Today’s topic for Friday Five is “summer treats”. If you’ve been reading my blog for more than five minutes, you know that’s going to lead me directly to beer. Honestly, an ice cold beer after a hot run is one of the most refreshing treats you can find. Here are five styles to go for…
Lifetime Half #66, State #37, Heartland Series (IL)
Today’s Tuesdays on the Run topic is “scenes from your run”. I love to see the cool places people run on a regular basis. Unfortunately, life has been INSANE lately and all of my runs have been straight out the front door and loops through my neighborhood. Yes, my “run this town” project is going…
Things you DON’T want to do on a summer run…
This week summer arrived with a vengeance. I don’t think we had any feels like 100*+ days, but I know that one day had a feels like of 98*. Seriously, Virginia, no need to be precocious. We do not need August weather in June, thank you very much. But we all know that the heat…
Lifetime Half #65, State #36, Heartland Series (IN)
Heartland Series: Indiana May 30, 2017 2:18:23 Temp: High 60s to high 70s What I wore:hat, tank top, a Skirt Sports Gym Girl Ultra, compression socks, and Altra Escalante After I finished the Ohio race, we took a day off from running. I already had a Michigan race and I’d already run many back to back races, so we did…
Stocking up to survive the summer
Have I mentioned before that I’m not a huge fan of summer? Give me a below freezing day over a sweltering hot day anytime. After all, I can put on more layers, but there are only so many things I can take off before someone calls the cops (or I end up with chafing in…
Lifetime Half #64, State #35, Heartland Series (OH)
Heartland Series: Ohio May 28, 2017 2:28:09 Temp: High 60s to high 70s What I wore: visor, tank top, a Skirt Sports Gym Girl Ultra, compression socks, and Altra Escalante After two days of driving that included a some fun in Pittsburgh, Beer Geek and I rolled into small town Ohio. We stopped by packet pickup, where I couldn’t resist…
How I plan to stay fit this summer
Confession: I hate summer. OK, let me be more specific – I hate Virginia summers. They are hot and they are humid. I swear I get reverse SAD and get depressed and never want to leave my house. Seriously, I’ve had a few summer months when I’ve barely run at all. With Ragnar and Marine…
RaceHer July Subscription Box Reveal and Review
Thank you to RaceHer for giving me the RaceHer July box to review. Right before I headed out on my racing adventures, I had a lovely gift arrive in the mail. I’d been sent the very first month’s subscription box from RaceHer to check out and share with you all. The timing was perfect as…
Global Running Day discounts and new TOTR topics
Wednesday is Global Running Day! What better way to celebrate than to go for a run? OK, go for a run and then take advantage of some of the discounts that are out there! (Some links are affiliate links, which means I get something back for you signing up through it. All affiliate links are…
Lessons learned at another multi-race series
I’ve finished another multi-state adventure. It went both better and worse than I expected. I also learned a few new things at this race. Don’t worry, I’ll tell you all about each and every race soon. For Friday 2.0 with Running on Happy and Fairytales and Fitness, here’s what I learned this time. ChafeX is amazing. Not…
Rating May: my month long taper
As you can probably tell from the title, May was not a training month. It was supposed to be a training month, but no. Since it’s our monthly “rate your month” post for Tuesdays on the Run, here’s how my month went down. I wrapped up April with a Master’s PR in a 10 mile race….
Heading to the Runfessional before I head out of town
I’m not sure I’m actually ready to leave town, but we are heading out today for the Heartland Series. It’s been a busy week all around, so I’m leaving a lot of things in a state of not quite done. Oh well, that seems to be my life lately. So, what do I have to…