Ok, maybe just my feet are weird. Ever since last fall, when I started running in Vibrams a lot, I’ve found that my right foot hurts in regular running shoes. I get this pain near the top of the ball of my foot, right where the toes start. It’s not unbearable and it doesn’t affect…
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AMR’s 10 Running Related Personal Questions
The lovely ladies at Another Mother Runner came up with a great group of questions for us all to answer. Have you answered? No? Well, get on it. 1. Best run ever: I have a lot of good runs every fall. I can’t say that any one run stands out. When it comes to races…
Sweat to Street Sunday: the runner to mom edition
Welcome to Sweat to Street Sunday’s! Each week my fabulously fit co-hosts and I will link up with one everyday outfit AND one fitness outfit that we love! Meet Your Hosts! Family and Life in Las Vegas (Emily) Wild Things RUN Free (Charlotte) Running and Cupcakes (Samantha) MCM Mama (Erika) Boobs, Barbells, and Broccoli (Tenecia)…
Random thoughts from a 12 mile run
The boys and I are in Wisconsin visiting my parents for spring break. I took advantage of having extra hands to go for a 12 mile run today. I was pretty happy with the run overall as I finished it with a 10:38 average pace (my last mile was even under a 10 minute pace)….
Long run done right
I’ve been fearing long runs ever since I began training for the half marathon this spring. I dread how exhausted I feel at the end. I don’t enjoy working that hard for that long. All the miles after 6 just became “not fun”. And I finally figured out my problem. I was running too…
10 miles in Vibrams and a Sparkly Soul Giveaway
That’s right. This… In these… I honestly thought I’d never break double digits in minimalist shoes. Of course, lately I can’t seem to run single digits in regular running shoes, so I was beginning to wonder if my days running anything longer than a 10K were over. I’m happy to say they are not. Today…
Running, Loving, Living Virtual Race Report
Happy Birthday and Happy Blogiversary to Toni at Running, Loving, Living. In honor of both, I ran her 3.5 mile virtual run. It was icy outside and I’ve been wearing Vibrams lately (pretty sure that’s not a good shoe choice for ice…), so I decided to do her race as speed work on the treadmill….
It’s all about priorities
Have you ever had one of those weeks? You know the ones. On top of your normally busy life, a couple of out of the norm or unexpected things come along. This week is insane. The boys’ annual physicals (that I booked 6 months ago) were yesterday. Two meetings (that I’ve been pushing for)finally came…
Just call me Cinderella
Wait, that was many feet, one pair of shoes. So, maybe Goldilocks. But that only took her three tries. Crap, I’m not up on my fairy tales. What can I say, I’m the mom of two boys – all I hear about are legos and ninjas LOL. But, seriously, I do feel like I’m on…
And my feet said “Ahhhh”
I may have mentioned a hundred few times that I’ve been having issues with my toes/feet lately. It doesn’t seem to matter which pair of shoes I wear (and I have everything from Saucony Triumphs to Newton Gravitas to Brooks Pure Connects and I switch regularly). At about the two mile point in any run,…
Five random thoughts Friday
I haven’t run since the race last Saturday. I have, however, done some form of exercise each day, including a walk yesterday that had 444 steps. My quads should be ready to go for the hill tomorrow (not). I have been averaging a book a day on my iphone. Unfortunately, the amount I read is…
Random thoughts on a Friday
I just ran 7.4 miles in my VFFs! Longest run to date. I have a dumb phone and texting is difficult. However, I am currently texting Emz during her 24 mile run. ‘Cause what’s a little texting difficulty compared to 24 hours on a treadmill? I’m thinking the 3 hour time difference will work in…