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RER Highlights for 2013

My Life· Running

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28 Dec

I know you know I was going to do this highlights posts.

And I know you know your Bloglovin or reader service of choice is going to be flooded with them.

I also know you know you don’t got the time for that.

So, I’ll keep this short and sweet.

im going to say soething

The Best Running and Eating of 2013

Top 3 Runs of the year:

1. OC Marathon because that’s where I got a surprise PR (3:36:25) and it’s also where I live so I gotta represent for the OC. what what.

oc marathon recap

2. Born to Run 50k. I have never run a trail race before BTR. I had never run more than 26.2 miles. Then, I ran 30 miles on a trail in May. Who.Am.I??

I am a girl who is very proud of that ish.

3. This one is hard to choose! My first reaction is Marine Corps because I on some level I felt really alone and yet full of love from all the support on that course. But, I think some of my favorite runs this year were the ones with friends. I was never a social runner, but a lot of that changed this year when I ran Central Park with Tina and around the OC with SR and a relay race too!

skinnyrunner and runeatrepeat 10 miles (800x800)

(What I learned from my goal to run 13 half marathons this year is coming next!!)

Top 3 Eats:

1. Max Brenner’s Chocolate Fondue in New York during the Sabra trip.

chocolate fondue max brenner

2. Beignets in New Orleans.

cafe du monde

3. Anytime I had ice cream. (RunEatRepeat on Instagram)

Honorable Mention: My favorite day of the year, Thanksgiving is always the best eating day but that’s a given.

Top 3 Posts I Want to REPEAT:

1. How to Lose 10 Pounds <- My April Fool’s Joke that got a crap ton of traffic because even though most of us don’t want to admit it, we want to know how others are losing weight.

This is the vlog where I actually talked about losing weight.

2. Best Half Marathon Training Plans post

3. How to Look Good in a Bikini without Working Out. (Clif’s Notes: Get a tan. Stand up straight.)

thank you

Running specific post coming next – stay tuned! Spoiler: I kinda failed.

Question: What are your top 3 favorite runs or eats this year?

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    1. Bobbie says

      2013-12-30 at 3:49 pm

      My favorite run pretty much each and every year is the Broad Street 10 miler in Philadelphia! I PRd this last year! This last year was also special b/c about 40,000 people ran in red socks as a tribute to Boston. It was quite a sight!

      Reply
      • runeatrepeat says

        2013-12-30 at 7:31 pm

        That is awesome about the socks! Congrats on the PR

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    2. MIz says

      2013-12-30 at 4:17 am

      LOVE THIS and now wanna do my own.
      for me.
      to inspire my 2014.

      Reply
      • runeatrepeat says

        2013-12-30 at 4:30 am

        Do it Miz 🙂

        Reply
    3. RunnerGirlEats says

      2013-12-30 at 3:06 am

      My favorite run is a race at the site of our proposal (St George Island), vacation run with a large group through the mountains of North Carolina, and any run I did with my fiance 🙂

      Reply
    4. Kelly says

      2013-12-29 at 10:13 pm

      1)My first Marathon/October

      2)Broad street 10 miler/ a week after Boston where runners were asked to wear red socks and about 90% did

      3) my first Half/ April Nashville it poured rain the whole 2 hours but it was great to run 13.1 with my daughter who got me into running in my 40’s

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    5. Ashley says

      2013-12-29 at 7:20 pm

      My favorite running thing this year was that I actually did races (way more of them then I planned but not 10,000 like you 🙂 )
      I also learned to be a lot less picky about food this year and found out that thai food and indian food are amazing and delicious.

      Reply
    6. Krista says

      2013-12-29 at 5:55 pm

      We just had beignets in New Orleans this morning : ) The best!!

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    7. Jess @ Pug-Run-Aholic says

      2013-12-29 at 2:16 pm

      My top run for 2013 was my half marathon in December – it was my first half and I was so proud crossing that finish line!

      My top eat for 2013 was probably discovering the recipe for “Crunchers” on Pinterest. I now make that for every family gathering and eat them up!

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    8. Jelena@ThoseLittleThings says

      2013-12-29 at 1:39 pm

      My best run: 57 min Bonn night run (Bonner nachtlauf). I PRed with 10 mins less than last year!
      Best food: the year I discovered that I acutually love sushi and wanted to eat it all the time

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    9. Mary (A Merry Life) says

      2013-12-29 at 11:35 am

      My favorite runs were the 5ks I did this year! I only did three but they were my first 5ks ever so they were awesome and will always be special. 🙂

      Reply
      • runeatrepeat says

        2013-12-29 at 5:38 pm

        Congrats on the 5ks! That is awesome – own it!!

        Reply
    10. TartanJogger tartanjogger.com says

      2013-12-29 at 11:30 am

      I’m still debating it: probably Mull of Kintyre, RnR Dublin and the Perth Kilt Run 🙂 I’ll probably have changed my mind just as I hit ‘submit’!
      Roll on 2014!

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    11. Brooke says

      2013-12-29 at 10:18 am

      I had a lot of favorite runs this year! I have to say my very first marathon tops the list – Twin Cities Marathon. I’m also a fan of the San Diego Safari Park Half marathon because it was my husband’s first half marathon! I also enjoyed the Minneapolis Monster Dash Half back in October because I ran the whole thing with a friend I hadn’t seen in awhile and we wore costumes. 2013 was a fun running year!

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    12. Annemarie/Carmier says

      2013-12-29 at 6:56 am

      I have so many favorite runs but I’ll name Beach to Beacon in Maine. Fun fact: My pace for a 10k had been a 10-minute mile. At B2B, I happened to spy YOUR Monican braids ahead of me! I thought “ha! I’ll see how long I can keep pace with RER!”. The result was an 8:30 first mile for me (and then I had to slow back down to 9-10 minute miles, I gotta be me). But I PRd the race AND I was greeted by Joan Benoit at the finish! That was a really fun race! Subsequent 10Ks were PR after PR! It was you who inspired me to run just a little faster and that proved to be transformative! Thank you!

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      • runeatrepeat says

        2013-12-29 at 8:44 am

        Yeah! That is awesome!! Congrats 🙂

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    13. sally @ sweat out the small stuff says

      2013-12-29 at 6:37 am

      And meanwhile I’m so inspired by your huge PR at the OC Marathon! I think that’s a whole minute per mile faster than when I first started following your blog. You should be so proud.

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    14. Cyanne says

      2013-12-29 at 5:35 am

      Your How to Lose 10 pounds post was awesome. I remember being so confused (I was super new to blogging) but now know, it was brilliant.

      Favorite run: went for an 8 mile after work run the day of the Boston marathon bombings. It was so cleansing to just get out and run after watching that horror.

      Favorite race: Women’s Running Series Scottsdale. Unexpected PR, and gorgeous race.

      Favorite Eats: Korean food from Giwa in Philly. It was one of my first “cool” restaurants when I moved to Philly. Its good that its a mile walk and they don’t deliver.

      Reply
    15. Kelli says

      2013-12-29 at 5:03 am

      I started reading your blog maybe a month ago.. Anddd I’m hooked and I’m not easy to hook! Anyway while I was grocery shopping I was looking for my weekly bottle of franks red hot sauce when I noticed the sriracha bottles. Long story short I bought the sriracha bottle and I can’t get enough! So thanks for passing your obsession for delicious chili sauce to me!

      Reply
      • runeatrepeat says

        2013-12-29 at 8:43 am

        Thanks for getting hooked!

        Reply
    16. Heather @ Health, Happiness, and Hope says

      2013-12-29 at 1:13 am

      I think it’s fun to look back at other bloggers’ years and see what they find most memorable or are most proud of! No shame in writing a post like that! 🙂

      That’s hilarious about the April Fools joke! You know Google search is just loving that one 😉

      Reply
    17. Christine @ BookishlyB says

      2013-12-28 at 10:31 pm

      I was just in Vegas and had my first Frozen Hot Chocolate at Serendipity and the best gnocchi ever at Bouchon- I’d say that while late in the year, they’re still both really high on my list.

      Reply
      • runeatrepeat says

        2013-12-29 at 5:24 pm

        I’m sure I had the frozen hot chocolate, but don’t remember it. That’s sad.

        Reply
    18. quix says

      2013-12-28 at 9:28 pm

      Fave runs: Austin 10/20, Space Coast Marathon, and probably my 2 20 mile training runs with my husband. Fave eat: this is hard, but probably all the amazing seafood I had in Key Largo. Love the end of the year recaps, working on mine too. 🙂

      Reply
    19. Kailin @ Logs and thoughts says

      2013-12-28 at 8:57 pm

      Favorite run: Ironman Louisville. Well, I walked the marathon but still did not have my worst Ironman time. Favorite eats: anything Mexican. I heart burritos.

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      • runeatrepeat says

        2013-12-29 at 5:22 pm

        Congrats on the IM!!!

        Reply
    20. Sue says

      2013-12-28 at 8:57 pm

      Just one run – the Hong Kong Vibram 100k where I was a volunteer. Best “running” day ever.

      Reply
      • runeatrepeat says

        2013-12-29 at 5:18 pm

        Awesome!

        Reply
    21. Sara @ LovingOnTheRun says

      2013-12-28 at 8:56 pm

      My favorite runs this year were: my 10k PR, my first run back after a femoral stress fracture, and my run with my husband the day I lost my job. That sounds like it would be awful, but that day all I needed was running and my husband – it was perfect!

      Reply
    22. Sally @ sweat out the small stuff says

      2013-12-28 at 8:37 pm

      My favorite runs were the New Jersey marathon where I pr’d with a 4:48
      The Trenton half where I pr’d with a 2:07 (after running the NYC marathon 6 days prior)
      And my 4th day of the center of the nation series half marathons (5 half marathons in 5 days in 5 states) It was in Montana.
      Beautifully scenic. And I was having an emotional moment realizing I was so close to completing my goal. (65.5 miles in 5 days)

      Oh gosh. Favorite eats? Halibut fish tacos at a restaurant in pismo beach California when I was on vacation in July and my friends “slutty brownies”.

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      • runeatrepeat says

        2013-12-29 at 5:05 pm

        Congrats on the PR! And I need to get some fish tacos when I get back home 🙂

        Reply
    23. Losing Lindy says

      2013-12-28 at 7:47 pm

      I am still wondering if your joke was a joke.. 😉

      Reply
      • runeatrepeat says

        2013-12-29 at 8:42 am

        Me too, I do eat a crap ton of Sriracha every day…

        Reply
        • Mary (A Merry Life) says

          2013-12-29 at 11:35 am

          Mmmm, Sriracha.

          Reply
    24. Jody - Fit at 56 says

      2013-12-28 at 7:41 pm

      Your April Fools joke cracked me up & still shows the people want the quick fix or want to know the secret to losing weight no matter how many times they try & it does not work.. 🙂 NO quick fix or secret! 🙂

      Reply

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