The topic for Tuesdays on the Run today is “Best Race Ever.” When Patty, April and I came up with the idea, it immediately brought to mind my friend, GBA Girlfriend, who always has the #bestdayever. And why is it the best day ever? Because there is something good in every day. And I feel much…
Category: #beautifulrun
March 2015 Ultimate Coffee Date!
Good morning! I’m actually shocked I got up before my kids today, but I think the snow plows woke me up. There’s just something wrong with hearing snow plows early on a Saturday morning. In March. In Virginia. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Anyways, that means I’m up in time to have virtual coffee with my friends…
The winter that would not end
I woke up at 4:45am today. Not because I wanted to, but because the school system texted: Schools closed. There may have been a few curse words uttered in response. I had expected a delay, but it never crossed my mind that they would close. (Turns out, it wasn’t a bad call – I saw…
Crazy weekend + Skirt Sports Happy Girl Skirt Giveaway
I admit it. I’m over winter. Take my Wisconsin girl card, send me south, and call it good. Ok, maybe it’s not that bad, but I just could not convince myself to run outside on Friday. I.just.could.not. So, I ran 8 miles on an indoor track. 8 laps per mile. There are only two good…
Blog Spotlight: Life as a Running Mom
I hope everyone is having a lovely Labor Day! We had a ton of fun at an impromptu party on Saturday and then we went out on our friends’ boat yesterday. I’m a bit sunburned and a lot tired and a somewhat sore, both from running 3 times in 24 hours this weekend (Ragnar, I’m…
Getting back on track with the Mizuno Baton
Remember all that running I did this past winter? I logged mile after mile in training for five half marathons in five days and my ultimate goal of 13 half marathons. In fact in the month of March, I ran 200 miles. Guess how many miles I’ve run so far in June? Umm, I haven’t…
#IfEverybodyRan
Mizuno posed this question and had the University of North Carolina Business School do an analysis of studies that were already out there. Obviously, there were some assumptions made and some leaps of faith taken, but the conclusions were interesting. Here are some of the interesting findings: 29.3 million happier marriages 48.1 million fewer cigarettes…
The run that didn’t want to happen
Did you ever look at your calendar and realize that you’re going to have to do some serious run juggling to hit your training goals? Usually my schedule is pretty flexible, but I have a really busy week ahead. As luck would have it, I also need to run at least 42 miles. We have…
#beautifulrun and Treadmill Tell-All
Yesterday, I ran a half marathon. Not a race. Not even a virtual race. I just ran 13.1 miles because I could and because the sun was shining. In fact, the sun was shining so nicely and the temp was so balmy that I was horribly overdressed. Until mile 9 when the cold front started…
#megsmiles
Saturday morning, I was supposed to run the JFK 20k. For a lot of reasons, I just wasn’t feeling the love. I tried to argue myself into it and just couldn’t. So I DNS’d it and went for a run in my neighborhood in honor of Meg Menzies. There are many posts out there in…
“That” point
As of Tuesday afternoon, I had not run in 5 days. I did have moments of activity in those days, but there were also too many moments of doing nothing active. I don’t think I’ve missed 5 days of running since the week after my first marathon, but circumstances conspired to make running impossible…