Yesterday was a beautiful day. High 50s and sunny with not a lot of wind. Jones had a dentist appointment and then Beer Geek went out on a 2 hour bike ride. Finally, at around 3, it was my turn. My intention was 4-6 miles of easy running. It wasn’t a perfect run. I had…
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How not to have a decent picture of yourself…
I’ve had a couple of occasions recently to need a picture of me. Not of my family. Not of me with my fun runner buddies. Me. Just me. I don’t have one. Or, to be more accurate, I don’t have one I like. If you too want to have no pictures that you can provide…
12 Galloway Miles
This is what my yard looked like on Thursday night… I know that doesn’t seem like much to my northern friends, but it was enough to shut schools on Friday. It was also enough to keep me from running my long run outside. Why? Because Virginia snow is deceptive. We usually hover just around the…
2013 in Pictures
I do this post every year, more for me than for you. It gives me a chance to go back and look at how far I’ve come (or in some cases, how far I haven’t). I blog for lots of reasons, but one of the big ones is that it’s a snapshot of my life. …
A Day in the Life – Holiday Edition
In some ways, this day was just like any other weekday. In some ways, it was totally different from normal. And in a few ways, it was rockin’ awesome. 6:05 am – Wake up. I am so ready for the school break purely because I’m tired of getting up early. I’m looking forward to a…
A year in running & WIA race day
Miss Zippy asked recently “How was your year in running?” I can never resist a chance to look back at my running, so I took her up on it. Best race experience? Honestly, every race this year was the best.race.ever. I only ran half marathons – not intentionally, but somehow I didn’t run my standard…
And away we go!
Kim tagged me on Facebook yesterday to discuss training for her goal of 3 half marathons in 3 days (yes, she’s running the first 3 days of Riverboat with me! Woot!) To help her out, I found the link to my training plan from last time. Last time, I started training in November. Last time,…
CyberMonday Deals for the runner in your life
We had a lovely weekend, with some busy and lots of relaxing. I had five whole days of sleeping in! (Granted, sleeping in means 8am these days, but still…) It’s always a little rough getting back to normal mornings. Yawn! I continued with Elf4Health and successfully completed all of last week’s challenges. Perhaps the…
Galloway experiment
Last week was the first time in a long time that I’ve run 3 days in a row. It seems like something hurts on every run, so I’ve been taking a day off in between and cross training. (Perhaps it’s time for a visit to my chiro…) But I have back to back half marathons…
Monday Confession: I didn’t run
This weekend played out just as crazy as I expected. And I didn’t make running a priority. I could say there were lots of reasons. I could say we were crazy busy. I could say my kids came first this weekend. But really, I was just making excuses I could have run right after Shoo’s…
Five Miles
The first time I ran (almost) 5 miles, I didn’t realize I was running that far. It was my first race ever – an 8k – and I’d failed at the math. Who knew that 8k was 4.97? I thought it was just over four and had trained for that. Yesterday I ran 5 miles…
Settling in
I love to travel and see new places. I love to visit my parents and be pampered and stuff myself from their garden. But after a month of being mostly gone (I was home for two days at the end of July), it’s so good to be home. Even if my room smells like a…