Karen Reed
Me and my Running
02DEC18 – My first time hearing about the Mattamuskeet Death March (MdM) was at the Nutcracker 12 Hour. There, I met the MdM race director Brandon Wilson. We ran the first few miles together while chasing after George in his pink Christmas Story bunny costume. He told me about MdM because I shared with him …
I didn’t write a blog for June because I didn’t have any races, but it was still a good month because I started off June 1st with a 15-mile run which brought my total for 2019 to 1000 miles. Then I had my ICL surgery on the 11th which has been a HUGE blessing and …
May has been such a great month! First, I returned home from two weeks at Fort McCoy as the Army’s newest Master Resiliency Trainer. I got back late Friday night, but it didn’t matter because it was during four day weekend for Mother’s Day. I still got up early Saturday morning to run with the …
Currently in Wisconsin for the Master Resiliency Trainer (MRT) Course. The first week of training was interesting. The only part I struggle with is how the Army takes a cerebral approach to taking care of human emotions, but what else could I really expect? We were given a pass for the weekend, so of course, …
Wow, I can’t believe that it still has not been a full 30 days since Umstead 100. I only needed three days before doing my first shake-out run. I thank my body for being so amazing when it comes to recovery! Helps when I take steps such as doing yoga, eating an anti-inflammatory diet, ice …
I signed up for the Umstead 100 when registration first opened on 08SEP18 at noon. This race sells out very quickly every year. That day, I was coming down from a Uwharrie training run where I receive no cell service. I had to rush to the nearest city in Biscoe while refreshing the Umstead webpage …
Airborne!! Seriously, I came down to Fort Bragg because I thought I was going to be jumping out of planes all the time. Nope, I’m just running everywhere. I didn’t plan on doing the All-American Marathon this year, but once again, under George’s influence, I registered for it last week after we finished the Tobacco …
As per usual, I waited until the very last minute to make my weekend running plans. George told me to sign up as a pacer for the Tobacco Road Marathon, but I hesitated because I thought that by this weekend I was going to be in taper mode. Ann scheduled 25 miles on my training …
George taunted me to sign up for Conquer the Wall 35 or 47-hour challenge. I told him I wasn’t ready for that, plus the race was too far in West Virginia which means I would have to request a special pass from work. I saw on Ultrasignup that my coach Ann was going to be …
Since running with George at NC Fatass 50k, throughout the week, he would inform me of upcoming races. This was helpful because I had been on Facebook fast since early January. I couldn’t decide between doing The Idiot Run at Morrow Mountain State Park, Uwharrie, or Run the Rock Challenge. RR was in its first …