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Songs to run to, part IV: 2011 half marathon playlist

06/19/2011 by Deanna +

In 2010, when I ran my first half marathon, I made a playlist. It was OK, but after fiddling with my iPod around mile 11.5 because "I just had to hear 'I Gotta Feeling' by Black Eyed Peas," I learned I needed to be a bit more strategic. Many playlists later (all at the bottom of this post), I got better, and learned what songs were triggers for pump up music. So when this half marathon #2 came up

How not to suck at LinkedIn

06/06/2011 by Deanna +

Lately, I've been getting a lot of requests on LinkedIn of people indicating I am a friend. With social, we refer to people as friends (think: Facebook) often. It's pretty normal. But when it comes to LinkedIn, the professional social networking site, do we really want to connect with friends? Perhaps. But if we don't, why are people calling me friend? Let's back up. LinkedIn is a funny thing.

Learnings from a sophomore half marathoner

05/16/2011 by Deanna +

Side note: I have not blogged since March. I've completely neglected my little blog. But that's neither here nor there. I'm back on track with blogging. And today's post I write one year after my first half marathon. I am proud of how far I've come in the past year and yesterday, ran by second half, the 2011 Pittsburgh Half Marathon, 17 MINUTES FASTER than last year in 2:03:28! 2,699 overall out

Songs to run to, part III

03/26/2011 by Deanna +

It's that time of year again...running season! Actually, running season is 365 days a year, but now there are races happening every weekend practically. So, it's race season. And I am smack-dab in the middle of training for my second half marathon. I'm doing the exact same training plan I did last year, and I'm back up to 7 miles again. Halfway there! There's many important things to do when

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