I’m a big fan of starting Thanksgiving Day with a bit of exercise and the best venue for that is a Turkey Trot. Why? Because I’m also a big fan of eating whatever I want at Thanksgiving. I am not one who is going to give you tips and tricks to not eat your weight…
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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….
Black Friday Runfessions
Today is Friday, right? I’ve been so confused about the day all week because Jones was out of town until Monday night, Shoo did not have his usual soccer practice, and neither boy had school on Wednesday. Somehow it feels like it should be Monday, but I still have three days off. Sweet! Since it’s…
“Beat the Chihuahua” 5K race report
OK, maybe that wasn’t the real name of the race. It was one of those races with a really cool name like “turkey trot”, but for us it was definitely all about beating the chihuahua. I’ve run the local (as in runs right past my house) Turkey Trot for the last 5 years. I know…
PR at the Turkey Trot
Thursday morning dawned cold, but sunny. I had a rough night with Shoo, so I got up a bit late. I ate a bit of breakfast and played musical cars (we live on the route and I wanted them off the street) and then headed over to the race. I continued my pursuit of my…