RocknRoll Chicago weekend is here and gone. Oh how summer flies. Despite some commuting challenges, it did not disappoint in the fun department. This was my 4th time taking part in the event, this year proudly part of the RocknBlog team. I made the trek down to the expo Friday with the kids in tow. [Read More]
Espirit de She Triathlon Race Report
This was my second time doing the Espirit de She sprint triathlon. Read last year’s adventure here. I am an Espirit de She Race Series Ambassador and Founding Finisher since 2013. After a steamy 100-degree the day before, tri day dawned cooler and clear, albeit on the windy side. I was up and restless 30 [Read More]
Run10Feed10 Race Report
On Saturday I ran the Women’s Health Run10Feed10 10k in Chicago. For every person that runs this 10k, 10 hungry people in the community are fed. Great cause, yes? I thought so and was honored to be an Ambassador for this race. Goals for the race? Racing soon after a marathon is tricky. I knew [Read More]
Race Report: Espirit de She Triathlon
My goal for the first half of this year was to learn to swim well enough to complete a triathlon. If you know me, that’s a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal) as water and I don’t usually mix. I’ve yapped on and on about my struggles with swimming, Masters Swim, open water swim, you name [Read More]
Chevy Chase 5k Race Report
I raced the Chevy Chase 5k yesterday. It was done in a ‘chase’ format, which was completely foreign to me: We lined up based on a projected finish time submitted at registration and started ONE BY ONE, at 5 or 10 second intervals, can’t remember which and wasn’t paying attention. Weird, yes? We lined up [Read More]
Race Report: Carlsbad Half Marathon
Wow what a weekend! It almost didn’t happen for me since my plane was cancelled on Friday due to what else? Snow.But I did get out on Saturday so I was late to the party but better late than never right? It was 15 degrees in Chi-town when I left and we were delayed considerably [Read More]
Race Report: 5k Turkey Puke, I Mean Trot
With no speedwork to speak of since July, I went into this race about as untrained as I’ve ever been in a long time.Coming off the hip injury, my goal for this race was to run a strong(ish) tempo pace and use that to calculate training paces for Carlsbad. Um, you’d be correct if you [Read More]
Race Report: Just Book It! 5k
I was so excited to run this inaugural race–finally a chance to meet more local bloggers! The race was fairly close by and started at 8 so I took my time getting up and out. Goal: Stay away from the Garmin and just see what I can do. My speed and tempo work over the past [Read More]
Race Report: North Shore Half Marathon
North Shore Half Marathon With the wild weather we’ve had lately, we lucked out: mid-50’s, clear, low humidity, wind not an issue. I got to the race a tad later than I wanted and paid for that in time spent trolling for parking. By the time I found a spot, the porta potty lines were [Read More]
