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 […]
Here’s what various Cruisers will be doing all day tomorrow during our Cruisers’ 45-Mile Ultramarathon Training Run! After the run, let’s hope we don’t all look like this Tired Man statue sculpted by József Somogyi in Makó, Hungary. Today we went to combined party for Julie’s graduation (remember the pinata cake I made […]
I’m going to be pretty busy tomorrow prepping for the Cruisers’ W&OD Trail 45-Mile Ultramarathon Training Run and attending a fun social function (no, it’s not a run), so I might not talk write to you again until Sunday evening. I hope to be able to post tomorrow, but if I don’t, I promise to […]
As the Cruisers are approaching our W&OD Trail 45-Mile Ultramarathon Training Run on Sunday, I thought that today would be an excellent day to do a race recap for my one, and only, JFK 50-Mile Run. You’ll be able to tell by the running attire that this race was many years ago. Why, oh why, […]
This morning I went out on my run all alone… One of my BRF’s was at spin class and the other BRF texted me last night to say that her knee was bothering her. Without a tempo run or specific goal for today’s run I had trouble focusing, so I just ran and took a […]
For the last two months my friend/client Betty has volunteered at a local used book sale to benefit our county’s library foundation. While working she came across this book and naturally thought of me. I have absolutely no idea why! 😉 I have flipped through it and love that it is set up with a […]
How appropriately that on the last day of my $35 Road ID e-coupon giveaway, Bill pulled out new Asics to wear on our run. I was able to capture his ceremonial switching of his Road ID from his old shoes to his new shoes! Pull the Velcro strip apart and remove from the old shoes… […]
Contrary to almost all of my other race photos, both of my feet are not planted firmly on the ground in this picture from Thursday’s Firecracker 5K; however, I’m looking at my watch just like in all other finish line photos of me. All races in the =PR= Race Series have photographers out on the […]
Remember my post It’s A Runner Thing on Wednesday? Well, it got a little long and I didn’t get to post all of the crazy, strange, and funny things we runners are known to do, so I decided to finish it up today focusing on what we do at races! How many times have you […]
Happy Fourth of July! We started our morning off with a BANG by running in the =PR= Potomac River Running Firecracker 5K. They do things right, and today’s race didn’t disappoint! The following quote is from the race web site: This is a wonderful opportunity to give thanks and show your support to our local […]
We’re a quirky bunch, we runners… We do odd little things and don’t think twice about it, yet our non-running friends think we’re nuts. When I tell my friends something about a one of my runs and they don’t understand, I say, “Never mind, it’s a runner thing.” So buckle your seat belts, sit back, […]
Last week I wrote I’ve Become a Lazy Runner, and set some long overdue goals for myself. Run forever Continue to work on my running form (huge improvement from last year) Become competitive in my age group at our local 5K’s Do a tempo run one day per week Run four to five days a […]
I am so excited to team up with Road ID to give away a $35 e-coupon to one of my lucky readers… It’s like Christmas in July! And guess what, Road ID was so generous that they gave me two $35 e-coupons! That’s right, if you don’t win this e-coupon, you’ll have a chance to […]
