I’m running the Four Courts Four Miler race this weekend. I’m not a costume girl and I’m far from a running fashionista, but I do like to dress up for this one. I can’t show you the top half because I tripped running yesterday and have a wicked bloody, not completely scabbed over elbow. I…
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State #18: North Carolina
Last week the boys had Thursday and Friday off of school, so we headed down to the Outer Banks of North Carolina for a little family vacation (more on the vacation part tomorrow.) I was able to find a race on Saturday, so I decided to knock off another state. Short story: 44:45 8K (30…
Long run done right
I’ve been fearing long runs ever since I began training for the half marathon this spring. I dread how exhausted I feel at the end. I don’t enjoy working that hard for that long. All the miles after 6 just became “not fun”. And I finally figured out my problem. I was running too…
Running in Socks
I try to run at least one run each week barefoot on the treadmill. I feel like it helps me be really aware of my form and how my feet are landing. I find it virtually impossible to heel strike while barefoot as it just hurts too much. My treadmill has kind of a rough…
10 Things I love about running
#Runchat has challenged bloggers to come up with a list of 10 things we love about running. They are a doing a giveaway related to it, but I just love the idea of reminding myself why I love running. So, here are the 10 things that I love about running… 1. That it’s mine. All…
Breaking the rules
As I mentioned earlier, I joined Team Tough Chik in January. I’m not sure exactly why I joined, other than the shirt was cute and I like their philosophy. As it turns out, it’s a group of women from all walks of life. We are all different ages from different parts of the country. We…
10 miles in Vibrams and a Sparkly Soul Giveaway
That’s right. This… In these… I honestly thought I’d never break double digits in minimalist shoes. Of course, lately I can’t seem to run single digits in regular running shoes, so I was beginning to wonder if my days running anything longer than a 10K were over. I’m happy to say they are not. Today…
Running, Loving, Living Virtual Race Report
Happy Birthday and Happy Blogiversary to Toni at Running, Loving, Living. In honor of both, I ran her 3.5 mile virtual run. It was icy outside and I’ve been wearing Vibrams lately (pretty sure that’s not a good shoe choice for ice…), so I decided to do her race as speed work on the treadmill….
Just call me Cinderella
Wait, that was many feet, one pair of shoes. So, maybe Goldilocks. But that only took her three tries. Crap, I’m not up on my fairy tales. What can I say, I’m the mom of two boys – all I hear about are legos and ninjas LOL. But, seriously, I do feel like I’m on…
And my feet said “Ahhhh”
I may have mentioned a hundred few times that I’ve been having issues with my toes/feet lately. It doesn’t seem to matter which pair of shoes I wear (and I have everything from Saucony Triumphs to Newton Gravitas to Brooks Pure Connects and I switch regularly). At about the two mile point in any run,…
Three Things Thursday: Chiro, 100 miles, and PInterest
1. I saw a different chiro yesterday. He went to work on a calf issue I’ve been having. I pretty much cried like a baby. Then he put on some KT Tape and told me to run with it today. The result? 4.1 miles of pain free, barefoot running on the treadmill. Yay! He also…
Phoning it in (and a winner)
Yesterday morning, I was really on the fence about working out. It was cold and rainy and even though I was planning to head to the gym (so the weather didn’t matter), I just wasn’t motivated. I wanted to sit on the couch, preferably with a warm beverage, chocolate, and a good book. It wasn’t…