Short story: I finished in 1:31:03 and PR’d by at least three minutes. I was around 1400 out of 4000 runners and finished in the top 25% for women and for my age group. The rest of the story: The GW Parkway race begins at Mount Vernon and ends in Old Town Alexandria. Like many…
Long Day = Short post
I finished the 10 miler in 1:31:02. Details tomorrow. Today was quite hot and way too busy. After the race, the boys and I laid the bricks to start a small garden – we’ll have cucumbers, tomatoes, and arugula. If history repeats itself, we won’t have much of any of them. Then I headed…
40 oz and some 50 state musings
No, it wasn’t one of those 40 oz beers you can buy at a gas station. Last night we went out to one of our favorite “good beer and kid friendly” places – Rock Bottom Brewery. A long time ago we joined their Mug Club (last night was my 20th visit LOL) and when…
Fab Four for Reese
I ran my four miles for Reese’s Run (there’s still time to sign up!) today because I won’t run tomorrow or Saturday in preparation for the GW Parkway 10 miler on Sunday. I planned to take it really slow and easy, but apparently I suck at pacing myself. The first mile was 9:05. A little fast,…
Lululemon running short review and crazy 8’s tag
I took my new shorts (they are the Relaxed fit shorts in Tall) for a short three mile run on the treadmill today. It was too chilly outside to run (but apparently not too chilly for Beer Geek to make me take a picture outside). So far, so good. They stayed in place and were…
12 miles, fiber, and a white cardigan
It was beautiful here today. When I headed out for my long SLOW 12 miles today, it was right around 60 degrees and sunny. I went out with a goal of staying really slow and running 12 miles in two hours. I ended up doing it in 1:56:43. I thought it was going to…
Shorts weather
Spring is definitely here. Yesterday and today were both in the low 70s by late afternoon. While that’s perfect capri weather when hanging out, it’s shorts weather for running. I hate running in shorts. I have rather heavy thighs (seriously, my thighs could be the “before” picture in a weight loss photo and the rest…
Knew that was coming
Running has been going really well lately. I’ve been been pretty speedy, but fast has felt easier. It’s felt really good to get out there. So, of course, it was time for a not so pleasant run. This morning was perfect running weather. About 55 degrees and sunny. I hit the road around 7:30am (which…
Getting back on track
I’m happy to be home, but I do miss the warmer Florida weather and views such as this: I didn’t do a lot of running while we were on vacation. Dad and I did the 5K race and two other runs, for a grand total of 11.5 miles of running. The two runs we did…
Why do I blog about running (and beer)
Today’s topic over at the Runner’s Lounge is “running and blogging”. I am approaching my one year anniversary of blogging. I’ve already finished the original goal I had when I started this blog – running the Marine Corps Marathon. As you might guess from my name, I didn’t really think about where I would go from…
Drinking in Florida: the good, the bad, and the undrinkable
(If you don’t care about beer, feel free to just scroll down to the picture of Jess and me. LOL) I’m pretty particular about what beer I will drink (I’m sure you’d never guess that.) Florida is not really known for its beer, so I was not expecting to drink a lot of beer while…
Mostly Wordless Wednesday
Jones and Shoo during the 8 hour delay at Fort Lauderdale Airport due to a problem with the plane’s computer system.