First let’s close out April. A week late is better than never, right? Run: 80 miles. I could’ve sworn I ran more than this. It sure felt like it. Maybe my accounting is off. Bike: 57 miles. Yay! Swims: 2. Pretty pathetic. Heavy Lifting Sessions: 2. Meh. Races: 3: Lincoln Presidential Half Eggshell Shuffle Loop [Read More]
Discovering Essential Oils and a Giveaway
I’ve dabbled with essential oils for years. Mostly spritzing lavender on pillows to soothe and encourage the sleep process for cranky babies and cavemen. I also picked up some grapefruit oil, simply because I found the scent pleasant and energizing. Recently, while I was amping up mileage for the Flying Pig 3-way, my coach suggested [Read More]
Flying Pig 3-Way Part II: Half Marathon Day
If you’re just joining us, look here for the 5k and 10k action that preceeded this half. I woke Sunday morning in the wee hours to loud voices in our hotel hallway. A prom the night before apparently partied on in the hallway. At 3am. Ugh. I never got fully back to sleep, so at [Read More]
Flying Pig 3-Way Challenge
The Skyline Chili 3-Way Challenge and Flying Pig weekend are in the history books and I lived to tell about it. Let me back up and say this was not my idea. Thing 2 is obsessed with all things pig and has begged me to do this race for years. Finally I acquiesced. When I [Read More]
Foodie Friday Recipes
While I’m off taking on the insanity that is the Flying Pig 3-way, I’ll leave you with some recipes I’ve been loving lately. The first is a delicious twist on quinoa. I used red quinoa here but any kind is fine: 1/2C Cooked Quinoa 2C Broccoli, steamed and chopped 2 Slices bacon, cooked and diced [Read More]
Stuff I Love: Racing Edition
I know I’ve been harping on the Flying Pig weekend thing for like forever. I’m finally leaving…well tomorrow I am. I’m packing…sort of…well the Garmin isn’t charged and I don’t know what I’m wearing yet…but here’s some stuff I KNOW I’m bringing: Car Snacks. Um yeah, it’s a 6-hour drive each way. What? A complimentary [Read More]
Midweek Musings
Gas Explosion Update: I mentioned we live less than half a mile from a house that exploded due to a gas leak. Many of you asked about injuries. I am not terribly religious, but by the grace of God, there were no fatalities or serious injuries. Amazing. Besides the massive devastation to the homes surrounding [Read More]
A Kinder, Gentler Giveaway
I have mixed feelings about bathroom scales. I go in spurts where I’ll weigh in everyday for awhile, then ignore the scale entirely. Most of the winter I’ve fallen into the latter category. You’ve probably heard me moaning about how I look in recent race photos. While I think I’ve got plenty of movement in [Read More]
Race Report: The One w/a Dogfight to the Finish
I entertained blowing this one off. It was a crazy night. A house not a half mile down the road was leveled by a gas explosion, taking 6 other homes with it. 20 houses on fire in all. The loudest, scariest sound I’ve ever heard in my life. It took me hours to settle down [Read More]
Foodie Friday and Giveaway Winner
In the old days I often spent my afternoons with a bag of chocolate chips. These days you’re more likely to find me with veggies and hummus. When I saw soy oil (no bueno for thyroid issues) on the label of the hummus I was buying at the grocery store, I knew the time had [Read More]
