Tag Archives: plantar fasciitis

Chasing “down” the blood sugars – The Chicago Marathon Race Report

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Gillian

This was Chicago Marathon #7 for me and my 23?ish marathon in total.  Was it a PR-no, but damn I felt really good.  I really wish I could explain why. I had never run a marathon without officially training for … Continue reading →

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Inspirational Athletes

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Gillian

Oh weekends why must you disappear so fast.  It was such a great weekend, full of exercise, food and lots of friends. On Friday, I made the decision to ship my own bike to the race and dropped it off … Continue reading →

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Pickles and Athletes

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Gillian

Steelhead race report I signed up for this race as a motivator to continue to do some training after Ironman Texas.  I also signed up because it also guaranteed me a slot in Ironman Arizona 2013, this means I won’t … Continue reading →

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Running: the gift and even more races!

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Gillian

The entire month of July I was chained to my desk.  I tried to get the odd work out in here and there but it truly was just here and there. This makes for a very unhappy Gillian.  During this time … Continue reading →

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The dreaded track, a chicago gem and don’t ground me mr. dentist

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Gillian

First things first, I made it to the track again this morning! Yay me! 🙂  two weeks in a row.  I still had to talk myself into it, which took way too long in the morning which made me late … Continue reading →

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Its not always the diabetes

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Gillian

I woke up this morning and felt like I had been run over by a train.  My immediate thought was oh,oh my BG must be through the roof.  My body hurt I was drowsy despite getting a decent amount of … Continue reading →

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Doable goals and inventory of pain

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Gillian

This week I planned to get back into certain workouts that have been neglected post-ironman (May 19th).  It had been four weeks so I decided that if I could at the very least get to the workout regardless of how … Continue reading →

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