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On Saturday, eleven Cruisers will be running in Destination Races’ Virginia Wine Country Half Marathon. The course runs through the beautiful countryside of Loudoun County and we couldn’t resist giving it a try in 2011, the first year it was produced. We even put together a team, and despite thinking we wouldn’t be particularly competitive, we […]
I’m getting quite a kick out of looking at my “Marathon Check List” that I used to hand out to my running group just a few years ago. The first thing that I noticed was “single use camera.” Do they even make those anymore? So right off the top, I’ll remind you to take your […]
Today is Memorial Day and we must not forget those that fought and paid the ultimate sacrifice for us. Our freedom comes at a great cost to many, and we honor them today. Yesterday I wrote about Memorial Day and honoring our heroes, and you can see that post, Remembering Our Heroes, here. Yesterday afternoon […]
On this Memorial Day weekend, let us not forget those who fought and paid the ultimate sacrifice so that we might live freely in this beautiful country. May God bless our nation’s heroes buried at Arlington National Cemetery; and we must not forget those who have been wounded and struggle every day to live as they did […]
It’s the Memorial Day weekend and many of our Cruisers are traveling, so we had a lean group of three meet this morning for our weekly group run. Add the cold temps to the mix and at least one other Cruiser decided to stay in his warm bed! 🙂 It was 45 degrees when I […]
In the past I’ve looked at race medal displays at race expos and have always concluded that they either cost more than I wanted to spend, or they didn’t have enough room to hold all of our finishers’ medals… For years we had our medals displayed side-by-side on a shelf in our library. My […]
Meet Jerome… We ran together when I coached him at Worldgate Sport & Health; and he stayed with me when I retired from “official” coaching and formed our fun little running/social group. In fact, he’s the one that named us the Cruisers. Over time Jerome was plagued with a number of injuries and eventually decided […]
Here on the east coast we have a saying, “It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity!” Today was one of those days. Despite my legs looking like they always do with pale white skin… and freckles… and scars… and stubble, today they were filled with lead. I kept looking behind me to see if Susan […]
Our Cruisers were busy on Sunday morning running in two very different and very important races: the MarineCorps Historic Half and Semper Fred 5K, and the Carter’s Run 5K. On Sunday Cruisers Chuck, Kati, and Dan ran in the Marine Corps Historic Half Marathon and the Marine Corps Semper Fred 5K held in historic Fredericksburg, […]
My job is not boring… I missed the excitement by about 30 minutes… When I got to my client’s home she told me that animal control had just left with the little guy. Who knows how he had gotten into the house, but apparently he was looking for some exercise tips. My client’s husband had […]
After a fun filled weekend at Virginia Tech, Bill and I didn’t get our Sunday run in until late this afternoon. It was humid, but clouds covered the sun and there was a decent breeze, so it wasn’t too bad. I usually don’t do well on afternoon runs, but we ended up running our ten […]
It all started about a week ago when Julie posted a link to a pinata cake on her Facebook. Comments ensued and the next thing I knew I had volunteered to make a pinata cake for Julie and her roommates, Kelly and Becky. Their graduation from Virginia Tech was the following weekend and the occasion […]
Lucky for me, I just happened to walk into the main office of the wellness center before I left today and found this! I may or may not have eaten one… One of our reps brought these delicious pieces of art to the office earlier in the day, and the staff was just cracking the […]
My morning started with a three-mile run/walk with a client who wants to become a runner. Our current routine is to alternate running and walking in half-mile segments. After three miles we return to my house to do a little core work and stretching, and then she’s on her way. As soon as my client […]
When was the last time you felt totally hydrated? Truly HYDRATED? Today I’m going to talk about why water is so important to us. In fact, I’ll give you ten reasons to drink plenty of water (in no particular order). Water plumps up our cells and makes our skin look much healthier. Dehydration reduces our […]
I couldn’t have said the above quote better myself… Of course I couldn’t have; Mr. Burfoot is a running legend, the winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon, and is an editor-at-large at Runner’s World. There are many reasons my clients hire me to help them get fit and learn how to live a healthier lifestyle. […]
In my post earlier today, Mother’s Day = BEST. RUN. EVER, I talked about my Mother’s Day run with my husband and BOTH OF MY SONS!!! This post will solely focus on the delicious dinner we made as a family! This afternoon while I called my mom to wish her a happy Mother’s Day, Bill […]
Happy Mother’s Day to my wonderful mom and to all of my mom readers out there! Before I talk about my special day today, I have huge news to share with you from last evening! Joseph went out on a long run yesterday afternoon… a 26.2-mile run to be exact! Bill and I walked to […]
This morning two of my Cruiser friends and I ran in the TKO Melanoma 5K. This race was in memory of Theresa Kay O’Conner, a loving wife and mom who lost her battle with melanoma last fall. This race was very near and dear to me as a melanoma survivor, and also because I lost […]
Today’s temperature is expected to climb above 85 degrees here in the mid-Atlantic region after a spring of slightly below normal temperatures. This is a time when runners struggle… We need to acclimate our bodies to the heat and humidity and we should expect our runs to be a little less than stellar for about […]
