Thursday afternoon brought us the biggest snowflakes I’ve ever seen! I have a tendency to get overly excited about that kind of things, but seriously, even my clients couldn’t get over how big and beautiful the snowflakes were. Around 9 PM it stopped snowing and I decided to take a walk around our house and […]
Cori over at Olive To Run posed many important questions yesterday in her Would You Rather Running Style Survey #7. I couldn’t help but jump at the chance to answer her pressing questions! 1. Would you rather run in a thunderstorm or a snowstorm? Even though I enjoy running in a warm summer rain, I […]
Without goals we stumble through life without a plan… Keeping my 2014 goals in mind, I’ve been playing around with my 2014 race scheduled. So without further ado, here are the races I plan to run this year! February – Run Your Heart Out 5K March – Reston 10-Miler April – Hungry Mother Half Marathon […]
Let me be the first to wish you a… Bill and I decided to ring out the old year with a night-time run through our neighborhood so we could enjoy all of the beautiful Christmas lights one more time before people started taking their decorations down during the next few days. We donned our headlamps […]
To celebrate this last day of 2013, I’ve put together the year in pictures… Unfortunately, I’m not starting off very well since didn’t start blogging until January 31st, and until then didn’t feel the need to photograph every moment of my life. Believe it or not, I have no running pictures from January! On this […]
Before I tell you about “Book Night,” I have to follow up on wedding dress shopping with Julie, her mom, and sister on Saturday. We went to two different bridal stores, had lunch, and in general had a great time! Oh yeah, and Julie found the perfect wedding dress! Once Julie picked out her dress […]
In my spare time yesterday morning, I got my “Race Results” tab completed on my blog. Now all of my races are organized by distance and in chronological order. We runners are very nerdy like that and love to have everything laid out and easy to look at. If you even have a smidgen of […]
Warning: This post contains thousands of fatty calories, so pull a seat up to our dining room table and let’s talk Christmas food… I like coconut milk, and I love anything that combines mint and chocolate, so how could I pass this up at Harris Teeter when I shopped for our Christmas spread? At only […]
I’ll rely on Pinterest today to help me wish you a very Merry Christmas! And with a little help from YouTube… Merry Christmas! Questions: Are you going to be with family today? If you don’t celebrate Christmas, what do you usually do on December 25 since most businesses are closed? Did you […]
Just for fun, I’m going to take you on a quick tour of our main Christmas tree. I suppose you could say there are a few themes going on here and of course running is one of the big ones! I worked on this stuffed Santa during my lunch break for weeks as a surprise […]
It’s starting to look a lot like Christmas… inside at least! The temps got into the high-60’s this weekend so all of our snow has melted and after tomorrow’s relatively warm rain, it’s supposed to be dry through the week. That means no white Christmas this year! Inside is another matter, though! I got pretty […]
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… and the busiest! In addition to preparing for our own Christmas celebration that I like to think would make Martha Stewart envious, Bill and I have been attending various holiday parties. Last Thursday night we attended a work party thrown by a friend of Bill’s. I’ve gotten […]
As I’ve mentioned before, I grew up on a dairy farm. The wooded acreage was mostly made up of deciduous trees, but there were evergreens sprinkled throughout. Every Christmas, my dad took my brother and me with him to find the perfect tree. Sometimes my mom came with us, but usually she stayed home and […]
As the year draws to an end, it’s time to reflect back on 2013 and my year of running… Best Race Experience… There were so many great race experiences this year, but I’ve got to say that the Hokie Half Marathon was my favorite for many reasons. Any excuse that Bill and I have […]
Back in August I found Laura’s blog Write The Happy Ending and was instantly drawn to her and her sister Taylor. I wrote about their journey on Taylor’s 15th birthday, after I went on a 6.2-mile run in honor of Taylor. Laura’s love and devotion to her sister and her determination to bring awareness and […]
You’re not going to believe this story that I heard about on TV, and later read about in this Washington Post article. Last Thursday a marathon runner from Virginia was hit by a flying deer while out on a seven-mile run. Another woman was driving her small SUV down the parkway when a deer ran […]
Earlier this week I started stalking the Run With Santa 5K website when I saw the messy weather coming across the country with an ETA in the DC area on Sunday morning about the time the race was to start. This is what I found… And then last night Weather Bug had this […]
It was this weekend two years ago today that the infamous Hot Chocolate 15K came to the DC area. Running and chocolate… two of favorite things; so how could I not sign up for this race? We had seven Cruisers sign up, so we decided to spend the night before in Alexandria, just across the […]
I’ve already told you how my Thanksgiving holiday weekend started with a recap of the Ashburn Farm 5K. Now it’s time to tell you all about the rest of the weekend! After the race and the post-race breakfast, we chilled for a little while and then got ready to host Julie’s family for Thanksgiving dinner. […]
In honor of today’s 24th running of the North Central Rail Trail Marathon in Sparks Glencoe, Maryland (somewhere near Baltimore), I’m recapping Miles‘ and my 1998 race. The race is pretty small with less than 500 runners (I think there were closer to 300 runners when we ran it). It’s run on an old railroad […]
