Tag Archives: racing

2019 – 4th Quarter Fitness Summary

Posted on January 20, 2020 by TracyNicole

I feel a little late in posting this since we’re already halfway through January, but I still felt it necessary to wrap up the year so I have it for comparison purposes. In October I only raced the Glow in … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal Life, Running | Tagged Dover 10 miler, fitness, Glow in the Grove 5k, goals, hamstring strain, mileage, New Orleans, racing, Running, Spring Valley 4 Miler, strength training, training, Wildcat 10k, York Winter Series | 4 Comments

Regained Confidence

Posted on January 6, 2020 by TracyNicole

Saturday morning Jason and I ventured to John Rudy county park to run the 5 mile race that is part of the York Winter Series. Last year I stunned myself breaking 40 minutes on the course particularly since it occurred only … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal Life, Running | Tagged goals, John Rudy 5 miler, racing, rail trail, Running, strength, York Winter Series | 6 Comments

Racing Firsts

Posted on December 15, 2019 by TracyNicole

Yesterday dad, Jason and I ran the Dallastown 10k. We feared the weather would be as miserable as it was for the Spring Valley 4 miler. Luckily that turned out to not be the case. While it was a very … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal Life, Running | Tagged cold weather running, Dallastown 10k, hills, racing, racing firsts, Running, running buddies, running clothes, training, York Winter Series | 6 Comments

Hill Training

Posted on December 9, 2019 by TracyNicole

I didn’t intend to make this past week’s workouts hill dominated, but it seems that’s what happened. Sunday I ran the Spring Valley 4 mile race which is one of the most torturous short races ever no thanks to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal Life, Running | Tagged hills, mileage, racing, Running, running routes, running with dad, speed, Spring Valley 4 Miler, strength training, stretching, track, training, workouts | 7 Comments

4 Miler Mantra

Posted on December 1, 2019 by TracyNicole

As a runner in high school I absolutely loved running/motivational quotes. Our track coach used to include several pages of them as part of our welcome packet. I loved wearing our track t-shirts that featured a quote on the back. … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal Life, Running | Tagged cold weather running, goals, hills, long distance running, racing, rainy run, Running, running mantras, Spring Valley 4 Miler, Spring Valley County Park, York Winter Series | 7 Comments

A Vacation, A Baby and A 10 Miler

Posted on November 10, 2019 by TracyNicole

This past week has certainly been a loaded one. Sunday Jason and I flew from Harrisburg to Chicago to New Orleans to begin our vacation. I plan to make a separate post about that once I get all of our … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal Life, Running, Travel | Tagged airport, aunt, baby, Baby Z, Dover 10 miler, fitness, flying, goals, long distance running, nephew, racing, Running, Travel, vacation, York Winter Series | 12 Comments

Weekend Randomness

Posted on October 7, 2019 by TracyNicole

I love writing random focused posts. They allow me to snapshot key things that don’t necessarily merit full blog posts themselves but that I still want to write about, and they basically allow me to be “lazy” with my writing. … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal Life, Random Thoughts, Running | Tagged apple pie, baking, Glow in the Grove 5k, glow run, goals, hills, home improvements, Joker, long distance running, movies, racing, randomness, Running, running buddies, smoothies, yard work | 9 Comments