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It’s that time again! It’s time to shack up in a van with a bunch of my favorite running people and hit the road for a 34-hour overnight relay. This is my third Ragnar, second DC, first Ragnar without my buddy Meagan, and it will be my second time representing my MRTT chapter. I’m runner […]
Last year my friend Katie and BAMR Bands founder/owner came up with the great idea to organize a kids’ fun run for the children of our MRTT chapter members. She and our chapter co-leader Erin got the ball rolling in July, and with a lot of hard work from a great group of volunteers, today’s […]
To say our local Moms RUN This Town (MRTT) chapter has grown a bit since I joined would be an understatement. My friend and chapter co-leader Amanda added me to the group on January 11, 2014, and if memory serves me correctly, I was about the 60th member. Today we have 727 members. Just for […]
Last year I was out of town for Carter’s Run, but I introduced you to Carter and the event named after him when I interviewed Carter’s mom Lisa, my Moms RUN This Town friend. This year I didn’t run, but I did something even better; I volunteered with a group of my friends at our […]
Yesterday afternoon members from my local MRTT chapter took over my basement when I hosted, Becoming A Stronger Runner, a strength training for runners workshop that I held just for them, and today I’m happy to share the workout with my readers. After having my attendees introduce and tell a little bit about themselves, I […]
On a cold January morning in 2014 while out on a Saturday morning group run with the Cruisers, we saw our fellow Cruiser friend Amanda running with a group of ladies we didn’t know. We stopped to say hi, and I teased her about two-timing the Cruisers. Later that day, she asked me if I […]
As 2014 draws to an end, I’ve put together my running/racing year in pictures… My goal this year was to run a race each month, but by the time I set my goals, the local January races that I was interested in running were already filled to capacity. January ended up being the only month […]
I’m a self-declared morning person. I’m the type who is wide awake the second my feet hit the floor in the mornings; although, I have been known to hit snooze a time or two before those feet actually hit the floor. Back in the spring my MRTT friends and I started meeting at 6:00 […]
I feel like my first paragraph should read “Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah….” My training runs have been so-so, at best, since Ragnar. Adequate, but not exciting; and certainly nothing compared to this summer. Training this summer was going phenomenally well until the Thursday after the Leesburg 20K in mid-August, when I got my first […]
Pre-run photos are getting harder to take now that it’s staying dark later in the mornings, especially since our MRTT running group starts at zero dark thirty most mornings. Since we run so many different distances on Saturday mornings, taking a large group picture at the end of our run in out of the question. […]
On Sunday, we had our first local chapter MRTT open house appropriately named the Fall Showcase Open House! Our chapter leaders, Erin and Amanda, put a lot of effort into making it perfect and fun for their 300 members. No, we didn’t have perfect attendance, but the turnout was really good! Erin had transformed her […]
Last week was another good week for running, and since everyone seemed to enjoy last week’s workout recap, I’m going to make it a weekly event! Monday I almost always rest from cardio on Mondays, but try to get a good weight lifting session and core workout completed on my non-cardio day. After about 30 […]
Today’s post was written by my fun and crazy Moms RUN This Town friend, Erin. She and Amanda ran in the Ragnar/Pacers Mini-Relay (sponsored by Brooks Running) on Saturday evening and I’m seriously regretting not letting them talk me into joining them! Without further ado, here’s Erin’s recap… A few weeks ago, Pacers (a DC […]
Joining my local MRTT chapter was one of the best things for my running. Of course as with all things, you get out of it, what you put into it. I happen to be fortunate enough to be part of a very active and fun chapter. It’s very easy to want to meet these ladies […]
I have been looking forward to this weekend for a long time! Here’s what was on my agenda: Friday: Fit Foodie packet pick-up Fit Foodie Tweet-Up Light Up The Night VIP Cocktail Party Saturday: Fit Foodie 5K Love DC Chefs Experience Julie’s bridal shower Julie’s bachelorette party Sunday: Power Systems Obstacle Course Bootcamp Fit Foodie […]
Top Ten Reasons I’m happy that tomorrow is National Running Day… 10. I get to plan a party on the trail (group run); this time in the evening. 9. I get to see the Cruisers mid-week for a special run. 8. I get to see my MRTT friends when I’m actually awake. 7. I […]
This morning’s TKO Melanoma 5K was a ton of fun; well, except for while I was running which was hard work! This second annual race was in memory of Theresa O’Conner, a loving wife and mom, who lost her battle with melanoma in 2012. Running this race yearly and spreading the word about melanoma is […]
Please welcome my Cruiser and Moms RUN This Town friend Amanda as she takes you on a tour of DC during the recent Rock ‘N’ Roll DC Half Marathon. Amanda is a busy working mom of two who joined the Cruisers over a year ago. She ran her first marathon, the Marine Corps Marathon, last […]
The running community is absolutely amazing, but I already knew that! This morning I ran with two other MRTT ladies for the very first time. Many from our group were either running in the Rock ‘N’ Roll USA Half Marathon or the Lucky Leprechaun 5K, so that left only three of us to brave […]
This morning Bill, several Cruisers, and I ran the Reston 10 Miler. It’s a part of the =PR= Race Series that I’ve told you about before, and this particular race benefited the South Lakes High School Track & Field team. Back when I last ran this race in 1998 and 2001, Potomac River Running Stores […]
