It’s cold and windy here this week, but today it finally warmed up to the high 20s, so I decided it was time to get back outside. I still haven’t gotten around to purchasing a warmer pair of running tights, so I’ve been wearing a pair of compression shorts under my old ones along with…
2010 Plans and Goals
2010 is a big year here. In May, Beer Geek and I will have been married 15 years. In August, I turn 40. To celebrate, we have some exciting plans. Big Plan #1 – We are going to Alaska. We honeymooned in Alaska and had a fabulous time. Now we are going to take the…
Closing out the year
2009 was the first year I’ve ever set out really specific goals for running. I think they were fairly realistic, without being “easy”, so I’m pretty happy that I was mostly successful. Run at least three half marathons, with the eventual goal of a sub-2 hour half. All done, with two of them at sub-2….
2000-2009: the roller coaster years
I’ve noticed a lot of people writing not just Year in Review posts, but Decade in Review posts, so I think I’ll bore you all with separate Decade in Review, Year in Review, and What’s up for 2010 posts. Why be succinct when you don’t have to? LOL While I’m in a pretty good place…
Yay for goals!
10 miles to go until I hit 100 for December. 11.5 until I hit 1050 for the year. I didn’t feel like changing to run today. I had no issues with not wanting to run. I just didn’t feel like making the effort to get ready. Unfortunately, I’d only run 19.8 miles this week and…
3 Things Thursday – Holiday Edition
1. Merry Christmas!!! In a few short hours, we’ll be heading to church and then the boys will choose a beer and some cookies for Santa, sprinkle reindeer food on the snow, and head to bed with visions of Legos dancing in their heads. 2. This year, I participated in Morning Runner‘s holiday gift/card exchange….
Winter Misery One Miler
Alternate Title: Try Not to Fall on My A$$ Four Miler RunningLaur once again sponsored a lovely virtual race. This time, she chose a nice, winter friendly distance – one mile. When I first signed up, I planned to aim for a PR and possibly even try for a sub 7 minute mile. Winter, unfortunately,…
Virginians just don’t “get” snow
So, over the course of Friday night and Saturday all day, we got 16.5 inches. It’s been years since we got a snowfall like that and people here just don’t know what to do with it. Our house sides a busy street, so we got to see lots of people doing stupid things. Take, for…
Virginians just don’t "get" snow
So, over the course of Friday night and Saturday all day, we got 16.5 inches. It’s been years since we got a snowfall like that and people here just don’t know what to do with it. Our house sides a busy street, so we got to see lots of people doing stupid things. Take, for…
Snowpocaplypse
So, they are calling for 10-20 inches of snow tomorrow. This is a southern state, so that means we could be snowed in for DAYS. Seriously. When I went to the grocery store today(to buy honey and flour for baking), there were no parking spots and the lines were outrageous. Everyone was buying EGGS, BREAD,…
Three Things Thursday
1. Are you familiar with the “Soup N.azi” from Seinfeld? The clerk at the post office today was totally channelling him. I accidentally got there 20 minutes before it opened (I thought it opened at 9, but it didn’t until 9:30). It wasn’t worth my time to go home and come back, so I was…
1000 miles and sore legs
Today I hit 1000 miles for the year! That’s about two weeks earlier than last year and I didn’t train for and run a marathon this year. I’ve also hit 51.5 miles for December, so I’m just over halfway to my 100 miles for the month. Apparently, I haven’t been pushing myself much lately. I…