Welcome to Wednesday Word, a weekly linkup for everyone, not just health and fitness bloggers. Each Wednesday you will have a single word prompt to write about. Let your imagination run free and share with your readers your interpretation of that word, or simply use it as inspiration for your post. Today’s word is motivation…… […]
Just like rest days, conversation pace runs might seem insignificant as a major contributor to our training, but actually serve a huge and important purpose during marathon training. A conversation pace run is any run done while being able to easily hold a conversation with another runner – it’s as simple as that. It’s […]
I’m lucky that Bill loves a good entrée salad as much as I do, and one of our favorites is Mandarin Orange and Almond Chicken Salad. I’ve been making it since we were first married so it’s definitely a tried-and-true recipe. My college roommate first shared the dressing recipe with me, however, I’ve altered it […]
=PR= Race Series held their forth and final spring 2015 trail run this morning at Lake Fairfax Park in Reston. It’s been a fun series that I’ve planned other events around so I wouldn’t miss any of the runs; and its timing couldn’t have been better as my MRTT team trains for Ragnar Appalachians in […]
It’s time for Friday Five linkup with DC area bloggers Courtney at Eat Pray Run DC, Cynthia at You Signed Up for What?!, and Mar at Mar on the Run! Be sure to stop by their blogs and say hello! While you’re there, be sure to check out other bloggers who are participating in the linkup, too. This week, in honor […]
Several weeks ago I invited my Cruiser and MRTT friends to a huge group run to celebrate National Running Day. On Monday, my friend Kelley posted the following on our MRTT group: Hold The Phone…. Debbie has agreed to show up in a SPARKLE SKIRT to Wednesday’s National Running Day Event…IF…50 of you ladies […]
Welcome to Wednesday Word, a weekly linkup for everyone, not just health and fitness bloggers. Each Wednesday you will have a single word prompt to write about. Let your imagination run free and share with your readers your interpretation of that word, or simply use it as inspiration for your post. Today’s word is perseverance…… […]
The long run has always been my favorite – the longer the better. Some of my fondest memories are of 22 and 24-mile point-to-point training runs with the Cruisers. We’d finish the run exhausted, elated, and ready for a well deserved afternoon nap. Long runs can be considered the foundation of marathon training. […]
By 6 AM on Saturday morning we were up, dressed, fueled, and blissfully ignorant of the hills and humidity that would be with us for 13.1 miles through the beautiful city and surrounding neighborhoods of Annapolis, Maryland. Five MRTT friends and I made the road trip to Annapolis on Friday for our first ZOOMA Annapolis […]
I’ve been on two Cruisers road trips with races as our main focus, but this weekend was my first MRTT road trip! We had a blast, and I didn’t expect anything less. Six human runners and one paper runner packed into Angela’s minivan for a fun trip to Annapolis for the ZOOMA Half Marathon (more […]
Today I’m linking up with Marcia at Marcia’s Healthy Slice for my first ever Runfessions. Be sure to check her out! I’m adding a fun little twist by making this a group effort with Erin, Amanda, Angela, Jackie, and Kathy as we ride over to Annapolis together to run in tomorrow’s ZOOMA Half Marathon. Let […]
On May 13 the following article, written by Courtney at Eat Pray Run DC, ran on Women’s Running‘s website. It was an honor to be interviewed by Courtney, and a thrill to see the finished product! Scroll down to see the article… I’ve had a number of questions about how to keep running […]
Both warm-ups and cool-downs are important for long-term running health, and today I’m going to talk about two different types of stretching. We’re going to look at dynamic stretching for warm-ups, and static stretching for cool-downs. Ideally, I’d love to see a half-mile very easy run to warm-up before starting dynamic stretches. Think of your […]
Welcome to Wednesday Word, a weekly linkup for everyone, not just health and fitness bloggers. Each Wednesday you will have a single word prompt to write about. Let your imagination run free and share with your readers your interpretation of that word, or simply use it as inspiration for your post. Today’s word is anticipation…… […]
Virginia is for Lovers; and runners. The iconic Virginia L O V E letters are currently on display in a nearby neighborhood until June 1. These letters travel around our beautiful commonwealth, and we are lucky enough to have them visiting our area for ten days! From the Virginia Is For Lovers‘ website: We’re out […]
Excerpts from today’s post are from last Memorial Day weekend… On this Memorial Day weekend, let us not forget those who fought and paid the ultimate sacrifice so that we might live freely in this beautiful country. May God bless our nation’s heroes buried at Arlington National Cemetery; and we must not forget those who have been […]
It’s time for Friday Five linkup with DC area bloggers Courtney at Eat Pray Run DC, Cynthia at You Signed Up for What?!, and Mar at Mar on the Run! Be sure to stop by their blogs and say hello! While you’re there, be sure to check out other bloggers who are participating in the linkup, too. This week, with summer […]
It’s been forever since I wrote about random stuff going on! It seems like all of my recent musings have been about training, healthy recipes, race or trail run recaps, and of course Wednesday Word. So outside of those things what have I been up to lately? If you follow me on Instagram, you might […]
Welcome to Wednesday Word, a weekly linkup for everyone, not just health and fitness bloggers. Each Wednesday you will have a single word prompt to write about. Let your imagination run free and share with your readers your interpretation of that word, or simply use it as inspiration for your post. Today’s word is appreciation…… […]
When designing your training plan, you might use several different types of runs at various points in your training cycle. You’ll need an understanding of what each type of run will give you in order to decide if you’ll want to incorporate it into your plan. Today, though, we are only going to talk about […]
