Have you ever gone on a racecation? I love to racecation. In fact, vacationing without a race very seldom happens around here anymore. While I do love a local race (and 2017 is going to be a bit more local focused), combining travel and racing is my favorite. Today on Tuesdays on the Run, we…
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Five spring races I plan to run this year
It’s Friday, Fr…Fr…Fr… Friday! Before I get to my list of awesome spring races in the Washington DC area that I plan to run, I have to share about my week. I have never understood how a short week can always seem so much longer than a normal week. Somehow it’s like we try to…
Setting 2017 Goals not Resolutions
Here we are at the start of another year. It seems like 2016 flew by. For me as a runner, it was a really awesome year, but I chose goals that played to my strengths: back to back half marathons, trips to races, etc. I also chose typical things like manage my time better and…
Final post of 2016: Year in Pictures
I love this post each year and write it totally for myself. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do, but I really write it because it’s like sitting down with a virtual scrapbook and looking back at my year. While there were some not so great things about 2016, I was lucky…
Wrapping up another year as MCM Mama
In a very few months, I’ll be celebrating my 9th year of writing this blog. NINE YEARS! What?? Also in 2017, I will run my 10,000th *recorded* mile. (Yeah, I know I took some months off here and there where I didn’t record my runs.) It’s hard to believe that when I started, I’d never run…
Top 5 Posts from 2016
I know that the Friday Five 2.0 topic for today is top holiday races, but I’ve never actually run a Christmas or New Year’s race. I’ve run a turkey trot a time or two and I just ran the Great Chocolate race which might be considered a holiday race, but that’s it. So, I got…
Show me the bling -2016!
It’s hard to believe another year of racing and blogging is winding down. I keep thinking I’ll slow down on both, but somehow I keep on keeping on. So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that I finished 16 half marathons. I also ran 1 Ragnar Relay, a 17.75K, a 10k, a 5 miler, and…
Five races I’d love to run in 2017
I confess: I spend a lot of time dreaming of traveling and racing. I love both, but we are in a decidedly not flexible time in our lives. Between the school schedules of a teen and a tween, travel soccer, orchestra, and Beer Geek’s job, it seems like there is never enough time or money…
Mile Markers by Kristin Armstrong {Giveaway}
I love to read. In fact, one of the reasons I’m perpetually tired is that I’d rather read a book than go to sleep. Lately, I’ve been reading a lot of fiction because my life has been filled with too many things that require a lot of learning. This year I’ve learned more about accounting,…
Great Chocolate 5 mile race recap
Great Chocolate 5 Mile Race December 10, 2016 47:10 Temp: 31* (feels like of 24*) What I wore: Skirt Sports Ambassador beanie, Sugoi running jacket, half zip, tank top, Happy Girl Skirt, tights, PROcompression socks, wool socks, and Altra One 2.5 running shoes. Saturday was one of the first really cold days this winter. Somehow, I…
A Year in Running – 2016
I’ve been doing Miss Zippy’s Year in Running post for several years now. I did 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012, so even though Amanda has started focusing on other venues, I had to write this post. Luckily, Courtney has taken it on, so I’ll link up with her again this year. I’ll admit that this post (and…
Even an old runner can learn new tricks
15 years ago, I stepped on a treadmill in an effort to combat postpartum depression. I had run as exercise off and on over the years, but I’d never considered myself a runner. Once I realized that running helped me cope with my emotional state and a challenging newborn, running became a regular part of…