Do you have clothing items you reach for over and over again? Or a favorite pot that you cook in more often than all the others combined? Or a comfy blanket that gets chosen again and again? I think we are all tend to favor certain things over others and I know that for me,…
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Who is going streaking with me? #RWrunstreak
Yes, it’s nearly that time of year again! Time to jump on the Runner’s World Run Streak bandwagon. While I will never be a long term streaker, I love using this particular streak to help me get back into running. Or, in my case, 45 days of AWESOME, since I’ve run the last five days…
Black Friday and CyberMonday Deals and Steals
Welcome to the weekly edition of Tuesdays on the Run. Today’s topic is discount codes and Black Friday deals. Lots of stuff running around the internet right now, so definitely do your research before you buy. Wanna know what I’m planning to buy on Black Friday? Nothing. Seriously I don’t need a single piece of…
Five things you might not know about me…
It’s Friday, Fr-Fr-Fr-Friday! Yay! This week has just seemed so very long. Thankfully, I’m mostly recovered from the Marine Corps Marathon. I’ve run twice and done a workout on the elliptical and my legs feel pretty good. I do have a couple of unhappy toes still, as apparently when you’ve already lost the toenail, there…
Marine Corps Marathon 2016 Race Recap
Marine Corps Marathon 2016 October 30, 2016 4:55:10 Temp: Low 60s and slightly overcast at the start, low 80s at the finish What I wore: hat, MRTT MCM tank, Skirt Sports Happy Girl Skirt(this is an affiliate link), Crazy Compression socks, , and Altra Running One 2.5 (affiliate link). I carried a handheld water bottle, one GUs, a cut up rice krispy…
Time for some cross training: winter is coming!
I confess, when I’m marathon training (even as poorly as I trained this year), I drop cross training like it’s a snake. I stop strength training, I don’t hit the gym, I don’t do yoga. Heck, most times I don’t even use my foam roller. Guess what? I can tell I’ve been doing nothing but…
Final Countdown to MCM
Three more days until it’s time for my 3rd and final Marine Corps Marathon. (OK, I reserve the right to run the 50th in 9 years if I want to.) I’m as ready as one can get, but I swear I’m all over the place mentally. On the bright side, I did manage to vote…
Marine Corps Marathon Do Over
Last year was supposed to be my last marathon for a while and definitely was my last planned Marine Corps Marathon. Yet, here I sit, days away from running MCM again. While I’m still slightly unclear on how I moved from not wanting to run it to signed up, I know that once I signed…
MCM Goals: The Elephant in the Room
The topic for this week’s Tuesdays on the Run is “goals”, specifically what goals do you have left for the year. Oddly, the main goal I have left for the year wasn’t even on my list of goals for the year. What goal is that? Finishing the Marine Corps Marathon. At the beginning of the…
So long and thanks for all the fish, err, fives
Today is the last official Friday Five with the DC Trifecta. This is not to say that I’ll never write a Friday Five again (I actually have a few almost finished posts…) or that someone else won’t start hosting a link up. But it does mean that three of my favorite running bloggers will be…
Running the last long run: Burke Lake Park
I’ve mentioned before that my MCM training did not go quite as I planned. My mojo was missing and life was just busier than it’s been when I’ve previously run a marathon. Somehow, I just never managed to make the training a priority. There’s really no one to blame but myself for the situation I…
Taper Quirks: I love a good taper!
Confession: Unlike most runners heading towards the Marine Corps Marathon, I am not yet in taper land. I have to do one more long training run before I head to taper. Instead of running long this weekend so I could start my taper, I was single parenting Shoo while he played in a soccer tournament…