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Anna Weber
Nov 21, 20237 min read
No, this isn’t my fever talking: I’m (kind of) grateful I got COVID pneumonia
Every Monday, I write a Monday Motivation email for my athletes. Sometimes the email is as simple as a quote and why I feel like it...
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Anna Weber
Sep 6, 20235 min read
It's Okay to Call it a Comeback
I never wanted my running career to get to a point where people had to ask, “Hey, are you still running?” For nearly 20 years, my...
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Anna Weber
Mar 21, 202311 min read
How Do You Finish a Marathon You Probably Shouldn't Have Started?
What would you do if you knew you were probably going to fail? During this training cycle, I often thought about a quote and my new...
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Anna Weber
Mar 11, 20225 min read
Plot Twist! Pivot! Reverse!
Well, 2022 didn’t start out the way I had planned. My grand plan for the year was to run the Eugene Marathon, get a marathon starting...
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Anna Weber
Jan 2, 20225 min read
Going Big or Going Home 3.0: sub-2:37 project
Hi, remember me? I used to write a lot about trying to qualify for the Olympic Trials. Then I qualified and I kind of ran out of...
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Anna Weber
Jul 10, 20217 min read
Cross-Training Diaries: Injured During my Favorite Month of the Year
Something that I've prided myself on is the fact that I'm not an injury-prone athlete. I've had 2 bone injuries since 1999 (tibial...
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Anna Weber
Apr 4, 20219 min read
Slaying the Dragon and Finding a Starting Point
Yesterday I ran, and finished, the Carmel Marathon in 2:52:05 for 4th place. If you are close to me, and you asked me how I was feeling...
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Anna Weber
Mar 22, 20219 min read
I'm Running a Marathon in 12 Days: the Greatest Training Cycle I Didn't Talk About
If you had asked me a year ago what the future of my marathon career might hold, I wouldn’t have been able to tell you. Yes, I enjoy...
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Anna Weber
Nov 16, 20208 min read
Pursuit of Over-Performance: Reasons to Race When You Aren't Fit
I have a confession. One of my many pet peeves is when a social media post starts, "It wasn't a PR, but....." Maybe it's me being jaded...
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Anna Weber
Oct 20, 202011 min read
For a Few Days the World Felt Normal: Cloudsplitter 100 (25K)
I haven't written a blog post since May 19th. In truth, I haven't had any motivation, but also I'm not sure I've had anything to really...
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Anna Weber
May 19, 20209 min read
Running in the Time of Corona: (kind of) Injured and (kind of) Thriving
I am grateful for all the obstacles, setbacks, injuries, and disappointments I have encountered in my life; particularly those from the...
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Anna Weber
Apr 21, 20207 min read
That Time I Went to AZ to Train for the Trials and Trained for a Pandemic Instead
One recent morning I was sitting with my pups, drinking coffee, writing in my journal about nothing and everything, and it hit me: when...
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Anna Weber
Mar 23, 20207 min read
I Didn't Exercise for 22 Days. Here's What Did (and Didn't) Happen
If you are looking for a post about how my life isn't complete without running and how I was lost for 3 weeks without it - you will...
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Anna Weber
Mar 1, 202010 min read
That Was a Wild Ride
If you have ever wondered why I have race/training cycle recaps up so quickly, it’s because the easiest way for me to process my emotions...
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Anna Weber
Aug 21, 201910 min read
I Don't Own a Garmin: My Quest to be the Patron Saint of Data-Free Runners
Roughly once a month one of my athletes asks for help programming a workout into a Garmin. I am useless in these requests. I always...
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Anna Weber
Aug 16, 20196 min read
When Life Gives you Lemons, Plan an Altitude Trip
It's crazy that my last blog post was 3 months ago and SO MUCH has changed, yet SO MUCH has stayed the same. Quick recap: My last blog...
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Anna Weber
May 17, 20198 min read
What if I Never Run a PR Again? and other scary stories to tell in the dark
Shortly after I had completed my first marathon in 2:50:01, a runner friend of mine said, "just imagine what you could do if running was...
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Anna Weber
May 12, 201910 min read
20 Years of Running and Still So Much to Learn
TLDR; I DNF'd a race this weekend that in retrospect probably should have been a DNS. This Spring season of racing and training has...
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Anna Weber
Nov 29, 201812 min read
More than Meets the Eye
TLDR; I qualified for the Olympic Trials on Sunday, running 2:40:11 for 2nd place in the Philadelphia marathon. If you want the longer...
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Anna Weber
May 17, 20186 min read
Cultivating Positivity
If you have talked to me in the past 10 days, you know I can’t stop talking about Deena Kastor’s book. The truth is that it came to me at...
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