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….
Category: running
How to run really really slowly
I am very much in the school of thought that believes that easy/recovery runs and long runs should be run at a comfortable pace. This is not to say that you shouldn’t run tempo runs/intervals/speedwork, etc. at a fast pace. Just that you should take it truly easier on your recovery runs. But how many…
Energized!
I have a lot to say about the two weeks we spent in Oregon and Washington. We did a lot of really cool things and visited some awesome places. I’ll get to that over the next week or so, but the most important thing this vacation did for me was to relight my inner fire….
Randomness from today’s run
Mother Nature is being temporarily kind to us. The weather here is amazing. Moderate temps, low humidity, nice breeze. It’s really gonna hurt when Virginia goes back to being Virginia. I ran “naked” today. No Garmin and I purposely didn’t run a route I knew the mileage on. 40 minutes of easy running on a…
TTT: More hoarding, a confession, and a winner
1. I’m supposed to get my new dishwasher installed today. In preparation, I cleaned out everything that was under the sink. I don’t think I’ll ever need to buy sponges again – I found at least 5 unopened four packs + several open ones. Apparently it’s one of those things I buy all the time…
In honor of National Running Day…
To stay sane To drink beer To be a better mom So I don’t teach my kids any new curse words while driving around DC So I’m smaller than I was the day I got married So I can keep up with my dad So I can keep up with my kids For chocolate For…
Pacers Mini Relay + Ambassador party
This was a busy weekend for us. Shoo was supposed to have a soccer game (thankfully canceled due to wet fields.) My dishwasher was being delivered (it’s in my living room now. Baby steps, people.) The boys were testing for belts at martial arts and I had a relay to run. And that was just…
Refocusing
I love to run. Running has become a huge part of who I am. It’s my anti-depressant, my stress reliever, my muse. I need to return to my old running roots. The ones where I ran because I wanted to or needed to. Where I ran the distance or the speed that felt good that…
Did you ever have a run so good…
That afterwards anything seemed possible? Yesterday’s run was THAT run. There was no reason to think it would be that run. I’d just run 12 miles a couple of days ago. We went out for dinner and beer the night before. It was windy as all heck. But, I wanted to go for a run…
Random thoughts from a 12 mile run
The boys and I are in Wisconsin visiting my parents for spring break. I took advantage of having extra hands to go for a 12 mile run today. I was pretty happy with the run overall as I finished it with a 10:38 average pace (my last mile was even under a 10 minute pace)….
Running like a mother
Have you ever crammed a run into a day with no run time? Have you ever split your run into pieces around a schedule that could change at any moment? Have you ever done sprints on a treadmill while cooking dinner? If you’ve answered yes to any of those, you are probably a mom. Yesterday,…
Let’s talk boobs…
File this under: apparently I have no body parts I won’t talk about. Backstory: I have two kids. I nursed said kids longer than, umm, average. In the process, I went from a size B to a robust D (at least on one side, ahem) and back down to a small C. Twice. All the…