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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 […]
Bluebird looks like many of us in Virginia felt during the first few days of this past week. With dreary skies and plenty of rain, even the sweetest of creatures said, “Enough already.” Bummed that I couldn’t be outside gardening, I sneaked out long enough on Monday to capture this picture of our bleeding hearts dotted […]
Tuesday’s run was tough, but I think that had more to do with the heat and the noon-time start than I realized when I started out for my run. My Garmin (affiliate link) showed a ridiculously slow pace, even for an injured Deb, but I think that was because I was running on the winding trails behind our […]
Monday night’s beautiful sunset had nothing to do with my workouts, but was too beautiful to ignore. Beautiful sunsets also seemed to became the theme for the week… Tuesday morning when I met my friend Lupe for a run I knew that I wanted to push a little harder to see what my legs could do and how […]
I can confidently announce that spring has hit Virginia! I know that because this weekend I uncovered our deck furniture, pulled our little nicknacks out of the garden shed, and had our mulch spread. Our bright green grass has been cut twice already, the early flowering fruit trees and redbuds are blooming, and what spring bulbs the deer and squirrels […]
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 […]
