Last week I wrote a guest post for i am LadyRunner and wanted to share it with you today. Thank you, Katie, for reaching out to me! Hi! My name is Debbie (or Deb) and I write over at DebRuns.com. I’ve been running since I was little when my brother and I ran all over […]
I had always wanted to go parasailing, so last summer while we were at the beach we decided to go! I am terribly afraid of heights, so I was more than a little worried about going, but it was something I had to do! We decided if we were going to do it, we might […]
The very first thing we do when we get to the beach house is put out our American flag. We unlock the door, carry out the flag, and then start opening up the house, carrying in our luggage, groceries, etc… Every run at the beach is a little different depending on the tide… and that […]
On Monday while riding down the interstate, I caught up on some of my favorite running blogs, and decided to document the event with a my first ever selfie! After about the ten tries and getting pictures of everything, but me, I went with this one. I was using my camera and not my phone […]
Joe and I are getting married and I could not be more excited! Are you ready to hear about the proposal?! As crazy as this may sound, it all begins with the gift Joe got me this past Christmas. In this envelope, was a riddle. In short, the riddle stated that over the next year […]
DebRuns editors note: Julie wrote and submitted this post before Joseph’s weekend proposal… Hey everyone, Julie here! When Deb asked me to guest post again I was thrilled – I’ve missed you guys!!! Last week, I was on a vacation of my own. My large (there were 26 of us total – and that isn’t […]
Today’s Picture This Country Roads Run is run along the beautiful country roads near where I grew up. Whenever I go back to visit, I enjoy a very different type of run than my normal runs. The runs there are much hillier, and I get chased by the occasional dog; something I’m not used to […]
I am going to start a new series called Picture This _______ Run. It will be a series of pictures from runs from an area taken on a single run, or over a series of many runs. I won’t call it Rave Runs because David Willey, editor-in-chief of Runner’s World, said, “I wish you wouldn’t do […]
I’ve written this post in my head several times this week, but didn’t dare start writing it until last night. I had a dream last week that I wrote this post in advance and forgot to change the date for it not to post until today, so it posted immediately and Julie learned that Joseph […]
Remember how excited I was yesterday to get my new sunglasses? This morning I took them with me on my run, but since we started at 5:55 and it was still kind of dark, I didn’t need them, so I put them on top of my visor like I often do. Five minutes into our […]
Thank you everyone for the anniversary wishes! We had a delicious dinner at a nearby restaurant and even had our youngest son Daniel join us. I don’t talk about Daniel as much because he’s a tennis player, not a runner; and I write a running blog, not a tennis blog. 🙂 Joseph was away on […]
Today I have been married to my best friend, my running partner, and the love of my life for 32 years! Yes, I got married when I was only six years old! 😉 Let’s start off with the story of how Bill and I met… I was a freshman and Bill was a sophomore at […]
Yesterday I promised my youngest son Daniel that I would make tacos for dinner. HE. LOVES. TACOS… beef tacos, fish tacos, shrimp tacos; you name it, and if it’s a taco, he’s happy! While reading Janine’s post on The Purple Giraffe, I saw her recipe for salmon and veggies cooked in aluminum foil and an […]
I am so incredibly jealous of Jillian Michaels… not because she is the world’s most famous personal trainer and makes a ton more money than I do, but because she gets to train these three guys! If Dave, or Keith, or Stuart or any of the other minions wanted me to train them, I would […]
I’ve had a busier than usual day with clients and haven’t written today’s post, so I decided to do a Motivational Monday post let Pinterest write my post for me. Here are some of my favorite pins that have caught my eye during the last few weeks… It’s as if Lea was speaking about me […]
I’m a big fan of foam rolling, and really need to do it more often! I tend to roll out my muscles after a race or long run, but they would certainly benefit from regular work. I mean seriously! If I have the opportunity to get a sweet little massage for my legs after every […]
The Cruisers were flying this morning… at least for us! We have a new Cruiser named Jerry who stepped up our pace a notch. The majority of us ran ten miles this morning and finished in 1:35:02 (9:30 minute/miles). Have you noticed that when we took lots of walk breaks before we stepped it up […]
Sunday afternoon as I scrolled through my twitter feed, I saw a tweet from Running Bloggers letting me know that I’d made the 2013 Readers’ Choice Top 100 Running Blogs! Sweet! I came home from my visit with my parents to the BEST. SURPRISE. EVER!!! Bill and Joseph painted this VT stripe on our garage […]
I got this idea from Dorothy over at Mile Posts and I thought it would be a fun post! She posted an old “NOTE” from her Facebook from several years ago called “25 Random Things, Facts, Habits & Goals about Me.” I remembered that I had been tagged in a NOTE about running that I […]
My parents grow a lot of what they eat. It’s a tremendous amount of work, but they enjoy it immensely. Here’s a walking tour of their garden… Grapes… Lettuce… Cabbage… Corn… Corn stalks… Potatoes… Carrots… Green beans… Onions… Tomatoes… Tomato vines… Peppers… Cucumbers… Cucumber vines… And something pretty, balloon flowers… Questions: Do you grow anything […]
