Who doesn’t love some rocknroll? I played classical violin for 8 years and I still love to rock. That’s why I’m Making a Band and running ALL the RocknRoll virtual races: Medals. Lots of them. This is a whole series. Run one, or run them all and score sweet bonus swag. You’re competing against you. [Read More]
Running and Skating and Freezing
Here’s the week in workouts: Monday: Plyo intervals Tuesday: Run 4 miles Wednesday: Strength/Yoga Thursday: Run 5 miles Friday: Rest Saturday: Run 10 miles Sunday: Strength/Swim It was high school finals week here. Tension ran high. Mom’s taxi service ran overtime with the unusual schedule. I was so proud of the way the week went. [Read More]
5 Ways to Rock Your Treadmill Workouts
It’s gorgeous here, but these glory days of Indian Summer will be in the rear view mirror and things will be, shall we say, more seasonal very soon. Read dig out the fleece socks and crank up the heat. Living in the Midwest, I’m used to harsh winters but the polar vortices we’ve experienced the [Read More]
Hump Day Randoms and a Winner
Ice Shows. Ice show weekend is in the books for another year. They were exhausting and spectacular at the same time. The girls did amazing. Thing 1 is at the age where she’s learning to manage her nerves while Thing 2 is still quite unaffected by the whole thing. Now on to competition this weekend. Even [Read More]
What’s Happening
Mother’s Day Virtual 5k. I know, I know I told you I wasn’t racing this weekend. I looked forward to a down week after traipsing around the Midwest for a race (or 3) every single weekend since April 4. Turns out a certain little piglet got bit by the racing bug at Flying Pig and [Read More]
Weekend Rewind
Finally, finally finally it’s starting to slowly warm up! School ended and in the blink of an eye, um…this happened: Thing 1 went from 6th grade finisher, to jetting off…by herself…to SC to spend time with her grandparents. Breathe in. Breathe out. Saying goodbye was tough. Time flies. For now we’re a single-child household. Thing [Read More]
Virtual Race Report
Last week I helped Toni celebrate her 34th birthday and 1st blogiversary by participating in her 3.5 mile virtual run. Although Chi-town has been eerily deficient in the snow department this year, our first ‘major’ storm of the season was just getting underway when I set out. The snow came fast, with a furious wind. [Read More]
Virtual Race Festivities
On Christmas Eve, I ran not one, but two virtual races: and the Home for the Holidays 10k. It was good to be back home in the tundra after sweating my coconuts off in Key West… …ok sort of…not really. I wore some of my favorite things, doing my best to channel the Sugar Plum [Read More]
Lupus Virtual Race Wrap-Up and Winners!
Thank you to all who’ve overwhelmed me with your generosity: And to the many awesome companies who donated prizes: Thanks to youI raised more than QUADRUPLE the funds for the Lupus Foundation than was required!I surpassed my pie in the sky goal as well!As a team, the 2010 Lupus Charity Runners set a BIG fundraising [Read More]
