Category: Uncategorized

So far, February is treating me well in terms of hitting my goals.  I may just get my running back on track yet. This week I: Ran a total of 30 miles.  I’m pretty sure I’ve never hit that number before when I wasn’t deep in marathon training. Ran a great 10 mile run at…

This morning was my first non-virtual race of the year.  The plan was to volunteer beforehand and then pace my clients.  I’m not sure I’ve ever had so much fun at a race! I worked packet pickup, but ended up being the door holder with C.Mom at the entry to the restaurant.  Holy 1.5 hours…

Yeah, yesterday’s run was not that.  Because it was so cold out, I decided to run 6 instead of 10.  I met up with a friend and we headed out.  I felt like I was running with brick legs and the cold wind made it hard for me to get a deep breath.  It was…

Earlier this week, I went to Road Runner Sports because I had a gift certificate.  I didn’t find anything I needed, but I did end up getting a gait analysis done.  Interestingly, my arches are so high that when they did an impression of my feet, no connection at all showed between the ball of…

Recently, I did some research for a blog post on “greening” your workouts.   One of the companies that popped up during that research was ALO.  ALO stands for air land ocean and the company tries to provide customers with a “choice that is respectable of the environment with out sacrificing fashion.”  According to their website,…

If you are reading this post and I’m your coach, move on. Nothing to see here. Yesterday I went out for a recovery run.  My recovery pace is supposed to be 10:30 and I expected that I’d barely manage that after Sunday’s 10 miler.  I was pleasantly surprised to find that my legs and achilles…

This weekend I ran 10 miles for the first time in 2011.  In fact, it’s the first time I ran a double digit run since the Army 10 Miler at the end of October.  I was supposed to run on Saturday, but it was a drizzly, cold day and I just could not find my…

I have to admit that going from a 9 year old Civic and a 16 year old Jeep Cherokee to a 2011 Pilot feels a bit like going from the Flintstones to the Jetsons overnight.  And I’m most excited about the fact that I can fit 8! people comfortably.  (If you see my inner green…

Since I never had time to actually sit down and write a post yesterday, I’m going with Three Things Friday.  Maybe if I’m feeling really wild and crazy, I’ll give you five things Friday.  We’ll see.  ;o) Jones has strep again.  We were supposed to see the ENT last week and then it snowed, so…

I didn’t have time to post yesterday, so there’s no way today can be wordless.  Instead, I’m going to give you some bullet pointy goodness.  ;o) Beer Geek had to go to New Orleans this week, so I convinced my parents to come out and visit.  Beer Geek’s flight was delayed yesterday and my parents…

OK, actually the freakout occurred last night.  I’m taking a class today called “Training the Pregnant and Postnatal Client.”    The instructor is Annette Lang, who is one of the best known trainers on this topic.  I’ve been really looking forward to this class.  It looks awesome. It was also on my calendar for Saturday, not…

Notice I said “feel”, not that I actually did run a marathon.  In fact, I haven’t gone for a run at all today or gone to the gym or swam or biked.  Instead, I galloped and skipped and ice skated and sprinted. No, I didn’t work out. All I did today was substitute teach in…