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Warning: Today’s post has nothing to do with running, maybe running around like a chicken, but nothing to do with lacing up my Asics and heading out on the trail… In addition to running, I love gardening! I grew up on a farm, so I guess it sort of makes sense that I love digging […]
Today I had lunch with my coach, mentor, and friend Miles. We met years ago when I worked at The Health Club of Reston. Miles came to the gym during lunch to workout, and I would hang on his every word telling me about his marathon training. One day Miles told me that he had […]
A few weeks ago my family and I brainstormed about fun weekday post titles that I could use occasionally just to change things up. One of the ideas we came up with was… Today’s interpretation of “Top Ten Tuesday” is my list of ten fitness related things that make me happy. 1. Today while training […]
Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone! I’m thinking of being lazy and going to Chipotle to pick up chicken bowls, but the least I can do is make us a batch of margaritas! Let’s back up to Cuatro de Mayo, shall we? Yesterday was an exciting day on the W&OD Trail for the Cruisers! We saw […]
I love to run, and I love to run fast. There are several different types of runs that will help us get faster, but today I’m talking about track repeats. I don’t necessarily love the work that goes into getting faster through track workouts until I’m in my second or third repeat; but if it […]
Yay, it’s Friday! After taking four days off to visit my parents, today was filled with make-up sessions with clients. Can just spend a second here to tell you that I have the nicest clients in the world? Yesterday my running friend Kati posted this on my facebook. You’ve got to go check out the […]
Today I’m heading home after a nice visit with my parents and shortly I will hop in my car for a six-hour drive home. On days that I don’t head east for my run, I can head in the opposite direction and run along the river. It’s a beautiful run, but there’s a bit more […]
I am taking a few days off of work to visit may parents and because you guys are so nice to me, I want to share a little secret with you.. I grew up in one of the most gorgeous places on earth! This morning I got up and went for my run on the […]
Yesterday I published Beth’s Paris Marathon Recap, Part 1. We left off with Beth in the early miles of her marathon. Here is part 2, in her words… At about the 9 km mark, I was happy to spot a familiar tee shirt “Montgomery County Parks ½ Marathon” being sported by a fellow DC […]
My Cruiser friend, Beth, ran in the Paris Marathon on April 7. I told her that I would love to publish her race review on my blog, if she would write it up and send me photos to go along with it. Here is the review, written by Beth and her husband Tom… Finally! […]
If your baby had taken his or her first steps over the weekend, and you were a blogger, would have written about it? I thought so… My son took his first steps many years ago, but he did something huge on Saturday, and I didn’t tell you about it. Major failure on my part! On […]
Bill and I were treated to a Washington Nationals game today by our friends Ed and Karen. You’ll soon learn that there’s a lot more to a Nats game then just baseball! I’d say our tickets were pretty good… We were in the Diamond Club! For some reason the song, “Take Me Out […]
The Cruisers met at 7:30 AM on this gorgeous spring morning for our weekly group run. We had a pretty good turn-out, and I’m hoping more of our fair-weather Cruisers will join us now that the weather is getting nicer. 🙂 We ran eight pretty fast miles, and I was really happy with how I […]
Last night I got the BEST. NEWS. EVER! Julie called to tell me that there will be a Hokie Half Marathon on September 15. I think I will start packing now. I’m THAT excited! I only have a maroon VT running shirt so I think I need to buy a white or orange one to […]
My client and I really needed to wear each others shoes today! As you can see in the following picture, my Adidas Boston jacket and Monica’s Saucony shoes were a perfect match! And this picture shows how beautifully my Asics GT2000 match Monica’s Under Armour shorts! We looked good together; as long as I […]
I just learned that my alma mater Virginia Tech is ranked at number three in The 25 Healthiest Colleges in the U.S. on Greatist.com. The author Nicole McDermott sites exercise incentive programs and contests where winning students are rewarded with free personal training sessions and exercise passes as one of the reasons VT received this […]
I am thrilled beyond words to tell you that two days after I ran in Sunday’s race, my back/legs feel really good! This morning I went for a five-mile run on the trail behind my house and saw some pretty cool things… Before I even got out of the house, I heard the ducks squawking […]
Last Monday I planned to write about the winners of the men’s and women’s divisions of the 117th Boston Marathon, but that didn’t happen. Since they won the Super Bowl of our sport, I want to recognize these two amazing runners. They started with over 23,000 other runners in Hopkinton on a near perfect race […]
Today was the George Washington Parkway Classic Ten-Miler. It’s a beautiful course that runs along the Potomac River from Mount Vernon to Alexandria. I first ran this race in 1999 with my friend Miles, but didn’t return again until 2009. It’s become an annual Cruiser event for the last five years. Pacers, a local running […]
Since I’m running in the GW Parkway Ten-Miler tomorrow morning, I decided to take advantage of an opportunity to walk eight miles with my friend Vel this morning. It is gorgeous out today! Cool and breezy, but gorgeous! As soon as we started walking we met one of our Cruisers, Amanda, coming off the trail […]
