Last night Potomac River Running Store hosted our local Moms RUN This Town running club for an evening out and a short seminar on the biomechanics of running. We were originally scheduled to have a yoga for runners class, too, but the yoga instructor slipped on ice earlier this week and hurt her ankle. I […]
Recently, a friend reached out to me for help setting up a gym at her office. Her company is converting an empty office into a workout room and she called me to get some equipment ideas for what she should buy to get the most bang for her company’s buck. We talked for a few […]
A few weeks ago, Amy wrote about her upcoming marathon on her blog, Run / Write / Hike. She talked about her marathon goals, how running is a stress reliever for her, and how for this particular marathon she isn’t chasing a particular time. Amy went on to discuss how blogging has impacted our running: […]
Today’s 53’rd annual George Washington’s Birthday Marathon organized by the DC Road Runners Club had to be canceled due to the recent heavy snowfall. However; in honor of the event, I am publishing my throwback recap from when I ran the race. Back on February 20, 2000 I decided just a week or two earlier […]
Love is buying your favorite chocolates for your Valentine, and then trading! HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! And the winner of the $35 Road ID e-coupon giveaway is Sue Tate! Sue, I will be contacting you via email to give your e-coupon number to you. Congratulations! If you didn’t win, you can order your very own […]
During the winter, I watch the weather forecasts like a hawk. I’m always looking for that next big snow. Last night when the first snowflakes started falling, I actually did a little happy dance, much like our sons did as toddlers when Bill got home from work. They were so happy to see him that […]
I headed out for my run a little earlier than usual this morning in hopes of catching a magnificent sunrise. You know the saying, “Red sky at night, sailors delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning.” Well, I figured with the winter storm warning we are under that we would have a beautiful sunrise. […]
This morning Bill, our friend Beth, and I ran in the Run Your Heart Out 5K in Reston. Race proceeds went to the American Heart Association to support life-saving efforts in research and education. From their website… This year we are proud to announce our partnership with the American Heart Association. With the help from Leidos, […]
Last night we invited friends over to watch the Olympics (I didn’t realize that no actual competitions would be going on – oops), but we enjoyed catching up and watching the festivities. We ordered pizza from our favorite local delivery place, and our friends brought a kale salad from Costco (with added pomegranate seeds), and […]
Bill and I have been throwing around the idea of taking dance lessons before Joseph and Julie’s wedding in August. I may be athletic, but I’m not the world’s best dancer. One of my friend’s describes me as “dancing with joy in my heart,” That’s her way of saying, “she has a good personality!” My […]
Last week Bill shared the following story with his Facebook friends. He wrote it for our sons, so they wouldn’t forget the story of their grandma… Next Sunday, the Super Bowl between the Seahawks and the Broncos will be played at Metropolitan Life Stadium and the Vince Lombardi trophy will be awarded a few miles […]
This evening’s post is a review of my previous week with lots of pictures and very few words… I met Cody, the Siberian Husky, on my neighborhood trail for the first time this week… And then tripped over this ice formation in the tunnel. The tunnel is dark so I couldn’t see the ice without […]
It’s hard to believe that a year has passed since I hit submit on my first blog post on January 31, 2013. So in celebration, today’s post will be fun facts about Deb Runs, and a look back at some of my favorite posts… Most viewed post: Training Minions, Or You Most views in one […]
On Monday I wrote Inspired To Run A Marathon, but I didn’t talk about what my running had been like before. Even though I had been running for years, I rarely ran farther than about five miles. I wasn’t putting a lot of extra thought in my running because I was too busy raising two […]
Perhaps it’s a cliché that I was inspired to run my first marathon because of Oprah and because I was about to celebrate my 40th birthday. But come on, if Oprah could do it, surely this girl that had been running for years could do it. And seriously, what better birthday gift to give myself […]
We thought we were going to have a pretty good Cruiser turnout this morning, but for various reasons (sick Cruiser, late Cruiser, Cruiser without Yaktrax) Bill and I were the only two that ran. I’d scheduled our run for later than usual to avoid the windchill warning, and that proved to be a pretty good […]
I haven’t done an installment of Friday Favorites in a while, so today I’m going to focus on a few new fitness products I’m enjoying… Now that the dust from my gym renovation has settled, I picked up a Lifecycle spin bike from our local Leisure Fitness. Yesterday I put five clients on it for […]
I don’t want to say, “I told him so,” but I told him so… Back in mid-December Bill went out for a run just before it got dark. I had suggested that he go running while it was still light out because there were patches of snow melted on the trail that would be dangerously […]
What comes down, must get shoveled away! Fortunately I don’t mind shoveling, too much… This morning I waited until 8:30 to shovel the driveway because when I got up the temperature was 2° and the wind chill was -15°. I think it had warmed up to a balmy -10° wind chill by the time I […]
This morning I was torn… I woke up and a quick check out the window showed dry pavement and 30 degrees on the thermometer. With a forecast of snow on the horizon I couldn’t decide if I should run before I started seeing clients or after. Since my next opportunity to run wouldn’t be until […]
