When Bill and I are in southwestern Virginia, we love to go to Hungry Mother State Park for a trail run. There’s a beautiful trail around the lake that we enjoy running, but we really love the challenging run up to Molly’s Knob. I remember hiking to the top of Molly’s Knob once when I […]
While between training cycles my running isn’t quite as exciting as it was during last summer and the fall. Still, I’m going to keep posting my weekly, recaps more as a log for me than an entertaining story for my readers, but I’ll try to make it interesting. Follow along if it interests you, if […]
Congratulations to Deborah and Jeremy for being the lucky winners of my most recent giveaway, a 3-D Gait Analysis! A huge thank you goes to George Mason University’s SMART Lab for providing the service to me at no charge, and generously donating two 3-D Gait Analyses to give to two lucky readers! a Rafflecopter […]
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! This week’s theme is Five Reasons to Run ________ (a marathon, an ultra, a 5k, whatever you fancy)… I’m am choosing to […]
On Monday, I wrote about participating in a 3-D Gait Analysis at George Mason University’s SMART Lab, and yesterday I talked about my results. Today, I’m sharing the exercises they recommend I add to my routine to help prevent injury, and maximize my running potential. I’ve included a few videos to some of the exercises […]
On Monday, I wrote about my amazing opportunity participating in a 3-D Gait Analysis at George Mason University’s SMART Lab. To recap, I was invited to participate in exchange for a review on my blog, and received the $200 assessment, at no charge. Eddo compared my functional test results to my gait analysis, and […]
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 linkup. Be sure to pop over to their blogs to see what they are up to, and to see who else is linking up. This month, Amanda and Becka’s […]
A year ago today I lost my dad, and at times it feels like it was forever ago, and at other times it seems like just yesterday that I was laughing at his corny jokes, giving him fitness advice, and talking Monday morning quarterback with him. Shortly after Dad died, I wrote the following tribute […]
When fellow runner/blogger and Ragnar teammate Anne contacted me about the possibility of teaming up with George Mason University’s SMART Lab for a 3-D Gait Analysis, I jumped at the chance. I immediately checked out their website to see what sorts of fitness testing was offered. From the SMART Lab website and staff I […]
I’m caught in lala land, and I kind of like it! Last Sunday, Bill and I ran the Hokie Half Marathon, and with that, I finished my summer/fall training cycle. I will probably keep my running to a steady base of three relatively easy runs and one long run per week, until the end of […]
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! This week’s theme is Favorite Fitness Tunes… I smiled when I saw today’s prompt, because I knew I’d need help with […]
After a summer of very serious training, our big day finally arrived, and the 2nd Annual Hokie Half Marathon was upon us! Soon after getting up, I drank two large glasses of water, ate a banana, 1/4 of a bagel with a very thin layer of peanut butter, and a few homemade sweet potato fries. […]
Upon arriving in Blacksburg Friday evening and checking into The Inn at Virginia Tech, the host location for the 2nd Annual Hokie Half Marathon & 5K Race Expo, Bill and I were greeted warmly by the staff who immediately asked us if we were there for the race. They reminded us that the expo would […]
All of my training this summer was focused toward this past weekend. I was concerned that I had peaked too early because my Leesburg 20K and Ragnar DC both went very well, and then my body just started rebelling. I wondered if I had over-trained (or run those two races too hard), because it was […]
It’s no secret that I’m a Hokie fan through and through, and I’m very proud of my alma mater. So much in fact, that this spring I wrote What It’s Really Like To Be A Hokie. So on the eve of the Hokie Half Marathon, I’ll shared my lessons learned at Virginia Tech. Lessons […]
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! This week’s theme is Favorite Fuels For Running And Fitness, and I’m happy to share what works best for me. 1. […]
I’m a self-declared morning person. I’m the type who is wide awake the second my feet hit the floor in the mornings; although, I have been known to hit snooze a time or two before those feet actually hit the floor. Back in the spring my MRTT friends and I started meeting at 6:00 […]
I feel like my first paragraph should read “Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah….” My training runs have been so-so, at best, since Ragnar. Adequate, but not exciting; and certainly nothing compared to this summer. Training this summer was going phenomenally well until the Thursday after the Leesburg 20K in mid-August, when I got my first […]
Pre-run photos are getting harder to take now that it’s staying dark later in the mornings, especially since our MRTT running group starts at zero dark thirty most mornings. Since we run so many different distances on Saturday mornings, taking a large group picture at the end of our run in out of the question. […]
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! This week’s theme is Fitness Inspirations… 1. I am inspired by my clients that make a decision to put […]
