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I’m linking up again this month with Amanda at The Lady Okie and Becka at Sunshine To The Square Inch for their Runner’s Tell All monthly link-up. If you remember, I’ve previously written My Running Story In 250 Words and Favorite Running Gear And Products as part of their link-up. This month their cue was […]
This year, the word selfie has been added to Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary: self·ie : an image of oneself taken by oneself using a digital camera especially for posting on social networks I started this blog post last summer at the beach after I took my very first selfie in the car on our […]
As I mentioned on Monday, I took the Road Runners Club of America Coaching Certification Course last weekend. It was an intense two-day course (mainly because I had to sit for 18 hours) where I learned important new concepts, and validated what I already practice with my running clients. I have wanted to add the […]
I’m super excited to have kicked butt on my run today! The air was crisp, the sky was blue, and the sun was shinning. In other words, it was perfect weather for a 10K PR so I decided to put it all on the line and push myself like never before. I’m beyond excited! Of […]
Perhaps some good has already come from the tragic death of one our local runners. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw that the trails had been plowed of the nine inches of snow we got overnight from Sunday to mid-day Monday. Not all of our running trails have been plowed, but the ones that […]
The running community is absolutely amazing, but I already knew that! This morning I ran with two other MRTT ladies for the very first time. Many from our group were either running in the Rock ‘N’ Roll USA Half Marathon or the Lucky Leprechaun 5K, so that left only three of us to brave […]
Yesterday was another very sad day for our running community. A local mom was hit by a car and killed while out on her morning run. She was doing something many of us have done every morning for years… We get up super early to get our run in before showering, waking the children, getting […]
Yesterday I started my last morning visiting my mom with a 12-mile extra-hilly run. My run was far better than my previous one, but those hills put a hurting on me. My total time was 2:00:54 (10:04 pace), and my quads are still complaining! I ran past the trash and recycling center and since they […]
Mom and I had some errands to run in town yesterday so I got up early for my run. Not so early that I was afraid of running into a coyote or bear coming in from an early morning of foraging for food, but early enough to see most of the sun rise. As I’ve mentioned […]
As you know, I’m visiting my mom this week and that means that my running routes are far different than those that I see at home. Settle back and let me take you on a run along the very same roads that a very young Deb used to run… Wearing my Asics Gel Scouts, I […]
We’ve had a couple of unexpected snowfalls this week, but you won’t hear me complaining until mid-March. Then even this snow-lover will be ready for spring. Yesterday morning we woke up yet again to fresh snow on the ground and snow coming down at a pretty steady pace. I got up with plans to go […]
On Monday I wrote Inspired To Run A Marathon, but I didn’t talk about what my running had been like before. Even though I had been running for years, I rarely ran farther than about five miles. I wasn’t putting a lot of extra thought in my running because I was too busy raising two […]
Perhaps it’s a cliché that I was inspired to run my first marathon because of Oprah and because I was about to celebrate my 40th birthday. But come on, if Oprah could do it, surely this girl that had been running for years could do it. And seriously, what better birthday gift to give myself […]
This morning I was torn… I woke up and a quick check out the window showed dry pavement and 30 degrees on the thermometer. With a forecast of snow on the horizon I couldn’t decide if I should run before I started seeing clients or after. Since my next opportunity to run wouldn’t be until […]
Last Wednesday I wrote Embracing The Weather where I talked about enjoying Virginia’s four distinct seasons. The very next day I read Kristen’s post about winter running and her thoughts on some related questions on Run Away With Me. Kristen had gotten the idea from Karen at Just Me & My Running Shoes; and well, […]
I ran yesterday. I ran, but I waited until the mercury climbed from two degrees to a balmy fifteen. During my run I actually daydreamed about the beach… I never do that. You see, I’m happy in the moment. I like that we have four distinct seasons in Virginia, and I embrace them all. Come […]
Without goals we stumble through life without a plan… Keeping my 2014 goals in mind, I’ve been playing around with my 2014 race scheduled. So without further ado, here are the races I plan to run this year! February – Run Your Heart Out 5K March – Reston 10-Miler April – Hungry Mother Half Marathon […]
Let me be the first to wish you a… Bill and I decided to ring out the old year with a night-time run through our neighborhood so we could enjoy all of the beautiful Christmas lights one more time before people started taking their decorations down during the next few days. We donned our headlamps […]
In my spare time yesterday morning, I got my “Race Results” tab completed on my blog. Now all of my races are organized by distance and in chronological order. We runners are very nerdy like that and love to have everything laid out and easy to look at. If you even have a smidgen of […]
As the year draws to an end, it’s time to reflect back on 2013 and my year of running… Best Race Experience… There were so many great race experiences this year, but I’ve got to say that the Hokie Half Marathon was my favorite for many reasons. Any excuse that Bill and I have […]
