Until Sunday morning I hadn’t run for a week. Between travel and my work schedule (5:30 am all week!) I just couldn’t run a single mile. That made me feel somewhat of a fraud when I showed up for my RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) Coaching class on Friday. Well, not really, but that […]
Random: IDEA Convention, Cross Country, Coco, & Jackfruit Carnitas
First, I want to thank you so much for all the love and support for Alan in response to my last post. We appreciate it so much, and I really feel that all your prayers and positive psychic energy will support us and help assure a good outcome. I hope that you will use our […]
Race Report: The Costume Party Run. Mission Accomplished (almost)
What if you planned a race that would take place in the summertime. It would be a half marathon (with a 5k alongside) that would start at 6:00 in the morning. The course would be a huge loop through a parking lot, then out on a boring street for several miles, a turnaround to head […]
What’s Beautiful: Training to Be Faster, Week 1
As I mentioned last week, I am participating in the Under Armour What’s Beautiful campaign, which is sponsored through my relationship with Fitfluential. The What’s Beautiful project is a competition with the goal of redefining the female athlete. Women are invited to set goals for themselves and then go out and achieve them. My goal […]
Four Seconds
Four seconds from glory to hell. As a runner, I know several friends, acquaintances, and fellow bloggers, who were in Boston today to run the marathon. I know the journey that many of the runners travel to get to the start line, the training and dedication it takes to qualify for Boston, the most revered […]
My Worst Run. Ever.
A while back, I participated in a blog link-up called #bestrun. I, and many other bloggers wrote about our best, recent run. It was a pretty simple choice for me, especially after my training runs in the current week were definitely not my best. But, it got me to thinking. How about my worst run? Out […]