Do you have a race high in the mountains on your bucket list? Running at altitude is a fantastic experience and training at altitude has many benefits. Here are some things to consider before you go to make your experience a positive one: 1. You can’t train at altitude if you live at sea level [Read More]
Archives for 2013
Insomniac’s 3 Things
1. I got up at 2:50 am and never really went back to sleep. The room was too hot, the dogs started bugging me at 3 and again a 4. I got up at 4:30. I still haven’t run. I’m leaning toward saving it for tomorrow when it’s supposed to be way cooler. 2. You [Read More]
Me? Territorial?
You know this summer has been sparse for me running wise. Sparse running = little to no running fuel usage. My peanut butter and salted caramel GUs have sat forlornly awaiting my return to distance running….or so I thought. Tired of being the last runner on the face of the earth who hasn’t yet tried [Read More]
LG Heritage 5k Race Report
This is my hometown race. I’ve run it many times. I couldn’t pass up the beauty that is a local race with free parking, good swag, pancakes and lots of friends. The concern going into this race: My heart, of course. Am I a loon for ‘racing’ before we have a definitive answer as to [Read More]
Not What I Wanted to Hear
At last the doc called with my holter monitor results. I swear an 8pm call from a doctor is never good news is it? Heart rate ranged from 50 to 170 BPM. How’s that for a nice range? Atrial action was fine. But the ventricular action was a little, for lack of a more technical [Read More]
Yikes, September Already?
I am back (alive!) from our weekend with the in-laws. But how can it be September already? Maybe because August was filled with our Alaska trip and all kinds of back to school scrambling? And let’s not forget my laundry list of health issues, cough rotator cuff cough heart cough, thyroid, cough cough, adrenal fatigue, [Read More]
August Loving, Not Loving
Yikes August is slipping away and I haven’t done this month’s installment of loving/not loving. Loving: I finally got my holter monitor experience over with. It was a PIA walking around (and running) with all those wires sticking to me but it’s over. Not loving: I won’t get any results for an entire week. Geez. [Read More]
Souvenirs and Runners Who Love Them
Let’s talk souvies: You know, the stuff we drag home from vacation…and since we’re mostly runners here, let’s include the stuff we get at race expos as well. I posed this question on the MHS Facebook page and most of the responses included an apparel item of some sort. Me? I did snag 2 shirts on [Read More]
Week in Review
Kids went back to school! It seems early, cuz it IS early, and of course now we have our summer’s hottest weather. Trust me it’s better for everybody this way. Mama can hang at the pool by herself. No news, is well, no news: Still no answers on the heart issue. The referral for my [Read More]
A Techy Day in the Life
I’ll be the first to admit I am no tech whiz. You probably knew that already. My first ‘exposure’ to technology (aka cell phones, email, etc.) was when we lived overseas. Cell phones were way more prevalent in Europe in the late 1990’s than they were in the US at that time. It was then [Read More]
