Disclosure: SaltStick sent me some capsules to try and a bottle to give away. I did not receive any other compensation and all opinions are my own. It has been a wicked hot week in the Old Dominion AKA Virginia. Hot like, going for a run early in the morning and looking like you went…
Category: heat
Strip marathoning and I chose to do this
My brain is going about a million miles a minute right now. Too bad I can’t run that fast LOL. So, I’m hooking up with Amanda at Running with Spoons again for Thinking Out Loud Thursday. 1. As I expected, the weather here has started to warm up. We are looking at starting temps around…
Did you #rockyourcore last week?
Last week was… interesting. I made some dietary changes, it warmed up a LOT, allergy season hit, and Beer Geek was on a four day bike ride. All my runs kind of sucked, my core was barely rocked, and my house looks like a bomb went off.
Fueling your teen athlete, Gatorade style
A few weeks ago, Gatorade flew me down to Florida to visit the IMG Academy and learn more about their product. (How has it been a few weeks already and why haven’t I written my recap of the event??? Oy.) The theme of the event was fueling your teen athlete and they had flown 9…
A Reluctant Southern Girl’s Tips for Hot Weather Running
Suddenly, this past week, Virginia decided it was July. Nevermind that it was really May, it was 90* with matching humidity. This is what I looked like when I got done running on Tuesday: Yes, that is sweat dripping from my elbows. Thanks for asking. Remember how cold it was for most of us this…
Bedhead is back
One of the things I love about long (very straight) hair is that there is no such thing as bedhead. Seriously, I could roll out of bed and brush my hair and it would look just as good as if I’d washed it (and sometimes better LOL). Those days are over for now. About a…
I’m so fickle
Apparently I’m in love with running again. Or not. But tomorrow I might be. I feel like a 13 year old girl with her first crush. It seems I only love running when the weather is perfect and the timing is right. And, as one might expect from Virginia in August, it’s hot and humid…
TTT: Kindrunner, hot running, and bye bye Jeep Cherokee
1. Kindrunner has been around for a month and to celebrate they’ve decided to pay the kindness forward. Kindrunner.com announces “48 Hours of Paying Forward the Kindness!” We are so confident that anyone who experiences our website and learns our mission will want to take part that we are willing, for the first time ever,…
I need to be independently wealthy
Why? Because I need a cabin or cottage or beach house in the north in the summer. I mean, Beer Geek works from home four days a week. It would work. He could fly up every Wednesday night, work from our summer home and then fly home on Tuesday evening to be in the office…
Virginia Summer + Foodie Pen Pal!
Virginia is hot and stupid humid in the summer. This is not breaking news. But this year, Virginia has been kind enough to throw in some low humidity days and some cooler weeks. For example, last year’s end of school picnics were all cut short because of 100* weather and air quality advisories. This year,…
No rhyme or reason
Sometimes I have amazing runs. Sometimes I have runs that completely suck. Some days my legs feel fresh, others not so much. On any given day, my stomach can rebel. Or not. There are certain factors that are likely to make a run better than others. Cool weather=good run. Rest days=happy legs. Eating right=happy tummy….
And the rains came…
Saturday, the DC area missed a record high by two minutes. Seriously. It was 106* for exactly one minute, but it needed to be that hot for at least 3 minutes to count. As far as I’m concerned, 105* was still awfully darn hot. Sunday, I begged one of my friends to let us come…