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Five for Friday: Closing out January

January 31, 2014 by MCM Mama 11 Comments

Five for Friday: Closing out January

January was a rough month.  The weather was mostly awful, with a few days of beautiful thrown in. My kids had days off and delays and snow days and holidays...  I seriously felt like they were with me more than at school this month.  It's not that I don't love my children, but I get a lot less done when they are around.  Quite happy to be closing the door on this month! January in Five Pictures 1.  It snowed.  Not a lot at any one time, but often enough to mess with the streets and delay or close schools.  I had a very blonde moment when I couldn't figure out how to put my Honda Pilot into 4WD.  Turns out it does it on its own... 2. I ran a lot of miles on the treadmill.  In fact, this was my highest number of miles on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: running Tagged With: cold, Galloway, life with kids, long run, Yaktrax, Zooma

12 Galloway Miles

January 6, 2014 by MCM Mama 11 Comments

12 Galloway Miles

This is what my yard looked like on Thursday night... I know that doesn't seem like much to my northern friends, but it was enough to shut schools on Friday.  It was also enough to keep me from running my long run outside. Why?  Because Virginia snow is deceptive.  We usually hover just around the freezing mark, which means a lot of black ice and snow covered ice.  Add in a complete lack of treatment on many of the neighborhood roads and it equals a really good chance of falling on one's rear.  If you are lucky, all you hurt is your pride.  I opted for 5 miles of speed work on the treadmill in lieu of a 6 mile easy run. Saturday was cold, windy, and many roads were still treacherous.  Trails were also fairly well ice and snow covered.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: running Tagged With: Galloway, long run, meetup, Moms Run This Town, MRTT, training

Galloway experiment

November 4, 2013 by MCM Mama 6 Comments

Last week was the first time in a long time that I've run 3 days in a row.  It seems like something hurts on every run, so I've been taking a day off in between and cross training. (Perhaps it's time for a visit to my chiro...) But I have back to back half marathons in two weeks.  I think I've written a check my body can't cash, so I've accepted that the second race is going to be hella slow. I decided that perhaps I should actually practice a little Galloway. Wednesday's 6 miler gave me the perfect opportunity.  My foot had started hurting at mile 4 on Tuesday's 7 mile run plus I had a minor cold that was messing up my breathing. So, off I went. Right from the start I did a .45 mile run/.05 mile walk.  After mile four, when my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: running Tagged With: Galloway, injury

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Who is MCM Mama?
A slightly obnoxious mom and wife who loves good beer and running, who struggles a bit with depression especially in the winter and when running isn’t allowed, who’d rather go on a fun vacation than upgrade the kitchen or add a master bath, and has a minor addiction to the Marine Corps Marathon.

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Half Marathon #85: Appalachian Series – South Carolina

Half Marathon #85: Appalachian Series – South Carolina

Mainly Marathons Appalachian Series – South CarolinaMarch 27, 20222:47:45 What I wore: hat, tank top, long sleeve quarter zip, capris, and Altra Rivera Location: Seneca, SC (State #41!) Let’s just start out with the truth – this race was the hardest of the races and pretty much sucked. I chose to do the early start […]

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