This post contains affiliate links. It’s time for that first glorious cup of coffee of the New Year. I’m sitting down with Coco, Deborah and you for a little catch-up session, which is always fun. Over coffee I’d tell you I dredged up this old Balega coffee pic in honor of one of my favorite [Read More]
Goals? What Goals?
Here we are nearing the end of October. Heck this is all going so fast why don’t we just wrap up the year while we’re at it? Okay, okay not so fast. This week’s Tuesdays on the Run Linkup prompt asks you to rate your OCTOBER so that’s what we’ll do. I runfess, with everything [Read More]
Half Year Report Card
Can you believe just about half the year is behind us? That means it’s time for a little progress update. Our Tuesdays on the Run Linkup topic asks you to give yourself a grade on your progress toward your goals. For consistency’s sake, I’m keeping the same goals I started the year with, except this [Read More]
How to Get Your Health Goals Back on Track
The first quarter of the year is rapidly slipping away. Do you remember what your New Year’s resolutions and goals were? Are you making progress toward them? Are they long forgotten? If you need some help getting the motivation train back rolling on the tracks, I’ve got some tips for you. Basic changes you can [Read More]
Abject Resolution Fail and It Feels So Good
I am back from Florida where we celebrated the MIL’s 75th birthday. If you missed it on Facebook and Instagram, the trip was pretty amazing and went 1000x better than I ever imagined possible. More on that to come. Right now let’s get to the New Year’s goodness. According to many, 2016 was kind of [Read More]
Seeding the Future
Just the other day, when I finished my final “pseudo long run” for NYCM, the caveman and I had a convo that went like this: Me: “That went about as well as it could have.” C: Once NYCM is done, you’re not running marathons anymore, right?” Me: Well….nothing domestic appeals to me at the moment… [Read More]
In March I Will…
…Keep on swimming. The loathing is bound to end someday …Run 100 miles. I’ve never set a mileage goal before …Track my food via MyFitnessPal, except during spring break all bets are off …Kick back on spring break …Go cave tubing …Return to drinking my coffee black …Go on a blog field trip …Gain a [Read More]
Taking a Break from LSD
That’s Long Slow Distance, in case you were wondering, I know little (ok nothing) about the other LSD unless you mean Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive. Don’t be shocked, this has been coming for awhile now. 2012 was the year of the fun destination race. I traveled from California to Washington DC to race with stops [Read More]
Weekend Rewind: Pumpkin Envy
Before school started, at the Teacher Meet n Greet for Thing 2’s class, there was a bulletin board of ‘wishes’. In other words, items the class would like parents to volunteer to bring.At the time, the 6 pieces of white felt seemed boring.The 2 dozen styrofoam balls seemed unwieldyThen I saw it:One XXL pumpkin. That’s [Read More]