🌹 Rose Bowl Half Recap🌹
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🌹 Rose Bowl Half Recap🌹

Pasadena’s Rose Bowl Half is the official Half leading up to the LA Marathon. On January 22nd, I ran in this half. And, OBVIOUSLY, I set out for a PR and a sub-2, or 9:09/mile goal. Finished 2:01:05, which was a PR by 10+ minutes.

Afterthoughts about the race are as follows.

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Hill Training Ahead
Shannon Tran Shannon Tran

Hill Training Ahead

“Do it for the views...” Can I admit here that I’m a little less than stoked to be running Griffith Resolution in January, just as I blow out my birthday candles? I’m a little mad at myself for signing up for this punishing race again. It’s like giving myself a lump of coal for Christmas.

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Marine Corps Marathon Recap
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Marine Corps Marathon Recap

Marine Corps Marathon Sunday, 10.29. Stay tuned for race recap and finisher pics. 97% chance at least one photographer catches me with my tongue out. In setting up this site and choosing pictures to share, that was my big takeaway: I stick my tongue out A LOT.

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