and noticed that your most recent post mentioned you did a 1/2 marathon. I’ve been contemplating doing a 1/2 marathon in December, so I went to your archives to see how you did. Congratulations on your 1/2 marathon! You completed it in awesome time! And you ran it all…wow! I was thinking of walking, maybe jogging a little. If you don’t mind my asking…what training program did you follow?

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:21:25 +0000

I did the Mini this year, too… my first race of any sort. I walked it, though, and when I saw the pictures of myself online I wanted to die. It inspired me to sign up for next year with a goal to weigh 50 pounds less than I did this year.

Your site is inspiring!