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It’s hard to believe that I just completed the 4th week of my 16-week Run Less Run Faster (affiliate link) training cycle for my OBX Half Marathon girls’ weekend getaway to celebrate my big birthday! Our week started with a 40-mile bike ride on Sunday, this time with our Cruiser friend, Joe. We’re signing them up – […]
This week marked the third week of my Run Less Run Faster (affiliate link) training cycle for my OBX Half Marathon, my focus race out of my seven remaining races for the year. My training week started on Sunday afternoon with a nice little 30-mile bike ride with my favorite training partner. We headed west on the […]
This week marked the second week of my Run Less Run Faster (affiliate link) training cycle for my OBX Half Marathon where I’m chasing a big goal of a half PR just in time for my 60th birthday. Unfortunately, I won’t move into the next age group until two days after my race, but that’s just the […]
Say what? Can this really be training cycle number thirty-nine for me? I suppose so, unofficially… I don’t really have an exact count, but since the fall of 1997 when I trained for my very first marathon, I’ve had at least one fall and one spring marathon, half marathon, or ten-mile race on my training […]
~ Runfessions ~ A collection of statements admitting that one is guilty of a variety of running crimes… I runfess: I was quite the sight at the track on Tuesday morning. I have the most basic Garmin that isn’t even made any more. Since my basic Garmin can’t track my total miles run while also giving me splits […]
By the time you’re reading this, I will hopefully be well on my way home after a fun, busy, yet relaxing ten days visiting my mom. The plan is to get on the road early to avoid heavy traffic on Interstate-81 where I will spend the majority of my day – Virginia is a huge […]
Last Sunday I left you with a teaser about my longest bike ride to date, thirty-six miles with my Cruiser friend, Chuck… What had started out as a bike ride with Bill and Chuck, turned into just Chuck and me when the chain on Bill’s bike derailed and they couldn’t get it back on. Bill […]
My week was totally thrown off with Independence Day falling on Tuesday. Just like I’ve done for the previous four years, I started my July 4th holiday running a local race while wearing a rather dapper looking costume… for me, at least. Be sure to check back later this week (hopefully Thursday) to see just […]
First off, I really should apologize to any of my readers who saw my Instagram posts last week bragging about how cool our early mornings were and how delightful it felt to run in 60° weather and lower humidity. Late June in the mid-Atlantic region is usually quite hot and miserably humid so any improvement […]
~ Runfessions ~ A collection of statements admitting that one is guilty of a variety of running crimes… I runfess: That I have been spoiled and gloating about it all week on Instagram. Our weather has been absolutely delightful with temperatures in the low 60’s every morning. On mornings that I wasn’t out enjoying an early morning […]
Having neglected my yoga during the last couple of weeks, I decided to carve out a little more time for it this past week. There’s only so much time in the day and recently yoga has been what I sacrificed to get everything else done. My poses are mostly pretty basic, but for some odd […]
After arriving home from our epic Chicago trip late Monday afternoon, I played catch-up all week until we hit the road super-early yesterday morning for a quick overnight visit to see my mom. Sadly, between a busy work schedule and a couple of inconveniently scattered personal appointments, I only fit one run into my week. I didn’t […]
My life growing up in out in the country on a dairy farm was pretty fabulous and my life today in suburbia isn’t too shabby; however, a tiny part of me has always wished Bill and I had chosen to live in the city instead of the suburbs of Denver when we had the chance. Anytime […]
After two weeks of zero running due to a little gardening injury setback, I hit the running trail on Wednesday for a walk and a few running strides. Those easy strides felt as glorious as the blue sky and white clouds look, and reminded me of why I love my sport so much! Feeling A-OK from […]
Today I’m joining Deborah at Confessions Of A Mother Runner and Coco at Running With Perseverance for their monthly Ultimate Coffee Date linkup! Be sure to stop by their blogs for a cup of coffee and to say hello; and while you’re there, be sure to check out some of the other bloggers who are participating in […]
Around 6:30 this morning Bill woke me up and said he could smell smoke. I sleepily mumbled that our neighborhood fireworks were last night and we could probably smell the residual odor from that wafting through our open windows. Luckily he got up to inspect and shouted for me to get out of bed because our […]
~ Runfessions ~ A collection of statements admitting that one is guilty of a variety of running crimes… I runfess: I’ve done it again! I overdid it with my gardening last weekend and aggravated my SI joint. As a result, I’ve spent the week doing bridges, cat/cows, knee-to-chest hugs, hanging on my inversion board (affiliate link), easing up on […]
A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by Sarah Klein, a reporter with Prevention Magazine, who was writing an article about how to get started running after the age of forty. Since I am a running coach and had treated myself to running my first marathon for my fortieth birthday, she wondered if I would be willing […]
As I stumbled sleepy-eyed into my bathroom at 4:30 AM on Tuesday morning I noticed that I had a text from my first client of the day. Once I saw that she was canceling her appointment, I made a u-turn and grabbed another hour of shut-eye. Heading out for my run around 6:15 AM meant […]
I was late getting to packet pickup, to the race, to everything… It was like my head wasn’t in the race and when I finally got my bib and started to pin it on my racing tank, I realized that I didn’t even have a shirt with me and I was going to have to race […]
