Our Tuesdays on the Run topic this week is all about CHANGE. Do you feel like you’ve changed since you became a runner? I certainly do! Running changed me in so many ways since I started pounding the pavement back in my mid-30s. Here are five of the most significant ways running changed me. [Read More]
Trail Running Essentials
With our recent onslaught of triple-digit heat, I’ve been frequenting shady running trails more than usual. Trail running has so many benefits, read about them here. for mind and body and spirit, they should be part of every runner’s plan. Here are some of my favorite trail running essentials. This post contains affiliate links. Trail [Read More]
Runner’s Luck? Or Hard Work?
It’s St. Patty’s Day week and the Tuesdays on the Run Linkup is all about feeling lucky. Have you been lucky in your running life? Do you make your own luck? Feel lucky to be a runner? Or has your luck run out? Tell us all about it! I have to agree with good old [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]
Fall Racing With a Side of Guilt
Even though it doesn’t quite feel like it, fall will blow into town officially in just a few days. While I’ll be the first to proclaim fall as the finest of the seasons, I don’t particularly care for the long, dark winter months that follow hot on it’s heels. Our Tuesdays On the Run Linkup [Read More]
How Will Your Running Change This Fall?
This week our Tuesdays’s On the Run Linkup begs the question: How will your training change this fall? There will definitely be some running changes here. In less than 3 weeks, I’ll no longer be training for a marathon. Gone will be those arduous 15+ mile long runs. In their place will be half marathon [Read More]
Racecation Travel Essentials
Vacation, racecation. Give me a vacation with a race in it and I’m one happy runner! Last time I looked, the Berlin Marathon was sneaking up in less than a month. Yes, it’s freakout time. Here are my racecation travel essentials Inflatable Neck Pillow. Since we’re heading overseas, the flight is long. I’m bringing my [Read More]
Running Gear That Does So Much More
Running gear: We love it. I know I sure do. Neon colors, super wicking, thumbholes, insulated, reflective. These are all words used to describe some of my favorite things. But running gear isn’t just for running anymore. Can you think of things you bought for running that you ended up using for much more? Waist [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]