When was the last time you felt totally hydrated? Truly HYDRATED? Today I’m going to talk about why water is so important to us. In fact, I’ll give you ten reasons to drink plenty of water (in no particular order). Water plumps up our cells and makes our skin look much healthier. Dehydration reduces our […]
I couldn’t have said the above quote better myself… Of course I couldn’t have; Mr. Burfoot is a running legend, the winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon, and is an editor-at-large at Runner’s World. There are many reasons my clients hire me to help them get fit and learn how to live a healthier lifestyle. […]
In my post earlier today, Mother’s Day = BEST. RUN. EVER, I talked about my Mother’s Day run with my husband and BOTH OF MY SONS!!! This post will solely focus on the delicious dinner we made as a family! This afternoon while I called my mom to wish her a happy Mother’s Day, Bill […]
Happy Mother’s Day to my wonderful mom and to all of my mom readers out there! Before I talk about my special day today, I have huge news to share with you from last evening! Joseph went out on a long run yesterday afternoon… a 26.2-mile run to be exact! Bill and I walked to […]
This morning two of my Cruiser friends and I ran in the TKO Melanoma 5K. This race was in memory of Theresa Kay O’Conner, a loving wife and mom who lost her battle with melanoma last fall. This race was very near and dear to me as a melanoma survivor, and also because I lost […]
Today’s temperature is expected to climb above 85 degrees here in the mid-Atlantic region after a spring of slightly below normal temperatures. This is a time when runners struggle… We need to acclimate our bodies to the heat and humidity and we should expect our runs to be a little less than stellar for about […]
Warning: Today’s post has nothing to do with running, maybe running around like a chicken, but nothing to do with lacing up my Asics and heading out on the trail… In addition to running, I love gardening! I grew up on a farm, so I guess it sort of makes sense that I love digging […]
Today I had lunch with my coach, mentor, and friend Miles. We met years ago when I worked at The Health Club of Reston. Miles came to the gym during lunch to workout, and I would hang on his every word telling me about his marathon training. One day Miles told me that he had […]
A few weeks ago my family and I brainstormed about fun weekday post titles that I could use occasionally just to change things up. One of the ideas we came up with was… Today’s interpretation of “Top Ten Tuesday” is my list of ten fitness related things that make me happy. 1. Today while training […]
Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone! I’m thinking of being lazy and going to Chipotle to pick up chicken bowls, but the least I can do is make us a batch of margaritas! Let’s back up to Cuatro de Mayo, shall we? Yesterday was an exciting day on the W&OD Trail for the Cruisers! We saw […]
I love to run, and I love to run fast. There are several different types of runs that will help us get faster, but today I’m talking about track repeats. I don’t necessarily love the work that goes into getting faster through track workouts until I’m in my second or third repeat; but if it […]
Yay, it’s Friday! After taking four days off to visit my parents, today was filled with make-up sessions with clients. Can just spend a second here to tell you that I have the nicest clients in the world? Yesterday my running friend Kati posted this on my facebook. You’ve got to go check out the […]
Today I’m heading home after a nice visit with my parents and shortly I will hop in my car for a six-hour drive home. On days that I don’t head east for my run, I can head in the opposite direction and run along the river. It’s a beautiful run, but there’s a bit more […]
I am taking a few days off of work to visit may parents and because you guys are so nice to me, I want to share a little secret with you.. I grew up in one of the most gorgeous places on earth! This morning I got up and went for my run on the […]
Yesterday I published Beth’s Paris Marathon Recap, Part 1. We left off with Beth in the early miles of her marathon. Here is part 2, in her words… At about the 9 km mark, I was happy to spot a familiar tee shirt “Montgomery County Parks ½ Marathon” being sported by a fellow DC native! […]
My Cruiser friend, Beth, ran in the Paris Marathon on April 7. I told her that I would love to publish her race review on my blog, if she would write it up and send me photos to go along with it. Here is the review, written by Beth and her husband Tom… Finally! After […]
If your baby had taken his or her first steps over the weekend, and you were a blogger, would have written about it? I thought so… My son took his first steps many years ago, but he did something huge on Saturday, and I didn’t tell you about it. Major failure on my part! On […]
Bill and I were treated to a Washington Nationals game today by our friends Ed and Karen. You’ll soon learn that there’s a lot more to a Nats game then just baseball! I’d say our tickets were pretty good… We were in the Diamond Club! For some reason the song, “Take Me Out to the […]
The Cruisers met at 7:30 AM on this gorgeous spring morning for our weekly group run. We had a pretty good turn-out, and I’m hoping more of our fair-weather Cruisers will join us now that the weather is getting nicer. 🙂 We ran eight pretty fast miles, and I was really happy with how I […]
Last night I got the BEST. NEWS. EVER! Julie called to tell me that there will be a Hokie Half Marathon on September 15. I think I will start packing now. I’m THAT excited! I only have a maroon VT running shirt so I think I need to buy a white or orange one to […]
