When Bill and I headed out for an early morning run, it was only 55 degrees… My kind of weather! 🙂 I decided to run ten miles today since I won’t be able to join the Cruisers tomorrow morning for our long run. I couldn’t convince any of them to call into work sick and […]
I’m having a little bit of work done in my home gym so it’s a bit of a mess for the next month or so. Don’t worry, you’ll get before-and-after pictures once it’s done. Anyway, luckily for me the weather has been gorgeous here this week, so I’ve been taking my clients out to the […]
Bill got totally spoiled this morning when I made him a hot breakfast. This just goes to show that miracles do happen! Don’t get used to it, Babe! 😉 And later today at the grocery store I bought him this surprise! When we were first married and lived in Utah, we couldn’t find Entenmann’s in […]
I have some very exciting news about another giveaway that I am starting today! One lucky reader will win a free Original SPIbelt (SPIbelt = small personal item belt). While perusing the Virginia Wine Country Half Marathon Expo, I stopped by the SPIbelt booth and talked to their sales rep, Megan, about their products. I […]
I wish I could run every single day… I love it that much! But age has its advantages, and one of them is wisdom; and if my body is too old to run everyday, at least my brain is wise enough to realize it. I remind myself of the common signs of overtraining, and use those signs to help me […]
If you haven’t figured it out yet, I’m a little obsessed with college football, and my Hokies in particular! Yesterday was College Colors Day, so I rocked this outfit for my 7 AM running client. Remember back in April when I wrote BEST. NEWS. EVER = Hokie Half-Marathon and told you how excited I was […]
Life suddenly got a whole lot busier for me; but no matter how busy my life gets, I never forget to appreciate what a wonderful world we are given to live in. On Monday morning when my first client and I finished up our run, I noticed what a beautiful gift a little spider left […]
Thank you, Melissa at Feeling Imperfections, for nominating me for the Sunshine Award! This sweet little award is going around the blogoshpere right now, and it’s a way for bloggers to recognize other bloggers who are positive, creatively inspire their readers, and bring a ray of sunshine to their day (I added that last part). […]
We had a small turnout for our Cruisers group run this morning. It was as lean as my work week was with so many people on vacation. Bill, Beth, and I ran 14 miles together after Beth had already run two miles. She’s training for the Wineglass Marathon in October. Alan doesn’t have a race […]
In anticipation of running the Hokie Half Marathon this fall with Meagan on the Huckleberry Trail, I am going to take you on a run on the 5.76-mile trail that runs from Christiansburg to Blacksburg… The Virginia Anthracite Coal and Rail Company tracks were removed and the Huckleberry Trail was built back in 1966. Bill and […]
Last week in Becoming A Runner, Part 2, I mentioned a phrase that I often use with my clients. We are going to trick your body into adapting to your new exercise routine by making the routine a little more difficult each time we meet. After I wrote that, I started thinking about some […]
In mid-July I visited my foot doctor to order new orthotics. I would say podiatrist, but that sounds like such an old person’s doctor! I certainly don’t have the prettiest feet in the world, but for a runner I don’t think these dogs look too bad! At least I’d just gotten a new pedicure before […]
Cori over at OliveToRun seriously has some of the cutest ideas, and her survey series is one of my favorites. I’ve taken the liberty to pick my favorite questions from her series and answer them below… 1. Would you rather… Itch constantly or sneeze constantly as you’re running? I have heat-induced hives so on some […]
Until yesterday I hadn’t heard of a young lady named Taylor, but I haven’t been able to get her out of my mind since I read her story on her sister Laura’s blog, Write the Happy Ending. I originally read about Laura’s plan to run in the Thunder Road Half Marathon blindfolded in honor of […]
Our family was in Virginia Beach this weekend for a wedding, so naturally we had to go on a twelve-mile destination run along the boardwalk on Saturday morning! After running on this asphalt trail for about a block, we realized that it was for bikes and we moved over to the concrete boardwalk for the […]
Carl’s is an institution in Fredericksburg, Virginia; and yesterday Bill and I stopped by for a treat! One of my friends told me about this adorable little old fashioned custard stand years ago when I lived in the area, and I remember that I couldn’t wait to go stand in the notoriously long lines for […]
Back on April 17 I wrote the following post. Enjoy… I AM A RUNNER I love waking up early and watching the sun rise during my run I AM A RUNNER I smile when I see my friend running toward me for our run together I AM A RUNNER I get excited when I get […]
Let’s start today’s post with a moment of silence for this Nike shoe that stayed on the fence post on the corner of our road for the entire week that we were at the beach. I’m assuming that the owner had long ago left the beach… Perhaps she had lost the other shoe on […]
On Monday I posted Becoming a Runner: Where Should You Start? I wrote about the reasons you might consider taking up running, buying (but not buying too quickly) the appropriate gear, and devising a plan to get you back on the running trails if something happened to cause you to get side-tracked from running. Today […]
While at the beach, I emailed one of my Cruiser friends the following note: RunKeeper is crazy down here! According to it, yesterday we ran 20:54 minute/miles and today we ran 5:35 minute/miles! Woot woo!!! What an improvement in just a day! I assume the satellite signal is sketchy! ;-)See you in a few! She […]
