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 […]
=PR= Race Series held their third of four free trail runs this morning at Riverbend Park in Great Falls. From =PR= Race Series website: The Trail series is perfect for runners of all levels. If you are new to trail and just want to try it out, if you are an experienced trail-head or somewhere […]
Last year I was out of town for Carter’s Run, but I introduced you to Carter and the event named after him when I interviewed Carter’s mom Lisa, my Moms RUN This Town friend. This year I didn’t run, but I did something even better; I volunteered with a group of my friends at our […]
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 […]
The second worst sunburn I ever got was during the spring of my junior year as a student at Virginia Tech. I wasn’t running, but I spent the day at the track volunteering at the Virginia Special Olympics Track and Field Games. I was out in the sun the entire day – without sunscreen. At […]
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 challenging…… […]
Without a doubt, the tempo run is my favorite way to get faster. It’s a speed workout that I look forward to, enjoy during the process, yet feel completely spent when I’m done. And, I give tempo training full credit for making my 2014 racing season so successful! What exactly is a tempo run? In […]
I’ve been using Chef Paul Prudhomme’s Blackened Redfish seasoning on my fish for years. You can find it at most grocery stores, but if not, you can always order it from Amazon by clicking on this link (Note: This is an affiliate link. See lower right side-bar for details on what that means to you). […]
1,530 – that’s how many pictures I took on my 9.5-mile trail run at Burke Lake Park this morning. I narrowed it down to 45, and then narrowed it down further to twenty. Twelve made it into the blog. You have to kiss a lot of frogs….. =PR= Race Series held their second of four […]
