I’m spending some significant time today reflecting on the past year. It’s been all over the map spiritually, emotionally and financially, for that matter. God has taken me on some unexpected journeys that I would love to have skipped, but that have changed me and grown me up so I am grateful. But since this […]
2013 Race Schedule! Time To Fill Up The Calendar!
Running is healthy. Running is good for me. Running helps me manage my stress and my weight, and gives me a strong heart and lungs. But there is something else that comes with my running that is completely unnecessary, exists only for my enjoyment, and is one of my favorite things about my life. Racing. […]
For New Runners: Things to worry about, and things to completely ignore
OK, so I am in no way an expert on, well, anything. But I am a very practical runner and when I first started out there were blogs, articles and annoying people who claimed to be experts that got me really worried about stupid things. I wasted a great deal of time worrying about what […]
Training Plans and Why They Hardly Ever Turn Out Like You Think
Over the years, I’ve followed several different training plans for half and full marathons. Training plans with names in them like Higdon, Galloway and Bingham. Great training plans, every last one. But the thing is, although the plans are great, rarely does real life mimic my “plan”. You know the old saying – if you […]
I bet you thought I got lost!
Alas, I’m right here! Just been swamped with work and kids and company and haven’t had a minute to post. I do have big news, though. No, not on the NYC marathon front and not even about the election. Scott and I have started running together!! My husband started running around the same time I […]
I’ve Lost My Mojo . . .
Yes, Friends, it happens. Even to me. My running mojo has mysteriously and without reason disappeared. I don’t want to run. At all. I can feel the fat molecules multiplying and the wine from my weekend fun adding pounds as we speak. I’ve been here before. It happens to everyone if you run long enough. […]
2 weeks later – gearing up for the next one!!
Run Disney posted this video showing the new course for the WDW Marathon in January. Scott and I watched it together and it got us both very excited!! 2 weeks after Chicago I am ready to get back at it – a virus took me down for a few days but tomorrow morning I’ll be […]
The Chicago Marathon 2012 – What a Great Race!
–> Going into this race, I had some very specific goals in mind. My training had been solid and I knew that I was in the best shape of my life and yes, I was hoping for a PR. Anything around the 5:30 area and I was going to be thrilled. But my second objective, […]
What About Bob Like Marathon Prep
So, in one of my favorite movies “What About Bob?”, Bill Murray plays Bob who pretends he has every major mental illness so that he won’t ever get them. So this post is all about the things I am going to assume are going to happen, and using What About Bob logic, this will ensure […]