Today is our 24th wedding anniversary. 2/10/90 I was 19. He was 23. What were we thinking? Twenty. Four.Years. It’s a long time. A lifetime for some of you reading this, in fact. And in that time I’ve learned A LOT. Here’s a partial list, and yes it’s bugging me that there are only 6 […]
NOT an Easy Run
Today’s 10 miler was tough. Really really tough. This is not me. I pulled this off the internet. Thank you internet. I can blame a whole lot of things. Having the flu a week ago and missing 8 days of training is the main culprit. But I know many of us are having serious, how […]
Review of The Altra Zero Drop Intuition
I haven’t done a product review in forever and it’s definitely time! If you’ve been reading for awhile you know I don’t take money or even free product in exchange for my reviews. I just don’t. So let’s start with that. I have been a minimalist runner for almost five years. When I started out […]
Tuesday This and That!
Well, maybe this WILL become a regular thing since this is week 2:). Let’s see, since we gathered here last Tuesday, a lot has happened. I WAS STRICKEN WITH THE BLACK PLAGUE (ok, it was just the flu but seriously thought I was going to die). I took TWO sick days from work. I have […]
Princess Half Excitement and A Blatent Attempt To Win Something
Many of you know how averse I am to promoting things on this blog. I only review products that I actually use and love and even then don’t do that much. I’ve made a few notable exceptions and in fact, it may be time for me to do some product reviews again because I really […]
About That Time I got The Best Compliment EVER From Someone On My Team
I just finished the Herculean task of completing year end check ins with my team. I have a love/hate relationship with this process. I love that I get to check in with each member of my team and make sure I really know where they are emotionally, spritually and in their work. I love that […]
I’m Not A Good Patient
So yesterday I felt great. Actually really great. I even said to my son on the way home from school “I feel really good! Do you ever just feel really good?” I believe in writing we refer to that as foreshadowing . . . I will spare you the details, but my evening progressed strangely […]
a This and That Post
I’ve decided from time to time to post just quick updates and musings from my ridiculous life and all it’s different aspects and excitement. And it’s Tuesday so maybe we’ll always do that on Tuesday. Or maybe not. I don’t like being fenced in. So yeah, here’s the first and maybe last installment of Running […]
Run Your Own Race
I’ve been a runner for a long time now. In fact, I just realized that next month is the 5th anniversary of my very first half marathon. You hear a lot of things all the time as a runner. We have our own vocabulary of encouraging words, mantras and guidelines. One of my favorites is […]