Today’s Tuesdays on the Run theme is “Thankful”. I’ve had a surprisingly hard time writing this post. Not because I have nothing to be thankful for. I do. I have a wonderful husband, two boys who only occasionally drive me crazy, a loving extended family, a nice home, food on the table… Heck, I could…
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Give thanks AND give back
November is the time of year when everyone is giving thanks. It does make sense why people focus on it because, duh, Thanksgiving Day. But giving thanks, while showing that we appreciate the good in our lives, is not an action. It’s more of a reflection. Turning a thankfulness for something into an action gives…
Runner Gifts for the Off Season
Disclaimer: Amazon links are affiliate links. Some products I was given for free. It’s that time of year. No, not the holiday season. The off season. Most big fall races are done and it’s not yet time to start training for the next big race. Most runners use this time to give their body a…
Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trots in the DC area
I’m a big fan of starting Thanksgiving Day with a bit of exercise and the best venue for that is a Turkey Trot. Why? Because I’m also a big fan of eating whatever I want at Thanksgiving. I am not one who is going to give you tips and tricks to not eat your weight…
Don’t let winter freeze your motivation
Confession: I love cold weather and I’d much rather run when I need a jacket, hat, and gloves than when it’s crazy hot and humid. But I still lose motivation to get out there and run when it’s cold out. I mean, I love it as soon as I get going, but taking that step…
VA Momentum Growler Relay Race Recap
This weekend I joined some other Ragnar Ambassadors to run a local relay. Instead of 12 runners, two vans, and 200 miles, it was 8 runners running from one brewery to another and back. What could be better than a day spent with running with friends, followed by a party at a brewery. Not much….
Tips and Tricks for a Fit Winter
Winter is coming! Or at least that’s the rumor I’ve heard LOL. Our weather has been all over the place this fall. MCM was borderline hot. The other day it was cold and rainy. Sunday it’s supposed to be in the mid 70s again. I can’t keep up! But I know that it’s inevitable and…
Time for some marathon runfessions
It’s the last Friday of the month, so it’s time to runfess the sins of October. Since the Marine Corps Marathon is fresh in my mind, all of my runfessions are related to that (or at least to the marathon distance). I runfess that within hours of finishing the marathon, I was considering running another…
Marine Corps Marathon 2017 Race Recap
This past Sunday I finished my 4th Marine Corps Marathon. It wasn’t my fastest and it wasn’t my slowest. It did, however, have one of the lowest points I’ve had in a race in a very long time. My recap is super long, in part because I don’t want to forget any of it. If…
Rating October: did my running pass or fail?
October has felt a bit like a roller coaster. The weather has been cold and hot and every where in between. That could pretty much describe my running as well. I kicked off the month with a long run with a “meh” half marathon in the middle. The distance and pace were fine, but the…
Marine Corps Marathon 2017: Mission Accomplished
Note that I chose MCM’s wording of “Mission Accomplished” rather than “Goal Accomplished”. Finish time: 4:57:17. I ran. I finished. I learned some lessons about myself and about running a marathon. Marine Corps Marathon #4 in the books. Marine Corps Marathon #5 next year will be a love run, not a redemption run. More on…
How the marathon taper is like waiting to give birth
In two days, I’ll be lining up with 30,000 of my closest friends, ready to run my 4th Marine Corps Marathon. I haven’t been this trained for the race since I ran it for the first time in 2008. Which means, for the first time in a while, I went into taper actually NEEDING to…