RIP FishyYou may remember last November we got a fish. It was Thing 1’s first. Her pride and joy. I could tell Fishy was slowing down these past few days. Thing 1 was beyond devastated when she realized Fishy was perched among the fake sea grass kind of “permanently” so to speak. Thing 2 couldn’t [Read More]
Archives for 2010
Training Recap
4 Weeks To Boston!Week 12 Boston Training is Complete: 37 miles Wow time is flying! And finally a training week with some mileage I could sink my feet into.Here’s how it went: Monday: 3 mile recovery run, Yoga, 100 core moves Tuesday: KettleWorx Core DVD and Arms/Shoulders DVD Wednesday: Ran 6 miles with 6x400m intervals, 100 core moves [Read More]
Boston or Bust
After laying eyes on a dismal weekend forecast, I pushed the envelope and attempted to sneak my 20-miler in yesterday while Thing 2 was at preschool. It was WARM and SUNNY to the point that I’m now sporting a sock tan line!I felt great thru 10 miles, and my pace was better than last weekend’s [Read More]
30 Days…
10 days have passed since I and lots of my friends boarded the “ark” bound for a goal achieved! That means 30 more days folks! One quick MONTH!!! How’s everybody doing?Jamoosh is on the express route to healing and is throwing in some creative corework too Anne Marie is moving toward a great performance at the Lavaman [Read More]
Three Things
Pressing My Luck Despite Dr. Miracle Worker’s ban from speedwork and hills, I pushed the proverbial envelope and defied his orders yesterday. It was such a nice day–temps in the 50’s sunny, mild breeze, how could I not press the pace, even a little? I’m so far off my FIRST plan I knew just cracking [Read More]
Happy St. Patty’s Day Giveaway!
You all probably know by now that I like me a good running skirt now and again…and again. I’ve lusted after the cheetah from Runningskirts for eons. But when I saw that they are donating the proceeds from their orange (Chelsea) skirt to Chelsea’s Light Foundation I knew I had to get one. Plus those of [Read More]
Own Your Awesomeness
It was a rough weekend weather wise. Many of you raced: some did beautifully, some overcame illness, others fought injuries, some were disappointed by race cancellation. Maybe you didn’t race at all. Whatever you did though, stop, reflect on it and OWN IT. I pushed through a 15 miler. Yes the weather was tough and [Read More]
Weekend and Training Recap
Week 10 of Boston training is complete: 32 miles I’m so tired with all the crappy weather and the time change. Can’t we have one more weekend day? Just one? Here’s how it went:Monday Yoga Tuesday SRD still avoiding the chlorine vapors so no pool intervals for me Wednesday 7 mile run, 30 mins on [Read More]
KettleWorx Winner!
Thanks to all who entered my KettleWorx giveaway!I learned a lot about corework by reading your responses:Yoga is popularSo is P90XLots of you rely on classics like sit ups, crunches and planksOne of you mentioned the dreaded stomach wheel, ouchie!I also heard about Russian twists, didn’t I see those at the bakery yesterday?There’s also a [Read More]
Finally, Bachelor #3!
What a drawn out and nasty little game this has turned out to be.In case you missed it, the whole sordid affair began with Bachelor #1, which put my sorry cheating achilles on injured reserve for 4 weeks smack dab in the middle of Boston training. Impeccable timing, not. Needless to say I sent him [Read More]