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Happy Fit Friday Friends! Today - I'm taking over @nycmarathon Instagram account so I thought I'd give you a #FBF of the time I ran it in 2009. It's my favorite marathon to date and I can't wait to run it in just 23 days! So, follow along as I use their instastories and feed today! #TCSNYCmarathon #nyrr (at New York, New York)

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Run Love 💚 #saytwowords . . . @pheelstyle #pheel #sponsored

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Marathon training also means cross training! I do at least an hour bike once a week followed by a short easy run. Do you cross train while marathon training? If so - what do you do? #tcsnycmarathon #nyrr #marathontraining #gendurance #gatoradeendurance

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Strength is a matter of the made-up mind. ~John Beecher #28days #tcsnycmarathon #peakweek #mondaymotivation

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Wandering Moose 20k in Kelowna went better than expected. Ran strong from start to finish with 4 creek crossings and 3k of climbing. Surprised to hear my name called for 3rd place overall woman. Top 3 all received a jar of homemade jam! How cool is that? #wanderingmoose #kelowna #pacetrailruns (at Kelowna, Canada)

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Happy Fit Friday! ⚡️ Today marks 30 days away from the TCS New York City marathon and I couldn't be more excited! It also marks day 283 of my #runstreak. I often get asked how I manage to stay injury free since I run every day, just ran a 100 miler, and now am working on speed. I think the key is dialing it back on easy days and doing work on the days that matter. Never increasing speed and mileage too much, but staying consistent. Some days only call for 20-30 minutes of a recovery run... and, even if I'm feeling good - I still dial back the pace. Key is not sacrificing the hard key workouts for easy ones. And -- make the foam roller your bff! 😉✌🏼️ #tcsnycmarathon #tcsnewyorkcitymarathon #nyrr #tcsnycmarathontraining #nycmarathon (at Squamish, British Columbia)

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Shout out to all the stellar athletes competing in Ironman Kona this weekend!! Here is a #tbt to that time I did Ironman Canada! 🇨🇦 ... which is a heck of a hard course, especially the bike leg. But, you can see from my face -- I truly loved it. I was shooting for a sub 14 hour IM, as my first one was 14:07, and - I ended up surprising myself with a sub 13! I may return to IM some day -- but for now, I'm loving the trails too dang much. #ironman #ironmancanada #workhard #dreambig #smashgoals (at Whistler, Canada)

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I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it. ~Rosalia de Castro ⚡️ this quote 🙌🏼 ... because life is a series of random beautiful unexpected occurrences. Roll with it. #mondaymotivation (at Artist Point, Mount Baker)

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A mix of trails and road for today's 16 mile run. And - I love my new @procompression dream big socks! #keepittight #tcsnewyorkcitymarathon #tcsnycmarathontraining (at Interurban Trail Fairhaven)

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Happy Fit Friday friends! ☀️ Shout out to everyone racing this weekend ... you've got this! 👊🏼 For me :: #tcsnewyorkcitymarathon training is in full effect! ⚡️ Which means logging more treadmill and road miles at specific paces. This morning was 75 minutes (20 min warm up with 6 x 7 min at marathon pace - 8:12 and then a cool down). All before 6 am! Since a running in the dark photo is not nearly as cool as this shot from Salt Lake City with my girl @triandrungirl ... I'll give you a #fbf to the day before Wasatch 100 when she took me running at the capital! 😍 PS ... thanks to @theaveragejess for running wicked early with me today!! YTB! (at Salt Lake City, Utah)

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#tbt goes out to Wasatch Front 100. The trails, the views, the ups and the downs (physically and mentally) ... so much to love. Thank you @vo2_max for capturing so much of this for me! #wasatch #wasatch100 #wasatchfront (at Wasatch Mountains)

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Friends are the perfect motivation! Do you have a friend who provides motivation to you? Tag them and tell them!! Happy Monday!! #mondaymotivation

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Pacing duties for the Bellingham Bay Marathon called for a bit of sparkle and all the colors! #bellinghambaymarathon #bellingham (at Bellingham Bay Marathon)

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The rewards of the trail never cease to amaze me. #tbt #mountbaker (at Mount Baker)

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Wise Words of Wednesday 

I am inspired by so many things, all of which pale in comparison to love.  Find it. Keep it. Nourish it. Believe it.  ❤️ 

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The task ahead of you is never as great as the strength within you ... #mondaymotivation ⚡️⚡️⚡️Finally finished my race report on the Wasatch Front 100! Link is in my bio or go to happytrigirl.com ⚡️⚡️⚡️ #wasatch100 #wasatch #wasatchfront

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WASATCH FRONT 100 - Wicked Hard, Wildly Wonderful, and Written in the Stars

WASATCH FRONT 100 – Wicked Hard, Wildly Wonderful, and Written in the Stars

While running 100 miles seems daunting, scary, (some would say stupid crazy), and unfathomable, I was ALL IN when my name was drawn in the lottery last year.  And, while I have completed one 100 miler, Wasatch Front 100 is a different kind of 100. The kind with crazy elevation (hello 25k plus) of vertical and challenging terrains with temps varying from the 30’s to the 80’s, AND at elevation up…