1. Trader Joe’s Organic Greens. Typically I’m not a fan of bagged lettuces but, since I didn’t grow any in the garden this year, I can’t resist this. It’s a mix of baby kale, spinach and chard. All tiny and tender and delicious. I use it on sandwiches, salads, as a bed for other veggies, in [Read More]
Archives for 2012
A Sock’s Life
The Caveman dumped an armload of old socks in the trash the other day. Ever the copycat, I too was motivated to cull my own sock drawer. Alas there was no ‘armload’ going out from my stash. There was an evolution of running socks in my drawer: Wrightsock, Thorlo Experia, Injinji, Balega plus many other [Read More]
I “Found” a Week!
Last month’s tensor fascia fiasco threw me off my training plan. Wait, was I even on one? I was doing a loosey goosey interpretation of Run Less Run Faster called Run Next to Nothing at Whatever Pace You Feel Like Because it’s Blazing Hot. Since that fateful day in August when my first 20 miler [Read More]
Pretty Muddy Race Report
I’d never done a mud run before. Slivers, ankle sprains, broken arms and singed eyebrows come to mind. Then there’s all that mud… When I was invited to run the Pretty Muddy 5k in Chicago, I reconsidered. It’s definitely out of my comfort zone. But it promised kinder, gentler obstacles, an untimed course and an [Read More]
Marathons and Mud. With Yoga in Between.
Marathon Mania: The excitement is building in Chi-Town! With The Chicago Marathon little more than 3 weeks away many of you will be doing your final long run before kicking off the taper this weekend. CARA’s Ready to Run 20-miler along the lakefront on Sunday is sponsored by Newton this year (huge WOOT for Newton [Read More]
Getting Organized
Fall has a unique way of making me want to clean/organize/declutter/fashion useless things from pine cones. Ok I WANT to do the latter but glue guns and I don’t mix so there’s no pine cone thing. I cleaned out the fridge yesterday. I even REMOVED the shelves and scrubbed them. There was a reaping in [Read More]
Are You A Squeaky Wheel?
Typically I’m pretty even keeled. At least I think I am. Running has a lot to do with that. I don’t go off unless there’s a really good reason. The time the school bus driver blew past our stop and took Thing 2, then a kindergartner on a 90-minute tour of suburbia was one of [Read More]
Yoga For Runners and Injury Update
It was a fabulous, fallish weekend here in the Chi-town boonies with excellent running and racing weather. It’s amazing the difference 20+ degrees makes. I felt like a new woman. My cranky hip cooperated for a 13.25 mile run. That was a huge confidence builder for the RnR Denver on 9/22. As far as marathon [Read More]
Foodie Friday: Cucumber Edition
It’s ‘attack of the killer cucumbers’ in our garden these days. I’ve been looking for a way to use them beyond sandwiches or as crudities. My grandmother used to make a cucumber salad that was so good. Sadly she is gone and so is the recipe. I found a similar recipe by Ellie Krieger that [Read More]
My Yoga Story and Giveaway Fun
I first tried yoga when I was 19 years old. I was a dancer/figure skater through high school and hoped to maintain some of the flexibility into my college years and beyond. So I signed up for a weekly class at the local YMCA. Because it was held on the top floor of a high [Read More]
