Welcome, April! March was a rough month and I don’t mind seeing it in the rear view mirror! Despite all the crazy things (car problems, sick cat, sick kids, snow day), I was happy to hit 100 miles (103 to be exact) for the fourth month in a row. I ran three races in March,…
DuClaw Sweet Baby Java Virginia Peanut Soup
Thank you DuClaw Brewing for sponsoring this post and sending me the DuClaw Sweet Baby Java. All opinions and the soup recipe are my own. Welcome to the March edition of “Cooking with Beer”! Each month DuClaw Brewing sends me a beer and a friend and I create a recipe. It’s a fun time to think outside the box…
Goal Checkin for 2017
Here we are, nearly a quarter of the way through 2017. In typical fashion, time has both flown and seemed to stand still. I can’t believe it’s already the end of March, but I’ve never been so ready for spring! Since this is the Tuesday on the Run where we rate our runs for the…
Marine Corps 17.75 2017 Race Recap
Marine Corps 17.75 March 25, 2017 1:58:22 Temp: mid-50s What I wore: hat, short sleeve shirt, Skirt Sports Happy Girl skirt, compression socks, and my Altra Escalante shoes I love this race. It’s one of the hardest races I run each year, but I keep coming back. I didn’t originally sign up to run because of…
Five foods I’ve been obsessed with lately
Confession: This week I’m most excited about Sunday, not Friday. This has been a rough week with me having a minor stomach bug at the beginning of the week and Shoo coming down with it yesterday. Add in a cat who is having stomach issues again with the added bonus of either a UTI or…
Thinking Out Loud Thursday
It’s Thursday. It’s time to Think Out Loud, so I’m linking up with Amanda at Running with Spoons. It’s cold here today – 30* this morning. I swear we had spring in February and winter in March. My body can’t seem to keep up with the changes. I have to admit – I’ll be…
DC Races, You’re All My Favorites!
When it comes to racing, I’m a lucky girl. I live practically in the Nation’s Capital. (And if you were to ask Beer Geek, he’d tell you that where we live used to be part of DC, but they gave it back to Virginia…) But I digress. There are so many awesome DC races and…
Ten things learned in ten years of racing
Ten years ago, on March 18, I stepped up to the start line of a race for the first time ever. Running a race had never even crossed my mind, even though I’d been running regularly since Jones was born (about 5 years). But one of my friends convinced me to do it and promised to…
St. Patrick’s Day: my running traditions
Having just finished two St. Patrick’s Day races, one would think I’m a huge fan of the holiday. I do like that it is just a fun holiday for most people with the majority of us just dressing in green and drinking Guinness. After all, who doesn’t love a Guinness?? (If you don’t, don’t tell…
Will run for beer: Four Courts Four Miler
This weekend was cold! It would have been cold even if we’d had a normal winter, but after wearing a tank top on Tuesday, 24 degrees and windy was a shock to the system. Too bad though as we had the Four Courts Four Miler to run. Back in December, Pacers (a local race company)…
5 Things to Love about Four Courts Four Miler
This week has pretty much chewed me up and spit me out. I’m so glad to have actually survived until Friday, mostly with my sanity intact. It was one of those weeks where we were all going in too many different directions. It was one of those weeks where my runs did not follow my…
Setting Up the Perfect Race Schedule
Confession: I run so I can race. I know I can run any distance I want by myself (or with MRTT friends), but there’s something about being surrounded by lots of strangers, all in pursuit of the same goal. While I sometimes do manage to really race and push myself, a lot of times races…