This past spring when my close friend (and multiple Ragnar teammate) suggested running Ragnar PA, I was all over it. When she suggested running it as an Ultra team, I was, umm, a little nervous. But I decided I was all in and signed up for a bunch of half marathons as training runs. I…
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Tuesdays on the Run: Celebrating the 4th of July
Today on Tuesdays on the Run, the topic is July 4th. In the US, that’s Independence Day and we’ve been known to celebrate by watching fireworks on the Mall. (We’ve also been known to celebrate by going to bed at our normal time. Yeah, we are exciting like that.) This year’s a little different. I’m…
Do you have to run to make a runfession?
Seriously, I feel like I’ve forgotten what it’s like to run 5 or 6 days a week. Now it seems like I’m running 5 or 6 miles a month. Sigh. Runfession #1: I think I ran fewer than 50 miles in June – 30 of those miles were at Ragnar. That’s right – more than…
The highs and lows of June running
It’s that time of the month again – the time we dig deep and think about how our month went and then share for Tuesdays on the Run. I have to admit that I had a hard time deciding how I felt about June. It was somewhere between awful and epic! June was an interesting…
Tips for preparing for running Ragnar on an ultra team
Last weekend I ran Ragnar PA on an ultra team. Generally speaking, an ultra team has 6 members and one van, as opposed to 12 members and two vans. This means that you are running twice as many miles and have no time as the “inactive van.” As you might guess, this makes it an…
Skirt Sports Ambassador Retreat
In addition to traipsing all over Colorado with Beer Geek, a few weeks ago I attended the Skirts Sports Ambassador Retreat, which closes with the Skirt Sports 13er, 10K, and 5K. This was my second time attending and my second time running the 5K. Maybe next year I’ll brave the altitude and run the 13er….
School’s out for the summer!
Yes, it really just let out here (actually my middle schooler has a half day today). Yet, somehow I feel like we’ve been fulfilling our summer plans for a few weeks already. And since today’s topic for Tuesdays on the Run is “summer plans”, this post will be somewhat retrospective as well as looking to…
It’s better to undertrained than overtrained, right?
In 3 days I’ll be hitting the start line of Ragnar Pennsylvania on an ultra team. What’s an ultra team? It’s a team of 6 instead of 12 – which means you pretty much never have down time and you run twice the number of miles. It seemed like a good idea back when I…
Five things every injury prone runner should have
Confession: I’ve run lots of miles and made lots of stupid running choices for years with minimal issues and almost no injuries. But every once in a while, I do something that lands me on the injured reserve. Luckily, I have all the things to get myself back up and running fairly quickly. Here are…
Global Running Day 2018
Global Running Day occurs every year on the first Wednesday in June. That means that Global Running Day is tomorrow and it looks like I may be celebrating with a run. Yep, I ran a 5K in Colorado this weekend at the Skirt Sports 13er with minimal pain, Whoop! I’ll also be celebrating by hosting…
How do you rate a roller coaster month?
May was… interesting. It’s a challenging month to rate as it has had some good and some not so good things. Good things: I ran my 75th half marathon. I celebrated my 10th anniversary of blogging. Beer Geek and I celebrated 23 years of marriage. I’m in Colorado on vacation, hiking and drinking craft beer….
Runfession: I need more endorphins
I must runfess that I haven’t run in over a week. Yeah, I’m not even going to preface that runfession with anything because it pretty much says it all. I’ve been using my exercise bike and lifting weights and *some* walking – all of which means I’m fit and strong. It also means I’m about to…