{"id":225,"date":"2013-02-20T01:59:21","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T00:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andilee.com\/blog\/?p=225"},"modified":"2013-08-14T12:26:08","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T11:26:08","slug":"carlsbad-half-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andilee.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/carlsbad-half-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlsbad Half Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I completed my second half marathon recently, in the lovely California town of Carlsbad. I enjoyed the run immensely, despite the physical challenge &#8211; it&#8217;s \u00a0hillier than I am used to &#8211; but I made a decent time. Having done this, I&#8217;ve\u00a0decided to go for the triple crown \u00a0&#8211; so the next 1\/2 Marathon run is the La Jolla half<br \/>\n(<a title=\"La Jolla Half Marathon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lajollahalfmarathon.com\/events\/events5e3a.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.lajollahalfmarathon.com\/events\/events5e3a.htm<\/a>).\u00a0It&#8217;s a really challenging course &#8211; incredibly hilly (going downhill is often harder for me than going up) and I&#8217;m really looking forward to it! Unfortunately, I broke my small toe while running recently &#8211; caught on a large stone &#8211; but I&#8217;m hoping that it won&#8217;t be too disabling in terms of training. I&#8217;m still having a really good experience using the Merrel Road Gloves, though that fateful run was in five-fingers. It&#8217;s hard to imagine that just under a year ago I could barely run a mile &#8211; now I&#8217;m seriously contemplating a marathon in the later part of the year. Just shows what you can do if you put your mind (and body) to it. I&#8217;ve also been seriously looking at my diet, I still don&#8217;t eat well enough, and my weight fluctuates a lot despite the running. I&#8217;ve been hearing a lot about the Paleo diet, so that&#8217;s something I&#8217;ll be investigating.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also still experimenting with the <a title=\"Gost-Barefoots\" href=\"http:\/\/portal.gost-barefoots.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">GoSt-Barefoots<\/a>\u00a0that I blogged about recently &#8211; although these really are not for road-running, there are a great many applications where they really shine (including swimming &#8211; where sharp rocky beaches suddenly are not a problem), and I&#8217;m pleased with the fact that they seem to be catching on in the media. Check them out if you&#8217;re curious! There are some new things coming from them soon, and once the weather warms up a bit, I&#8217;m hoping to get out there and make a few more videos!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I completed my second half marathon recently, in the lovely California town of Carlsbad. I enjoyed the run immensely, despite the physical challenge &#8211; it&#8217;s \u00a0hillier than I am used to &#8211; but I made a decent time. Having done this, I&#8217;ve\u00a0decided to go for the triple crown \u00a0&#8211; so the next 1\/2 Marathon run &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/andilee.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/carlsbad-half-marathon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Carlsbad Half Marathon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[136,135,138,137,130,183],"class_list":["post-225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-running","tag-12-marathon","tag-carlsbad","tag-gost-barefoots","tag-half-marathon","tag-minimalist","tag-running"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Running a half-marathon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"marathon, running, carlsbad, minimalist\" 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