Comments on: Race Recap: New Jersey Marathon

By: Goals for the New York City Marathon

Goals for the New York City Marathon — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 14:19:47 +0000

[...] goal…my absolute best-case scenario, everything goes right goal. My current marathon PR was achieved in the New Jersey Marathon, which happens to be a COMPLETELY FLAT course. And, as you all know, the New York Marathon course [...]

By: Race Recap: Downtown Westfield 5K and Pizza Extravaganza (2015)

Race Recap: Downtown Westfield 5K and Pizza Extravaganza (2015) — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 18:17:36 +0000

[...] sneakers over and over again: Brooks Glycerin. Granted, I hadn’t done a WHOLE lot of running after the marathon in April, but my feet were definitely feeling the effects of worn-out shoes and I knew it was [...]

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 19:25:33 +0000

Firstly, you and Todd are just so adorable! I love the support you have for each other and it so shows! I’m sorry to hear about your struggles during the run (and seriously, no portopoties is so terrible on top of it!!) but you you did it and you did it together! =)

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 07 May 2015 01:55:13 +0000

Aww, thanks, Kristina! Marathons (okay, running in general) has always been this huge emotional thing for me, so it’s hard NOT to be all sappy when I WRITE these posts, haha.

I’m like you! I like to be prepared when it comes to the unexpected (e.g. calls of nature), but for this one, I stupidly just ASSUMED that there would be ample facilities along the way. Silly me! Trust me, I made my opinions known via social media, and I saw a lot of other fellow marathoners complaining about the same thing!

Oh, I will, BELIEVE ME! It’s SO weird not to have to drag myself out of bed on a Sunday and gear up to run for 3 or 4 hours! I am loooooving it. Too bad I have to start training for NYCM in, like, two months. Haha.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 07 May 2015 01:52:56 +0000

Thanks, Karla! That’s for sure! I HATE that my mind can take over like that. But now that it’s over (and the memory of the physical and mental anguish is slowly fading away, lol), all I can do is start planning for my next race and figure out a way to keep this from happening again. But I am DEFINITELY celebrating, believe you me!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 07 May 2015 01:50:56 +0000

Thanks so much, Pam! I think I need a mantra or something — ANYTHING — that could help keep me from (mentally!) falling apart in the second half of a race. It seems to be a pattern with me, so looks like I need to work on some strategies for my next race!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 07 May 2015 01:49:22 +0000

Thanks, Frank!! Appreciate it.

Haha, I think that sounds about right! He definitely got me through this one. Plus, he puts up with a whole lot of other nonsense from me that would also probably make him a “saintly” candidate, lol.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 07 May 2015 01:46:10 +0000

My thoughts EXACTLY!

By: Lesley

Lesley — Tue, 05 May 2015 18:43:42 +0000

No porta-potties? Who decided that one?

By: Frank@The Fat Runner

Frank@The Fat Runner — Mon, 04 May 2015 19:41:14 +0000

First off, I would like to oficially nominate Todd for Sainthood. To be able to just let it go (no Frozen puns intended)and stay with you shows a lot of… well, everything. Many runners would have just taken off whether it was their girlfriend, wife or mother they were leaving behind. PR’s and long, set goals are hard to leave behind.

And also, who is completely awesome?! That was quite a tough race and you still managed to come in under 4 hours! Meltdowns and all. Plus with marathon #5 in the bag, you can now call yourself a veteran indeed. Congratulations.