Last week’s training took an unexpected turn. Hopefully, I’ll be back on the running trail sooner rather than later, because this girl’s got some important races coming up! Monday The day after my Leesburg 20K, I took my usual day off from running, but ran/walked 2.5 miles with one of my clients and her daughter. […]
Let me tell you the story of Rally Pigeon… but first I’ll start my story earlier in the day when we visited The Bullpen, because most good stories start with a margarita! Our good friends Beth and Tom invited us to join them for a Nationals game where the Nats were taking on the Giants […]
Sometimes adhering to your own advice can be the most difficult… Anyone that has trained with me has heard me say, “Listen to your body.” That’s easy advice to give, but not always easy to follow. Let’s back it up to Thursday when I had a great, steady run with my MRTT girls. We ran […]
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! Each week Courtney, Cynthia, and Mar either suggest a theme for that week’s Friday Five Linkup, or leave it up to individual bloggers to come up with their own Free Friday […]
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 have to say on today’s topic, and to see who else is linking up. This month, […]
On August 1, 1981 I married my best friend and the love of my life. On August 1, 2014 my groom of 33 years and I threw a huge party. I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate our 33rd wedding anniversary – even though the party wasn’t for us. The party was a […]
With the exception of Tuesday’s run, training went well last week leading up to my first big race of the fall racing season. When I got off of the sand and onto asphalt again, I felt like I was flying! Monday Since we were still at the beach and didn’t want to drive into town, […]
I hope you like lots of pictures, because today’s 2014 Leesburg 20K recap is chock-full of them! Proceeds from today’s race benefited the YMCA of Loudoun County’s youth programs, and it’s always nice to run a race that benefits something I find important. I ran this race back in 2004, and I can’t believe that […]
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but I’m going to keep it to five… And what better way to dump a lot of pictures on you that I took while on vacation, but didn’t use! I have eclectic reading interests. Bill’s beach trip dessert contributions What a good wet boy Seaweed and […]
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! Each week Courtney, Cynthia, and Mar either suggest a theme for that week’s Friday Five Linkup, or leave it up to individual bloggers to come up with their own Free Friday […]
It’s hard for me to believe that it’s time for another weekly running recap, but being on vacation has all of my days running together! Last week’s runs included time on asphalt, concrete, sand, and a boardwalk. My legs would have loved for all of my runs to be on the boardwalk, but a girl’s […]
Despite saying that we didn’t want to drive into town any more often than necessary, we drove back down to Corolla yesterday so Bill could run on an even surface rather than the uneven sand. If you remember, he hurt his foot on our deck just a few days ago, and yesterday it was still […]
Fitting our long run in while on vacation at the beach is never a problem. Deciding just where to run it is… Yesterday we decided to try running along Route 12 so we would have a consistent running surface, and a change in scenery. Running along the shore at low tide is beautiful, but the […]
If you follow me on Instagram, you’re well aware that Bill and I drove down to the Outer Banks on Wednesday. Bill’s parents built the beach house in 1987, and we now own it with his siblings. We left our home early in the morning and arrived in Duck around 1 PM. Our first stop […]
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! Each week Courtney, Cynthia, and Mar either suggest a theme for that week’s Friday Five Linkup, or leave it up to individual bloggers to come up with their own Free Friday […]
Bill and I are heading to the beach as I type, so I thought that today would be a good day to talk about surviving vacations while maintaining a little bit of a healthy lifestyle! I wrote this last year, so long-time-readers, this is a rerun; or as I prefer to say, “It’s a gently […]
I had a solid running week until I got to Saturday, and as planned, I took Saturday and Sunday off for a very special reason. Funny thing is, I ran on my own wedding day. I don’t remember how far I ran, but I definitely remember going for an early morning run! Monday I started […]
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! Each week Courtney, Cynthia, and Mar either suggest a theme for that week’s Friday Five Linkup, or leave it up to individual bloggers to come up with their own Free Friday […]
On Saturday, at the end of our run we had a going away breakfast for one of our MRTT chapter leaders. Since we had some extra time, we decided to try a group jump picture. It turned out so well that I decided to write a tutorial on how to take the perfect jump picture. […]
As I’m gearing up for three big fall races, I’ve bumped up my training, and in doing so, I’m enjoying being outdoors as much as possible. Monday I stuck with my promise to myself and lifted weights on Monday morning early before my first client arrived. I was also able to sneak in a 4.65 […]
