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After a whirl-wind weekend trip to visit my mom, we’re almost home (gotta love using my phone as a hotspot and working in the car). I’ve gotta say that driving across the Commonwealth of Virginia this time of year is a lovely sight! The redbuds and forsythia are popping, the sky is blue, and the air […]
As my husband Bill has been getting more and more into biking over the last couple of years, he’s been asking if I wanted to buy a new bike and start riding with him. A combination of a few rough weeks of running and persistent requests from my hubby was all it took to finally motivate […]
Tuesday morning brought us the first significant snow of the winter. What was forecast for 6-10 inches ended up being about 4 inches of packed snow due to slightly warmer temperatures and the snow turning over to rain for a while Monday night. By the time I woke up Tuesday, the rain had changed back to […]
After a couple of weeks of cutting way back on my running due to a wonky sciatic nerve, I woke Monday ready to take on the world and thought perhaps I could resume normal running during the week. While working out, I sat on the Swiss ball to roll out and make a bridge for doing […]
Since last week, I’ve gently tried to ease back into my workouts. It’s difficult, boring, frustrating, but the smart thing to do – something any runner can understand. We’re a stubborn bunch who like what we do, run. I once forgot to take my running shoes with me to a family reunion in Nashville. Bill […]
Here we go again… Last month I talked about learning the hard way to listen to my body, and as runner’s go I think I’ve gotten pretty good at it – until Tuesday morning. Let’s back up a bit… After Saturday’s early morning bathroom injury, I felt perfectly fine on Sunday so Bill and I headed out […]
Sometimes I hitch a ride on the struggle-bus during my runs, but usually I don’t. Oddly, both my Tuesday and Thursday runs seemed extra difficult this week. I lagged behind on Tuesday’s 9:10 average pace run, but managed to hang on for dear life during Thursday’s 8:53 average pace run. Anytime I struggle I remind myself that I’m about […]
Monday evening I made the decision to skip my Tuesday morning run with my friends and run/walk with Bill instead. With my running buddy cuddled next to me in our warm bed, we hit snooze several times and missed our run. On Thursday, I’ll be talking about just that – the benefits of having running […]
Just like the rather bland weather of this past week, my workouts were equally nondescript. At the risk of sounding like a little old lady who loves nothing more than talking about her aches and pains, I’ll mention that I had minor surgery on my arm on Tuesday to remove a basal cell carcinoma – my fiftieth, and […]
While training clients on Monday morning I watched the cover on our deck table and chairs billow up like a hot air balloon; to the point I was afraid the protective cover would tear. With wind gusts forecast to get up to 80 MPH, I wasn’t at all surprised to see this happen. It wasn’t until later […]
On February 20th, my friend and fellow MRTT mama, Katie Heddleston’s ten-day Real Runners Virtual Summit will commence and I’m pleased to let you know that I was asked by Katie to join in as one of her twenty-three real runner speakers. During my interview, I spoke with Katie about running longevity and how my running has changed as I’ve […]
That’s it, I’m done! I will never trust the weather forecast again – until the next time we have snow in the forecast… Let’s back it up a little. I canceled my Cruisers run set for Saturday morning after the ominous forecast of snow falling overnight turning into sleet or freezing rain. I can handle snow, in fact […]
You know it’s going to be a good run when your pre-run texts start like this… Erin and rarely get to run together anymore so when we do, we make sure to keep it fun. We opted to run a little later on Saturday morning due to the cold temperatures in the forecast (17°/feels like […]
In last week’s Weekly Wrap I talked about the need to take some time off from my workouts to recover from melanoma surgery. This week I got fantastic news from my surgeon that my pathology report came back with all clear margins. I can now close that chapter and look forward to many pre-sunrise runs and […]
Earlier today I posted Christmas wishes from my family to yours, but in case you missed it, Merry Christmas! On Monday I had surgery to remove a melanoma from my left check. With an incision from my cheekbone to my jawbone (my hair and a flesh colored bandage are covering it in the picture above), […]
It’s that time of year again when you can’t necessarily depend on the weather cooperating… This week was all about being flexible and adapting my runs to the demands of winter approaching the mid-Atlantic region. Monday and Tuesday started the week off without causing any workout headaches, but the weather forecast for Thursday morning was dreadful enough […]
There are races, and then there are crazy fun races – today’s Jingle Bell Jog was the latter. I’ll give it the full credit it deserves in a recap on Thursday, but today’s weekly wrap couldn’t go by without mentioning it. Mentioning it, because it was yet another opportunity for me to get some shenanigans on with […]
This past week was busy with work, leaf cleanup, Christmas shopping, and a few unexpected curve balls thrown in here and there. The good news is that I got pretty much all of my Christmas decorating done last weekend, so that’s not hanging over my head! I pulled my lazy bones out of bed on […]
Happy National Hug A Runner Day! Whether we’ve covered miles together on the trail, or have just sent virtual hugs each others way before a big race or after a devastating injury, I’m including you in my circle of running friends and sending a hug your way! xoxo There are, of course, running friends who […]
I had so much fun last week visiting my mom on the farm; and while out of town, I kept true to my workouts and healthy eating even with the fun size Mounds candy bars my mom had waiting for me and the birthday brownie she served Thursday night. The weather was fantastic so it was […]
