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Welcome to Runs With Pugs. My name is Jenn and this is the story of how a husband and wife started running together with Couch 2 5K. I will share the ups and downs of our training for a half and a full marathon, as well as other little peeks into our lives. Oh. We have pugs, too. Thank you for joining us! We're glad to have you along for the ride!-
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Tag Archives: Tour De Pain
race report: tour de pain {8.11 & 8.12.2017}
Remember this one folks? The Tour De Pain? Three races in about 24 hours? How could we forget? There’s really nothing easy about Tour De Pain. It’s a fairly grueling, August challenge, and while it’s not exactly fun, it’s cool … Continue reading
weekly wrap: 8-6.17 – 8.12.17
Happy Monday! It’s time for the Weekly Wrap with HoHo Runs and MissSippi Piddlin, with guest host Michelle! If you do a weekly recap post, this is a great way to check in with other active bloggers for extra support, sharing and accountability! Well, we did … Continue reading
warm up with tour de pain; cool down with tropical smoothie cafe
This is a sponsored post. I have been compensated for my promotion of Tour De Pain and Tropical Smoothie Cafe. All opinions are my own. When summer rolls around, the race calendar in the Jacksonville area tends to shift in favor of shorter races. After all, … Continue reading
race report: tour de pain – 5k road race & 1 mile sizzler {8.8.2015}
After a hot shower and a delicious meal of honey chicken, I got myself to bed. Day 2 of Tour De Pain was just hours away. The 5K road race portion of Tour De Pain was going to held at … Continue reading
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POSTED IN: 1st Place Sports, 5k, Hemming Park, mile sizzler, PR, race anxiety, race day, race recap, race report, runjax, Tour De Pain, training
POSTED IN: 1st Place Sports, 5k, Hemming Park, mile sizzler, PR, race anxiety, race day, race recap, race report, runjax, Tour De Pain, training
race report: tour de pain – 4 mile beach run {8.7.2015}
Last year was my first go at Tour De Pain (day 1 & day 2). When I completed the last mile of the three race series, I was pretty adamant that I could take it or leave it the next time it … Continue reading
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POSTED IN: 1st Place Sports, beach run, injury, jacksonville beach, plantar fasciitis, PR, race day, Run Jax, run st aug, running, Tour De Pain
POSTED IN: 1st Place Sports, beach run, injury, jacksonville beach, plantar fasciitis, PR, race day, Run Jax, run st aug, running, Tour De Pain
week in review: 8.2 – 8.8
Stand back. After last week’s sad tally of miles, this week was monumental. Are you ready? Twenty-four point six. And, yes. I’m still tired. Shall we begin? Sunday – 11 miles I haven’t run double digit mileage since the Walt … Continue reading
race report: riverside pain physicians tour de pain, day 2 {8.2.2014}
Read about Day 1 of Tour De Pain and the 4 Mile Beach Run here. Of course, with my awful sleeping, I was awake before the alarm rang, way too early, on Saturday morning. The course for the 5K road … Continue reading
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POSTED IN: 1 mile sizzler, 5k road race, race day, race report, Run Jax, running, Tour De Pain, training
POSTED IN: 1 mile sizzler, 5k road race, race day, race report, Run Jax, running, Tour De Pain, training
race report: riverside pain physicians tour de pain, day 1 {8.1.2014}
If you’ve been reading here for a while, you probably know know the tale of how I started running last year, but then had to take a major hiatus to have my tonsils removed, and spent about one and a … Continue reading
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POSTED IN: beach run, challenge, race day, race report, Run Jax, running, Tour De Pain, training
POSTED IN: beach run, challenge, race day, race report, Run Jax, running, Tour De Pain, training
weekly recap: 8/3 – 8/9
At some point, I was going to hit a somewhat slow week. In terms of pure mileage, that is. I am ahead of my training by a few weeks, and so I didm’t think it would a huge issue to … Continue reading
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POSTED IN: diy, family, home, running, Tour De Pain, training, Universal Studios, weekly recap
POSTED IN: diy, family, home, running, Tour De Pain, training, Universal Studios, weekly recap
weekly recap: 7/27 – 8/2
And with that, we have wrapped Week 6 of training. It seems like I have done so much, and yet there is still so much to go. My confidence diminished a little bit this week, but I know that will … Continue reading
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POSTED IN: long run, marathon training, running, Tour De Pain, training, wdw marathon, weekly recap
POSTED IN: long run, marathon training, running, Tour De Pain, training, wdw marathon, weekly recap