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Hi, my name is Elise and I am the author of PhD Strides. This blog is the account of my life as I run, cook and experience new things on my way to earning my PhD.
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Tag Archives: Santa Cruz
A Moment of Silence
The past few weeks, my town has experienced a number of serious crimes, from murders to rape, to burglary and yesterday this all culminated in the shooting of two police officers — the first two ever lost in the line … Continue reading
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Tagged California, community, crime, family, friends, moment of silence, police officers, run, Running, running safe, safety, Santa Cruz, SF Marathon, SFM
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Women’s Half Marathon San Diego
This past weekend, Meg and I were given the opportunity to run the Women’s Half Marathon San Diego as a part of the X-1 Audio team. This was my first half marathon race since running Capitola Half in May 2012, … Continue reading
Posted in California, racing, Running, Running Recap, Uncategorized
Tagged 13.1, California, cep, compression, graced by grit, half marathon, headphones, marathon, pr, procompression socks, race, racing, Running, running recap, san diego, San Francsico, Santa Cruz, SFM, smith optics, teaching, The SF Marathon, Weekend, WHMSD, women, women's half marathon, x-1 audio
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SuperBowl 10k
This past weekend, was the Annual SCTC Superbowl 10k. While I’ve never done it before, Meg was running it this year for the 4th time and swore it was an awesome race, so I signed up. My only goal for … Continue reading
Posted in California, racing, Running, Running Recap
Tagged 10k, California, pr, race, racing, Running, running recap, Santa Cruz, santa cruz endurance, sc endurance, SCE, sctc, superbowl
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