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 […]
Meeting My Future Hiking Partner I was a freshman and Bill was a sophomore at Virginia Tech. My best friend Duane promised to help me study for a chemistry exam and told me to stop by his dorm room after dinner to pick him up on my way to the library. It was December and […]
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 […]
I left my parents’ house this morning and just ran all over the place with no particular destination in mind. Keeping yesterday’s safety tips in mind, I told my parents that I would be running one of two favorite routes, and I ended up doing a little bit of both. My first stop was to […]
When I go out on a run I always wear my Road ID on my shoes and now that I have my new iPhone app, I’m as safe and identifiable as I can be, short of running with a body guard or Mace. When I visit my parents I have beautiful country roads to run […]
On Friday I drove across the beautiful commonwealth of Virginia for a family reunion with my mom’s family. We get together every year on my uncle’s gorgeous piece of property along the North Fork of the Holston River. It provides the perfect setting for us to catch up and reminisce! The river has been dammed […]
As if I didn’t already have enough reason to love Road ID since they gave me two $35 e-coupons to give away on my blog (I still have one saved for another lucky reader), my Cruiser friend Katie just told me about this new iPhone app! According to the founder of Road ID, as one […]
Today is all about giving a shout-out to three of my newest clients and the hard work that they have done to reach their short-term goals in the three months that we have been working together. When my clients hire me, I tell them that it’s a team effort and that we need to work […]
TOP TEN REASONS TO FOLLOW A RUNNER’S BLOG: 10. To learn how to raise chickens… 9. To experience bungee jumping without really having to jump… 8. To read about addictive shopping for children’s clothing and shoes… 7. To follow a day in the life of a busy soccer mom… 6. To learn how to make […]
Yesterday’s Cruisers’ W&OD Trail 45-Miler Ultra Marathon was a huge success and I’m pretty sure that everyone who participated had a good time! I’m sending out a huge thank you to everyone who helped me pull off this event with such great success! Here’s a little history that I haven’t shared with you on why I decided […]
Wow! Today was a busy day with the Cruisers’ W&OD Trail 45-Mile Ultramarathon Training Event going on ALL. DAY. LONG! We got up at 3:30 to get ready and get the car packed to drive to the start of our run out in Purcellville, Virginia. After a minor little snafu, we got going and arrived […]
