On Wednesday, Eli graciously allowed me to write a guest post for his blog, Coach Daddy. Being the good southern girl that I am, I returned the favor and immediately invited him to come on over, have a rum and Coke Zero, and share some stories with my readers. Having raised two sons, I wanted […]
It’s no secret to my running friends that I love my Feetures socks! From the first time I tried on a pair about three years ago, they have become my absolute favorite for running and everyday wear. The woven arch support on my Elites makes my feet feel fabulous, and since I’m on my feet […]
A couple of months ago Eli, over at Coach Daddy asked me to be a guest writer for his blog. He gave me three prompts to choose from and I chose, What It’s Like to Be a Hokie. I’m sure my friends and regular readers won’t find that very hard to believe, because if there’s […]
Last fall Bill and I fell in love with trail running, but hadn’t run on any true dirt trails since we ran up to Molly’s Knob at Hungry Mother State Park in October. We have lots of great paved and gravel trails right right outside our door, but to get to a good technical trail, […]
In honor of tomorrow’s 43rd running of the Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run, I’m recapping the years that Bill and I ran this fantastic and beautiful race. I’ll even talk about the year that we woke up to snow on the ground and like the wimps we were, went back to bed. About the […]
Question: What is a Ragnar Relay? Answer: It’s a team of twelve runners that are cooped up in two vans for approximately two days getting stinkier by the hour… Question: What will you do for two days? Answer: Run, eat, drive, wait; run, eat, drive, wait; run, eat, drive, wait (notice the lack of sleep) […]
I’m super excited to have kicked butt on my run today! The air was crisp, the sky was blue, and the sun was shinning. In other words, it was perfect weather for a 10K PR so I decided to put it all on the line and push myself like never before. I’m beyond excited! Of […]
In honor of the 16th annual Virginia Creeper Marathon in quaint Abingdon, VA, I’m recapping my adventures running the race back in 2007 when I joined about 100 other marathoners to run in a drizzly off-and-on rain. I signed up for the $10 race (yes, only $10) after one of my clients hired me to […]
My friend Terri and I set a great plan into action for running the 2008 Georgia Marathon together. After scoping out the details, we decided to stay in the Omni Hotel so we could roll out of bed, take the elevator down to the lobby, walk out onto the plaza, and start the race! One […]
Selfishly, part of my little corner of the internet is just for me. Yes, I love to write about my my current running escapades with the Cruisers and MRTT friends, and about when I meet another blogger. I write about what’s going on in my community, what I’ve eaten, and what races I’m training for […]
Please welcome my Cruiser and Moms RUN This Town friend Amanda as she takes you on a tour of DC during the recent Rock ‘N’ Roll DC Half Marathon. Amanda is a busy working mom of two who joined the Cruisers over a year ago. She ran her first marathon, the Marine Corps Marathon, last […]
Way back in 2002, the Inaugural Washington DC Marathon ran through history… but only briefly. I believe their hopes were to become the spring version of the Marine Corps Marathon, but that wasn’t to be. There was no race morning packet pick-up, so our friend Bob and I drove over to Stadium-Armory on Friday […]
The National Marathon was run from 2006 through 2010, before becoming the Rock ‘N’ Roll USA Marathon in 2011. The inaugural marathon had a qualifying time of 4:30 which meant a lot of people weren’t able to run it. Five and eight years after the fact, I’ve prepared a throwback recap for the 2006 and […]
I’ve decided to be one of the cool kids again this month and join in the fun with Amanda and Becka for their Runner’s Tell All Monthly link-up. If you remember, last month I wrote My Running Story In 250 Words as part of their link-up. This month their cue was to write about your […]
Perhaps some good has already come from the tragic death of one our local runners. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw that the trails had been plowed of the nine inches of snow we got overnight from Sunday to mid-day Monday. Not all of our running trails have been plowed, but the ones that […]
I love snow more than most people I know. I don’t dream about being at the beach during the winter. In fact, if I were out of town in a warm location and heard that we got hit back home with a really big snow storm I’d be pretty bummed! Our overnight dumping of nine […]
Earlier this year, I was contacted by Fitletic and asked if I would like to review one of their running belts. After a quick trip to their website and a few conversations with their marketing director, we decided the Ultimate II Running Belt with the 8-Ounce Hydration Add-on would best fit my needs. My goal […]
The running community is absolutely amazing, but I already knew that! This morning I ran with two other MRTT ladies for the very first time. Many from our group were either running in the Rock ‘N’ Roll USA Half Marathon or the Lucky Leprechaun 5K, so that left only three of us to brave […]
Yesterday was another very sad day for our running community. A local mom was hit by a car and killed while out on her morning run. She was doing something many of us have done every morning for years… We get up super early to get our run in before showering, waking the children, getting […]
I think most runners will agree that being over-dressed for a run is pretty miserable, and new runners often ask me how to dress for the many different temperatures we have in Virginia. The Cruisers have always said that they look at how I’m dressed when I step out of the car for our […]
