Sometimes you just have to return to your roots. After Wednesday’s pretty darn awful run, I was discouraged about my running. I got home from dropping the kids off at school and decided I really needed to hydrate (it was still warm and humid). By the time I finished my nuun, I realized it was…
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Blue Ridge Half Marathon Race Report
The Blue Ridge Marathon bills itself as “American’s Toughest Marathon.” I’m here to tell you that the half marathon is no joke either. It was definitely the hardest race course I’ve ever run on. Short story: I finished in 2:20:48 (my slowest half where I wasn’t pacing someone), 13th in my age group and darned…
Sweat to Street 3 (the more sweat than street edition)
Welcome to Sweat to Street Sunday’s! Each week my fabulously fit co-hosts and I will link up with one everyday outfit AND one fitness outfit that we love! Meet Your Hosts! Family and Life in Las Vegas (Emily) Wild Things RUN Free (Charlotte) Running and Cupcakes (Samantha) MCM Mama (Erika) Boobs, Barbells, and Broccoli (Tenecia)…
Good things Friday
I was exhausted when I woke up this morning, thanks to a very intense thunderstorm last night that kept me up past midnight. My tummy was less than happy for some reason. The typical Virginia humidity had returned. My legs are still a bit sore/tired. Needless to say, when I met up with my running…
State of my feet
I’ve now been running in minimalist shoes for about 6 weeks. In that time, almost all my my miles have been run in my Vibram Sprints (one of these days I’ll write a review…), with a much smaller number run in my Merrell Pace Gloves and an even smaller number run completely barefoot on the…
Virtual Barefoot/Minimalist (Ultra?) Marathon
aka Minimalist Running Week #4 in Review When I signed up for Barefoot Neill’s Virtual Race, I set a goal of running all 26.2 miles barefoot or in minimalist shoes. His rules were that we needed to complete the mileage over the course of two weeks, with at least 1 K on May 1st. I…
Minimalist Running Week #3 in Review
Perhaps I should have titled this “I haven’t hurt myself… yet.” Last week was a mishmash of increasing speed and distance. For a little variety, I threw in a bit of completely barefoot running on the treadmill. Yeah, not exactly the definition of smart training. I ended up doing 19.2 miles in 5 runs and…
Happy Easter and Jelly Bean Virtual Race Report
Happy Easter to all my bloggy buddies! We all know I can’t resist a virtual race, so when Jess opened the Jelly Bean Virtual Race with a 10k option (my favorite race distance), I jumped on it. What I didn’t know when I signed up for the 10k was that I would decide to go…
TTT: refrigerators, Vibrams, and dreams
1. I’ve done a ton of research on new refrigerators, only to discover that the best one for the space we have is… the exact same one we bought 9 years ago. Sigh. And the one in the basement is a cheaper (wire shelves, less drawers), 5 year old version of the exact.same.fridge. This would…