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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, […]
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 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, and you can read […]
Yesterday afternoon we drove to my favorite place on earth, Virginia Tech. I absolutely loved going to school at Tech, and I even met my husband there! We were thrilled when Joseph, our oldest son, decided to attend VT; and even more thrilled when he met Julie, ‘the cutest and sweetest girl in the world’ […]
Yesterday I wrote Cruisers’ Road Trip… The B.A.A. 5K and talked about our first ever running group road trip. We had enjoyed a fun weekend filled with attending the huge Boston Marathon expo and packet pick-up, the guys’ 5K on Sunday morning, and our pre-race dinner on Sunday night. The only thing left to do […]
At the 2009 Marine Corps Marathon, three Cruisers qualified for Boston: Alan, Candy, and I. Alan and Candy flew to Boston, but I rode in the first ever “Cruisers Road Trip” with fellow Cruisers Jerome, Chuck, and Sal. The following is part one of an excerpt of my recap that I wrote when we got […]
What happens on the third Monday in April in Boston? Ask a Bostonian and they’ll say it’s Patriot’s Day. Ask any runner and they’ll tell you it’s the day of the Boston Marathon, the granddaddy of all marathons. One week from today is THE day. I’ve had the good fortune to run Boston twice; […]
