What? You expected a snow scene? C’mon, I live in Virginia. You know, that place that one minute is below freezing and the next is pushing 50 (or higher this weekend if the weatherman is to be believed.) After an awesome 6 mile run (seriously, I can’t remember the last time I did 6 miles…
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GratiTuesday
I have a lot of big things in my life to be grateful for and, believe me, I don’t take those things for granted. But sometimes, you just need to revel in the small things: The weather today is AMAZING! Sunny but cool. I was actually a little bit chilled when I walked Shoo to…
Falling in love again
It’s been unusually cool here since I returned from Wisconsin. This has resulted in two things: the campfire smell in my house is diminishing and I’m in love with running again. Know what love means? It means I want to do crazy things like run fast and run hills and run lots of miles. I…
Settling in
I love to travel and see new places. I love to visit my parents and be pampered and stuff myself from their garden. But after a month of being mostly gone (I was home for two days at the end of July), it’s so good to be home. Even if my room smells like a…
Mostly Wordless Wednesday: swag & an outhouse
5 ways a beer festival is like a marathon
AKA my Saturday in pictures AKA the Great Taste of the Midwest is the Boston Marathon of beer festivals. Every year for the last four years, we have made our trek home to Wisconsin coincide with the Great Taste of the Midwest. Every year, it does not disappoint. This year, I managed a nearly perfectly…
DC Beer Scene + Spartan Winner
Beer Geek has a big round number birthday coming up. We don’t usually do much around here to celebrate birthdays (or Christmas or Valentine’s day or…), but when asked, he said the only thing he wanted was to be driven around to the three craft breweries that have opened up fairly recently in DC. This…
Slump + WIAW
I don’t like summer. There. I said it. I sometimes feel like the only person on the planet who could happily live someplace where the temperature never goes above 75 degrees. I just don’t like being hot. And let’s not talk about the Virginia humidity. Gross. I struggle every year at this time. Just as…
TTT in photos: Beer, BAMR, and bruises
1. Last weekend I made an awful discovery: we only had two types of beer in the house – IPAs and beers with ABV greater than 8%. I’m not a hophead and drinking a single 8+% beer means I’m headed to bed. What’s a girl to do? Go shopping, of course. In my defense, we…
And away we go!
By the time you read this, I’ll be at least partway through the first half marathon of the week. Our trip to Denver went mostly smoothly. We had a really full flight, so I ended up gate checking the bag with my running shoes and then spent the whole flight worried that I wouldn’t be…
Self Control, I can haz it!
I’ve reached that dangerous point. You know the one. My leg feels close to 100%. I can’t find a sore spot anymore (I’m sure my chiro will though LOL). I can run up and down the stairs of my house without limping. My body is screaming for a run. But I won’t run. Not today….
A weekend in pictures
It’s been a good weekend. I filled the freezer with a year’s worth of grass-fed beef… I ran in place for a really long time… I drank back all of the calories at Mad Fox Brew Pub (and then later at Tallulah)… Today, I finished out my 50 mile week by running another 7.5 miles……