About the Happy Runner

Post HMRRC Winter Marathon Relay: Suzy, Amanda, me

"If movement is a sign of life and stillness is death, running is an example of life most fully lived. It's beautiful." -- British artist, Martin Creed

Hey there! I'm Felice, the Happy Runner. Thanks for visiting. I'm grateful for each and every person who stops by this blog, especially those who take the time to leave me a comment and let me know that, really, it isn't just my cat and me who read my words. OK, my cat doesn't really read my blog. I have to read the words to my cat. But he pretends to listen. Most of the time. When I'm not too boring.

This blog is a journal of my running, thoughts on running, and running-related tips and information that I've picked up or learned along the way. I'm not a professional runner, nor am I a runner who finishes races too close to the front of the pack. I occasionally place in my age group but it is very, very unlikely that I would ever win a race. I do, however, try my best. And I love, love, love to run. So I figure that has to count for something!

I have a few other things going on in my life beside running: I'm a mom to a two-year-old boy, a wife (of 10 years!) to a great guy, an active community volunteer, a freelance writer and editor, and a bit of a Yankees fan. I love Starburst jelly beans, Craisins, my Brooks Addiction running shoes and all of A.S. Byatt's books.

Why I have composed this like an online dating profile, I'll never know. But, now you know a little more about me. And I hope that's not a bad thing.

You want more info? You got it!

Recent Race Results:

Freihofer's Run for Women 5K (6/10 -- preggo): 27:11
Mother's Day 3.5-mile (5/10 -- preggo): 29:59
HMRRC Winter Series 10K (1/10): 51:24
Freihofer's Run for Women 5K (5/09): 23:46
Runnin' of the Green 4-mile (3/09): 31:05
Komen Race for the Cure 5K (10/08): 23:27
ValleyCats Home Run 5K (6/08): 24:15
Freihofer's Run for Women 5K (5/08): 24:16

My PRs:

5K — 22:57 (Neighborhood Challenge, 5/02)
4m — 31:05 (Runnin' of the Green, 3/09)
10K — 50:41 (RunAground, 9/02)
15K — 75:16 (Stockade-athon, 11/03)
Marathon — 4:12:43 (Mohawk-Hudson River Marathon, 10/04)

Interviews, etc.:

RunAbroad.com -- Profile, October 10, 2009
Freihofer's Run for Women blog -- Profile, July 21, 2009
Charitymile.com -- Interview, November 10, 2008

I also write here:

Albany Running Examiner

My policies:

Product Review Policy

Contact me:

Want to chat? Got a question? E-mail me at felicehalf at yahoo dot com.
I'm also on twitter, should you have any interest in following me: twitter.com/TheHappyRunner