It’s Zooma Great Lakes Weekend! I’ll be road tripping up to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin this afternoon with some of my fellow Zooma Race Ambassadors. There’s a whole bunch of fun stuff planned for tonight and the half marathon and 5k will be tomorrow. Can’t wait! Colton’s Army Virtual Race: My Zooma Great Lakes race will be [Read More]
How I Qualified for Boston at the Grand Rapids Marathon
Many of you have asked about the marathon where I qualified for Boston. Although it was my intention to blog about my BQ journey, the procrastinator in me won out and my blog wasn’t born until just after I achieved that first BQ. I wrote a race report though, which until today, has not been [Read More]
Tagged!
Thanks to Alma at The Average Woman’s Running Blog, I’ve been tagged!1. What are you most proud of accomplishing in 2010?I am most proud of rehabbing a strained posterior tibialis last winter by spending 6 weeks running in the pool (this was huge for me as water and I don’t mix), and coming back to [Read More]
Foto Friday
I’d planned on doing a thing on race recovery until I found these pics in my inbox. Not to mention I’ve got a boatload of laundry and packing to do before we set out for Grand Rapids tomorrow morning. Just before the start Amazing the difference almost 5 hours makes Sweat much? Apparently crappy race = [Read More]
Homecoming
When I hear the music in the video above, like a Pavlovian dog I think of one thing. No not Milkbones, I think of, well Michigan. Specifically a marathon there that will always hold a special place in my heart. If you’ve hung around here for any length of time, you know Grand Rapids was [Read More]
Take It and Run Thursday: Nobel Prize in Running
This week’s question comes from Chelsea of Early Runner.She asks: You’re on the selection Committee for the Nobel Prize for Running. Who would you nominate for the winner and why? Who deserves to be recognized for enriching and advancing the running experience of others? This is a toughy. Coming off of a very exciting NYC [Read More]
