Today’s Friday Five topic is “Five Good Things” which is honor of today being Good Friday. I’m linking up with the lovely ladies of the DC Trifecta: Mar, Cynthia, and Courtney. I’m going with five good things that happened this week: 1. The boys and I spent two days with my parents in Chicago this…
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Five things my dad taught me about life
Today’s Friday Five with Mar, Courtney, and Cynthia is theme free, so I decided that in honor of Father’s Day, I’d write about five things I learned from my dad. (And I’m guest posting over on Courtney’s blog about five steps to avoid post-race/post wedding blues because Courtney is off getting married this weekend!) 1….
Happy Memorial Day + Altra winner
Thank you to all who have served and all who are currently serving! Especially thank you to my two favorite Vets… And Congratulations Kristen at Exploring Domesticity! You’ve won a pair of Altra shoes. Email me at mcmmamaruns at gmail.com and we’ll coordinate your shoe order.
In honor of Veterans Day
Thank you to all who have served!
Love the Run You’re with 5k race report
AKA sometimes you have to leave it all on the course. It’s been a long time since I’ve been in “racing form”. I feel like I’ve been trying to come back from injury since Thanksgiving of 2010. I’ve had some good runs since then, but no really good races and most of my speed work…
Midwestern Beer and Beer Geek’s Birthday
First off, happy birthday to Beer Geek! Hope you’re enjoying your special day. Since today is “Beer Tuesday” and Beer Geek’s birthday, it seems appropriate to discuss all the yummy beer we’ve consumed during this trip to Wisconsin and Minnesota. On our way to St.Paul for my race, we stopped in Menomonie, WI at Das…
TIART: Salute to Running Dads
Today’s theme over at the Runners’ Lounge is a salute to running dads. Since my dad is my favorite running partner, this should be an easy post to write. I’m incredibly lucky.* My dad is one of my closest friends. I’m sure there was a time when I didn’t like him (high school?),…
Challenge answered
A few weeks ago, my father informed me that he was also going to race in 50 states and that he was already ahead of me by one state. He also reminded me that I had never finished a race ahead of him. I told him to bring it on. Today, dad and I went…