This week on the Runner’s Lounge Take It and Run Thursday, Lindsay from Chasing the Kenyans asked “What do you do to get yourself motivated to run when it feels like it’s the last thing you want to do?“ Lately, my motivation has been lacking. I have the motivation to get out there, but…
Ack! September 1st already?!?
I love the fall. It’s a beautiful time of year in Virginia. The weather is cool enough to run comfortably, but doesn’t yet require gloves and running tights. Fall is also the most insane time of year for us. In the next 8 weeks we have the following: Trip to a fair to watch Motocross…
State #8 – a different sort of race
Normally, when I run a race as part of my quest for 50 states, I really RACE it. That doesn’t mean it necessarily works out to a PR or that I even run it well, it just means I push myself as hard as I can. Today’s race was not that sort of race. Back…
TIART: What to eat before a long run
Today Jill‘s question over at the Runner’s Lounge Take It and Run Thursday is “What do you eat before your long run?” It took me a long time to come up with an answer to this question. Not that it took me a long time to think about, but that I tried a whole bunch…
Semi-Wordless Wednesday: Turning 39
The cake (and I have no idea why blogger insists on turning it sideways, no matter what changes I make) Me with a “classy” gift from one aunt What was in the package (complete with a card that said:“A woman should age with sophistication and grace…A good stiff drink couldn’t hurt either” My gift from…
One more year till master’s status
Today started off with a nice, unintentional 8 mile run. Dad and I headed out with plans to meet my mom and the boys at the local farmer’s market. The farmer’s market is only 2.5 miles from their house, so Dad suggested we go the “long way” in order to get a total of six…
100% humidity
In some place, 100% humidity would mean it was actually raining. Not in Virginia. Here it meant that all the rain we got last night was coming up from the ground and making it feel like I was running underwater. Since I’ve never really perfected that breathing water thing, it was a pretty miserable run….
That sucking sound you hear?
That would be the heat sucking every bit of life out of me. It’s 9:00 am here and it already “feels like” 88 and is only projected to go up. (Jess wrote a nice explanation of this once, but I’m too lazy to go find it.) I hate being hot. HATE IT. And I’ve been…
I am SO over summer (even though I’ve found more shorts)
Today was another hot and humid day here in the south. When the boys and I met up with friends for a walk to the playground at 8:30am this morning, it was already uncomfortable. We walked to the playground, hung out there for a while, walked to Whole Foods and Barnes and Noble (Jones has…
Creamsicles, handhelds, and treadmills, oh my
Saturday night we had some friends over for dinner. The wife doesn’t drink beer, so I elected her as my co-guinea pig and made her drink XC2‘s POM/vodka concoction. We mixed equal parts POM and orange juice and added vanilla vodka to taste. The resultant drink was a bit too sweet, so we added some…
No tempo for me
Yesterday, a very generous friend offered to take both boys (she has one boy Jones’ age) so that I could go for a run. I took her up on it and headed out for a run around 2:30 pm in 86 degree weather. I had my handheld filled with berry nuun and didn’t push myself…
Speaking of plans + POM review
My running week starts on Monday (mostly because I track my runs on Running Ahead and that’s when they start the week.) So, I made my plans for the week, knowing that Beer Geek would be out of town. My plan for the week: Monday – 3 miles on treadmill after kids go to bed…