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Thank you everyone for the anniversary wishes! We had a delicious dinner at a nearby restaurant and even had our youngest son Daniel join us. I don’t talk about Daniel as much because he’s a tennis player, not a runner; and I write a running blog, not a tennis blog. 🙂 Joseph was away on […]
Today I have been married to my best friend, my running partner, and the love of my life for 32 years! Yes, I got married when I was only six years old! 😉 Let’s start off with the story of how Bill and I met… I was a freshman and Bill was a sophomore at […]
I just found out that I made the cut with Fit Approach, and I am now a Sweat Pink Ambassador! I am in total agreement with Sweat Pink’s mission statement: We believe that kicking ass is best done in pretty shoes. We’ve learned that real women sweat, and sweat hard. We know that assertiveness, strength, […]
It may not be Spirit of the Marathon III, but we have our very own Cruiser and MilesRun movie! I just received this YouTube video that Paul Mr. Incredible put together after Miles’ Annual Blueberry Pancake Run on Saturday! In addition to riding his bike and providing us with music along the way, he stopped […]
Happy Father’s Day, a week early! Our family has started a tradition of going to Sunset Hills Winery to celebrate Father’s Day. My friend Diane and her husband own this gorgeous winery. In addition to their beautiful tasting room in their old barn (that was totally renovated by the Amish), they have a great outdoor […]
This morning my friend Miles and several of the members of his running group (MilesRun) joined the Cruisers for Miles’ Annual Blueberry Pancake Run. The Cruisers usually travel to Maryland for the event, but this year Miles wasn’t able to host it, so Bill and I volunteered. My friend Rich surprised me with this banner […]
Guess what the Cruisers are doing tomorrow! I’ll give you a hint: It starts with a group run with another very special running group. Here are two photos that might help… Mmmmm…. chocky milk! My fingers are crossed that Tropical Storm Andrea will move out of here before dawn! Don’t forget to enter my giveaway […]
Just as Tropical Storm Andrea hits the east coast, my new Runner’s World Magazine arrived in the mail. If I can train my clients tomorrow morning plus get my chores done, perhaps I can curl up during the rainy afternoon and read it from cover-to-cover. This month is a special issue covering the Boston bombings. […]
This morning I woke up like a little kid on Christmas morning because it’s National Running Day! If you remember, 100 days ago today I started the countdown in my post Sunny Sunday! First thing I’m going to do today is go for a run with my BRF Susan, and then later today I’m running […]
I hope you’re having a fabulous National Running Day! Just to celebrate this special day, I’m going on two runs today! This morning I ran with my BRF Susan. We ran hill repeats and then ran our regular Wednesday morning route. The Cruisers are meeting for a special mid-week group run on the W&OD Trail […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Happy Easter! I took today off from running… How about you? My oldest son got avocados and a dark chocolate Dove bunny in his basket! I love it! We had Prosecco mimosas with our brunch. It’s become our new Christmas and Easter morning tradition. I worked on my deviled egg chicks some more today. I […]
Two words: epic fail! Two more words: good recovery! When I was little my mom and I made an Easter Bunny cake every year. When I grew up, I continued the tradition with my boys. Our cakes always turned out really nice, until last year and this year… Last year’s cake leaned to the left […]
Today was a huge day! It was my hubby’s birthday, our twenty-five year old son closed on his first home (a cute little two-bedroom condo), and it was National Margarita Day! If only it had been National Running Day, it would have been perfect!!! BTW, National Running Day is only 102 days away, but who’s […]
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! For a little Valentine’s Day fun, I thought I’d share some of my favorite photos that I saw on facebook today. This first one was shared by “Runs for Bling,” and I bet you can guess why I love it so much! This Valentine candy hearts picture was posted on facebook […]
