This post contains affiliate links. I make a commission for purchases made through the links in this post. These types of links are indicated by an *. 2018 has been a year of trying something new. I’m trying to roll with the punches for our family schedule, I’ve taken another part time job running ZOOMA’s…
Category: training
Building a home gym #MakeYourMove
This post is sponsored by Kohl’s. I was paid for this post and received the included exercise equipment as compensation. Confession: I am not good about cross training and I like to take the path of least resistance when it comes to exercise. I can’t tell you how often I’ve said I’m going to take a…
Marine Corps Marathon Zen
In 3 days, I’ll be lining up at the start line for the 40th running of the Marine Corps Marathon. I’ll be joined by approximately 40,000 of my closest friends. I’m feeling surprisingly zen about the whole thing. When I originally decided to run MCM, I had a goal of getting a PR. I trained…
Final Week of Summer
The countdown has begun – the kids have 1 more week off of school and 2 weeks from today, I’ll be lacing up my Altras and stepping up to the start line of the first of 6 half marathons in 6 days. Gah! I think I’m ready. I mean, I need to pack, but I’ve…
10 ways marathon training is like having a newborn
Trained for a marathon? Had a baby? Then you know how similar the two experiences are! *This post was sponsored by Vocalpoint and Dick’s Sporting Goods. All opinions are my own.* Google will be your best friend. And your worst enemy. The laundry will be never-ending and often gross. Everyone will have an opinion on…
TOTR: Fall Race Schedule
Here we are, a good chunk of the way through summer. Some kids are heading back to school (not mine, sigh) You are almost half way through marathon training if you are doing a mid-late October marathon. 20 mile runs are popping up on the calendars. So, of course, Patty, April, and I want to…
Hansons Marathon Method Review
Today on Friday Five with Cynthia, Mar, and Courtney, the topic was a day in the life. Since I did one on Wednesday, I figured I’d do something different. I am currently about halfway through my training for Marine Corps Marathon using the Hansons Marathon Method, so I thought I’d share my impressions so far….
TOTR: Running free for all
All of us over at Tuesdays on the Run have a little bit of crazy going on in our lives right now, so we decided to make this week be a “free topic” week. So write about any running related topic and link up with April, Patty, and me this week. Real topics resume next…
Hills and Beer
The title pretty much covers my trip to Asheville last week. It was an amazing trip, but it did not do any amazing things to my marathon training. (Didn’t quite derail it, but close…) We drove down to Asheville via Chapel Hill. I went there for grad school, so wanted to take the kids there…
Fun weekend and the training week that wasn’t
It’s Monday, so of course, it’s time to recap my weekend and last week’s training plan. This past weekend was fun, fun, fun. I was the guest instagrammer for the Skirt Sports instagram account and we had a busy weekend planned.
Thinking out loud: Ch-ch-ch-changes
Welcome to another episode of “brain dump” AKA Thinking out loud Thursday with Running with Spoons. Today’s brain dump will focus on Ragnar, marathon training, and fortuitous beer. 1. It looks like I won’t be running Ragnar DC this year. You may recall that I LOVE Ragnar. I’d run every Ragnar every year if I…
Basil parmesan pasta + Hanson’s week #2
Monday again, huh? Even with a 3 day weekend, the weekend wasn’t long enough. I’m counting down the days until vacation… Friday was a holiday around here, so Beer Geek had the day off of work. We both got up early and got out workouts in and then Beer Geek suggested we head to a…