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About the Author

Amanda Brooks

I am a running coach with over a decade of experience helping thousands of runners to achieve their goals from running injury free to crossing that marathon finish line with a PR. I've run over 28,000 miles in my own running journey since 2002. Run To The Finish is my place to share that love and my deep dive in to researching all things running. I hold multiple run coaching certifications, as well as a personal training certification. But it's my ongoing desire to learn and progress as a coach that has allowed me to help runners from their 20's through their 70's! More ways to connect with me:

Amanda Brooks

Komen Race for the Cure 5K

It’s a wonderful thing that this race was for me all about the fundraising and not at all about time. I thought I had my game face on when I…

San Francisco Fun

My knees are sore, but my heart is full! What a great week of running, blogger meet ups, Oakley Ambassador meet ups and oh yes work! OAKLEY AMBASSADOR I was…

A little quiet, a little run

I have actually had all kinds of things to say lately…so why the quiet…well mostly because I’m afraid what will come bursting out at any moment is “WAHHHHH I WANT…

Miami Running Groups

When I first moved to Miami there were only a few running groups to join, now there are tons! I have to believe my passion for running spurred on this…

Wine Tasting Bike Tour

Mr.BMX loves to bike and I have always seen options for biking tours when we go on vacation, but declined because at that time I just wasn’t biking much. Now…

Napa Valley 5K

I know you enjoyed running with me through San Diego…but Napa this is a whole new ballgame! Have you ever been to a 5K where everyone was dressed the same?…

Scott Jurek is my BFF

I interrupt this week’s Workouts and Goals to tell you about my new BFF. Yeah that’s right, Scott and I are tight after a run together this weekend. Here is…

Urban Dare

This weekend I talked a couple friends who were visiting from Kansas City and David in to doing an “Urban Dare” race. Of course this was all prior to knowing…

ING Miami Half Marathon Report

Subtitle: Flying Elbows Subsubtitle: Beautiful water, beautiful weather, beautiful friends Subsubsubtitle: Fun can be fast too! IN PICTURES Battered elbow syndrome, which I can only attest to this being the…

Miami to Key West Ragnar Relay 2011

I absolutely love relay races. I wouldn’t want to do one every week mind you, but they are just a crazy amazing experience. Talk about an incredible way to get…

Resolution Run Report(s)

Sign up for the 2012 Resolution Run now!   I am very happy to report that for a two week planning period there were about 45 people who showed up…

Resolution Fun Run

After a night of counting down the minutes until we feel that the slate is wiped clean and we have a fresh start is there a better way to start…

13.1 Fort Lauderdale Race Report

Writing a good race report should be incredibly easy…so I have no excuses for taking so long other than hoping that I might actually have some great race day photos…

Miami Beach Halloween Half Marathon

Goal: Run as my training plan prescribed long run: 2 miles easy 9 miles marathon pace 2 miles easy. Result: Warm up and cool down were a little fast, but…

1st in my age group

This was one of the best weekends! Running, golfing, beaches, shopping and lots of time with David…from the top… FORT LAUDERDALE BLOGGIE MEET UP Friday morning I drove about 40…

Alaska in Pics

Our cruise started off with a bang…we got upgraded to a room with a balcony! Wooot what a difference this made, especially since I was all funky dunkey motion sick.…

Seattle in Pictures

Wow what a week…we literally went from one corner to the other and changed time zones repeatedly. My body is beyond confused and unfortunately still trying to adjust to not…

Seattle Rock N Roll Marathon Race Report

A full Seattle report to come later…for now the race report! RACE MORNING I’ve been worried for the last few days about this abominal pain, which thus far the doctor…

Running Changed My Life

My weight loss journey has been a slow and steady path from college to now…but really it all began long before that with how I felt about myself in high…

Hospital HillS 1/2 Marathon

This race is seriously deceptive…Hospital Hill gives you a shirt that says “I conquered THE hill”. Right, so I did no research and assumed that meant there was one large…

Oklahoma City Marathon

Well friends, yesterday I was highly bummed about OKC. I had gotten very excited to run the half marathon in a few weeks because it was the site of my…

Las Vegas RNR Marathon

First thank you to everyone for the well wishes and then checking in to see if I survived…a race report 6 days late still counts for something right??? Since this…

Miami Running

Congrats to everyone on their races this weekend!! Lacey WOHOO!!! All the SF ladies…all the KC folks…seriously everyone had a great weekend for racing. HEAT I can’t say that heat…

Wild West Relay Recap

Getting my ass over the pass has resulted in a….sore ass. I believe this is actually due to getting in an out of the mini van 682 times rather than…

Savannah Wedding Design Scams Brides

I try to keep this blog on the positive side of life because that’s where I like to live…but I can no longer not say anything about the injustice being…

Dirty Duo Race

Imagine the following: Injured 90 degrees First time ever riding on gravel road Old nasty running shoes (hello mud pit) You might think this sounds like a recipe for disaster,…

San Diego Race Pictures and Thoughts

Hope you can read all of the captions there…seemed like a fun way to post a recap… I’m not going to do a full race recap. I think what I…

Wedding Redo Pictures

Many of you may have seen some of these already…but for those who have been asking here are a few pictures of the awesome, wonderful, redo….meaning I am now double…

Wedding Updates

More wedding news…seems a little strange since I’ve now been married for a few months, but there is indeed wedding news! 1. Did I tell you about the most recent…

Bamboozled brides

As some of you know…and some of you don’t the saga with Anastasia has been ongoing. My filings with the Better Business Bureau was met with more lies and things…

Alea Moore Photography is Awesome!!

I don’t know how many times I have told everyone that I truly loved our photographers! Alea and Kim were so kind, rolled with the flow and really got every…

The funny wedding moments and video!!

Picture 1: Us in the Bar! Picture 2: Told you I put on a sweat suit. ok, in an effort shift my life’s focus back to the positive where it…

Savannah Wedding Designs is unprofessional and unethical

Sorry to waste my 200th post on this, but after being told by Savannah Wedding Designs owner Anastasia Stevens that the debacle of a wedding in the condo parking garage…

The Wedding that almost wasn’t

Have you ever attended a wedding or reception in a parking garage? Yes the story you are about to hear is both comical and heart breaking…it’s still very raw and…

Married on the Beach

People I was not kidding when I said MARCH IS MY MONTH!! The coordinator called…the cabanna where the reception was to be held…under construction WHHHHATT?? So for FREE they are…