This week has been one of the more challenging weeks I’ve ever had while training in the winter. I think I got really spoiled the last two winters or maybe I just took to my treadmill more. Or maybe it’s that I’ve surpassed the half marathon distance for my long runs and I haven’t had…
Category: half marathons
TOTR: My worst race and what it taught me
I’ve run a lot of races. I’m not sure the exact number but I know I’ve run 2 marathons and 38 half marathons and lots of other distances. So, the opportunity to have a truly awful race has arisen more than once. In fact, I had a hard time deciding what was my worst race…
Tuesdays on the Run: Goals for 2015
I can’t believe we are already 6 days into 2015! I’ve been mulling over my goals for a while now and I’m not sure I’m ready to put them on “paper”, but since today’s Tuesdays on the Run topic with Patty and April is goals, it’s time to go public.
Top 5 posts of 2014
I’ve been noticing these posts around the blogosphere, so I was curious to see what I’d find in my own statistics. I mean, I take a look at my stats on a regular basis, so I kind of have a feel for what is popular, but I wanted to see what posts came out on…
Half Marathon #17 for 2014: Jacksonville Bank Half Marathon
Jacksonville Bank Half Marathon December 28, 2014 2:17:04 Temp: high 50s/low 60s with clouds and then fog What I wore: hat, short sleeve shirt, Skirt Sports Happy Girl skirt, PROCompression socks, and my Altra Intuitions I went into this race with very low expectations. I had only done 4 double digit runs since JUNE! and…
Tuesdays on the Run: 2014 in Pictures
I’ve been doing a year in pictures post for a few years now. I love it because I get to look back on my year. It’s my virtual flipping through the scrapbook of my life. I was happy I could convince Patty and April that this would make a good topic this week. January
#RocknBlog 2015! + 2 winners!
I am so excited to announce that I got chosen to be part of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon’s 2015 Rock ‘n’ Blog team! It’s pretty much a given I’ll be running RNR USA because that’s my hometown race, but I’d be interested to hear what everyone else’s favorite Rock N Roll race is!
2014: My year in racing {link-up}
Last year, I successfully completed 13 half marathons in 2013. Barely. As in, I ran the last race in December and would have DNS’d it if I hadn’t made that goal. But, I admit, hitting the goal was pretty awesome, so of course I raised the bar for 2014. I decided I’d run 14 half…
Tuesdays on the Run: Will Run for Bling!
Obviously, running for bling is a topic near and dear to my heart. After all, my blog is called “MCM Mama runs for beer and bling.” And since I wrote about beer (cupcakes) yesterday, today is a good day to talk about bling with Patty and April and all of our awesome #TuesdaysontheRun participants. [Tweet…
I’m an expert…
Sometimes life is too serious and we need to laugh at ourselves. I saw this topic on A Lady Goes West yesterday and it made me laugh… and think about what I’m an expert in. After all, we all have skills. Some of them we learned, some of them we come by naturally. Some of…
#NovemberMileage, beer, and an epic fall
Let’s talk the important things first: Have you entered my Scott James Sports Jewelry giveaway? If you haven’t, get there now! And it’s a giveaway hop, so check out some of the other awesome giveaways! Ok, back to the business at hand… How is everyone doing on their #NovemberMileage? I’m running a little behind (no…
I have no goals
I started 2014 with some amazing goals and totally rocked until the end of May. I feel like the minute I finished ZOOMA Annapolis my motivation went on vacation and I’ve been struggling to find it again. Despite the lack of motivation, I still managed 3 more half marathons and Ragnar. But, I still have…