During this Five day Writing Challenge from SITS Girls, I’ve veered away from the focus of this blog a tad, which has been fun, but TODAY, Amazing Runner Type People, we’re getting back to what started this crazy thing – RUNNING. The challenge for today was to write about the five senses for fall, and […]
Marathon Training Weekly Update: Week TWO! And the Tours De Fleurs 10K Recap!
Fun pre-10K selfie! Meagan, Me and Stephanie! We are TWO WEEKS IN! Only 16 to go;). Yes, there’s a reason why it takes a lot of dedication to stick with a marathon plan. So glad I can journal here with you guys to keep me motivated! It was actually a really solid week and I’m […]
If You Give A Runner A Race Registration . . . .
When my boys were little If YIf You Give a Mouse A Cookie was one of their favorite books. This is an homage to that book and dedicated to runners and racers everywhere. Just for fun on this Thursday afternoon. If you give a runner a race registration She’s going to want a training plan […]
So Run Disney is My Inner “Weird” – What’s Yours?
My FAVORITE pic of me and friend, Sara, running the Disney World Marathon (who, btw, I never would have met without my weird;) This January will make my FIFTH Disney World Marathon Weekend. It’s actually kind of difficult for me to wrap my brain around and I have to be honest, I’m not exactly sure […]
Marathon Journal – Week One – Let the Training Begin! And Happy Birthday Skirt Sports!
My trial today. 58 degrees and just gorgeous! So Thankful! Each Saturday, as I train for the Walt Disney World Marathon following Hal Higdon’s Marathon Novice 2 training program, I hope to post an overview of the week. This is just the kind of real life info I ate up when I was training for […]
Marathon Training Starts Monday! Random Thoughts to Motivate Me!
A few, not all, of my Run Disney race medals I am not sure when I became this person, as it has happened subtly over these past almost 6 years of running, but yesterday, as I was having some minor surgery, almost every post-op question I had revolved around running. “So I’m OK to run […]
New School Year, New Running Schedule
School starts Monday!! I can hardly stand it. Seriously. I love my kids and at the end of the school year I am so ready for them to be home and for our schedule to lighten up. And it was lovely for 3 months. Or at least 2 of the 3 months. And now I’m […]
My Marathon Mistakes
I have three marathons under my belt and am very proud of each one. I lead a crazy busy life (like most of us) and it’s not conducive to marathon training and by the way, I’m 44 years old so this body doesn’t always respond EXACTLY the way I’d like it to. But I do […]
This One’s All About Running! Training Update
Do you have a running friend that would leave this on your car? I DO! I have been writing about a lot of things other than running lately, but I promise it’s not because I’ve lost my enthusiasm! I’ve actually been hard at work building a strong base so I can start marathon training in […]