Life is a little different these days. People are being asked to socially distance themselves at the minimum to shelter in place at the maximum. Some people are making the personal choice to self isolate due to either exposure or being in the vulnerable categories. We as a family are doing our best to self…
Running in the age of Coronavirus / COVID 19
I’m gonna just put this out there: I am 100% in favor of social distancing. 100.Percent. I am far from panicked, but I do believe it’s a necessary step based on everything I’ve read and some personal friends who are in the trenches. I may not be a doctor, but I am a research librarian….
Celebrate International Women’s Day with ZOOMA!
International Women’s Day is March 8, 2020. It is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. It has been celebrated for over a century and I hope that in my lifetime it becomes truly just a celebration of…
Runfessions from the winter that wasn’t
Here we are at the end of February and I’m whining about being cold, but it’s currently 33* and the high is supposed to be in the high 40s. While that’s right around the “average” high and low for February in this area, it feels like we’ve had a lot more of the average and…
Hiking in St. George’s Bermuda
I wrote this post when we got to Bermuda and then got too busy to finish it. I’ll post about the race weekend next, but suffice it to say that the trip was amazing! Bermuda is gorgeous! Our trip here was a little rough – 3 airplane changes in Miami, 5 gate changes (from one…
Coffee and Runfessions from the Longest Month of the Year
There have been a ton of memes going around about January being several thousand days long. I generally think time flies, but wowza, this month was a long one. At one point I was actually begging for snow, just to add something new to break up the month. Ah well, only one more day! I’m…
Reasons to Lift Weights after 50
OK, I’m not *quite* to 50 yet, but that big round number is looming in my near future. 2020 is a big year around here – Beer Geek and I will have been married 25 years, Jones goes off to college, and I hit 50. And I’ve really been struggling with my fitness since the…
Kicking off 2020 with some new goals
Yes, I realize we are already more than a week into 2020. But mentally, with the way the holiday fell this year, it feels like 2020 started last Monday. So, I’m only a week behind in figuring life out. It’s going to be an interesting year, with some things still very up in the air….
Talking about 2019 over coffee
Here we are approaching the first weekend of 2020. The Wednesday start to the year has me all kinds of confused and my kids have been home for two weeks and need to go back. (Not sure that they would agree…) So I’m sitting here with my 2nd cup of coffee, thinking back on 2019…
Final Runfession and 2019 in Pictures
This year flew by! I still can’t believe we are only days away from a new year and decade. I’ve been blogging for just over 10 years and this year was nearly the end. I don’t know what 2020 will bring for blogging, but I’ll do my best to pop in when anything interesting comes…
Sport Suds Laundry Detergent Review
Laundry is one of my least favorite chores. And with 4 adult sized people in our house, it’s a chore I get to do way too often. I took a couple of days off recently and suddenly I was 6 loads behind. What??? So when my clothes don’t always come out smelling clean (or maybe…
Running late on my runfessions
That seems to be the story of my life lately. I’m desperately trying to catch up on everything that fell through the cracks this fall. In the last week, I’ve had a mammogram and a skin check (both came out fine), as well as figured out our health insurance for 2020 and sent in all…