Making Strides

by Clara Grandt April 18, 2013

One week after racing the Cherry Blossom 10 miler, where I finished 10th place among the Americans, I am bent over on the side of the river rail trail coughing up a large bug that flew into my mouth with 4.5 miles to go of a hard 23 mile long run... the farthest I've run in... over a year? Pleased with the outcome of the run and tempo pickup on the end, I expel the bug and regain my composure enough to stagger toward the car and head to the nearby Sheetz to grab some chocolate milk and ice for an ice bath.  My younger self may have waited until I got home to have a recovery drink, ...

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Mizuno Athlete Weekend Update

by Ron Wayne April 8, 2013

Caroline Rotich Wins The Cherry Blossom 10 Mile

Clara Grandt Finishes 10th In USA Women's 10 Mile ChampionshipsMizuno International Athlete, Caroline Rotich, who lives and trains in Albuquerque, New Mexico, won the prestigious Cherry Blossom 10 Mile in a time of 52.46.   This race, which had over 17,000 finishers (over 10,000 were women) was also the women's USATF Women's 10 Mile Championships.   Mizuno Racing Team Member, Clara Grandt , placed 10th in the US Championships in a time of 56:40.  In the men's ...

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The Starting Line

by Clara Grandt March 19, 2013

My racing season is opening this weekend in Virginia Beach at the Towne Bank 8k.  I'm looking forward to getting on the starting line in a competitive setting again and seeing the masses of runners who will be there for the marathon that it is associated with it the next day.  Something about seeing all the enthusiastic race goers preparing to conquer a goal they've set probably months ago motivates me to be an example as one of the leaders in the race of putting everything you've got into a race.The setting of a road race, and especially one centered around a m...

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Fueling a Runner

by Clara Grandt February 28, 2013

Coming home from my morning runs, I usually look forward to breakfast, something like a bowl of hot cereal with things like cinnamon, flax seed, and some sort of berries added to it.  Then at some point throughout the day I have lunch and start some dinner preparations so that most of dinner is ready when Jason and I get home from our evening run.  Apart from time running and working out, I realize that I spend a lot of time planning, preparing, and eating.  In training, I think the second most important thing next to actual running and working out is eating, followed closely...

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Perspective in a Gym

by Clara Grandt January 23, 2013

Sometimes I think I know one of the biggest, but most obvious secrets to success- a will to work hard.  Since my injury this past fall, I started doing a lot of cross training in the gym and have continued to supplement my running with some cross training since then.  Runners are used to their gym being the great outdoors where hill climbing mode is built in with actual hills and accelerations occur naturally when crossing a major roadway, but I've found gyms with four walls have many things to offer as well.  One of my favorite things that the gym has to offer is&nb...

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