North Shore Half Marathon With the wild weather we’ve had lately, we lucked out: mid-50’s, clear, low humidity, wind not an issue. I got to the race a tad later than I wanted and paid for that in time spent trolling for parking. By the time I found a spot, the porta potty lines were [Read More]
Confession Friday: Natural Remedies for Ants
1. I have a half marathon this weekend with a mongo hill in it and I’ve done zippo in the hill training department. Not even gonna try to make any excuses. This is NOT a goal race though. Just a training run. 2. Since marathon training started, I’ve dropped my brick workouts like a hot [Read More]
As the Compost Turns
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago Thing 1 was doing container composting with her Girl Scout Troop. First we got a 20-gallon container with a lid that snaps shut VERY tightly. Air holes were poked in the top. We started off with shredded newspaper on the bottom topped with kitchen scraps. The more finely [Read More]
Depleted Not Defeated: 5k Race Report
Chalk this one up as a character builder. With the way I’ve been running lately, I must be quite the character by now. I hadn’t mentioned it last week, because who really cares that Thing 2 gifted me with a special little flu strain? The fever, chills and body aches subsided after a couple of [Read More]
8 Ways to Keep Your Running Fresh
When I started running longer distances, it was all so exciting and fresh. I didn’t dare miss or skimp on a workout, the distances and paces were new and exciting, every race was an adventure and the PR’s were plentiful. As time went on, the PRs were harder to come by, I could execute the workouts [Read More]
Refreshing Fruit Salsa
Here’s a super easy and healthy fruit salsa that’s perfect for Memorial Day picnics! MAYhem is still young and I’ve already brought this salsa to two parties. It’s packed with fruits and veggies, my picky mcpickerson kids love it, and best of all, Thing 2 loves to help me prepare it! Fruit Salsa Makes 12 [Read More]
Weightloss Wednesday
Can you believe I’ve been doing this Veggie-Centric diet for 9 Weeks? The weekly weightloss might be small but it all adds up: Week 1: -2 Week 2: No weigh-in due to vacay Week 3: -2 Week 4: 0 Week 5: -1 Week 6: +2 Week 7:-1 Week 8: -1 Week 9: -1 Total: -6 1 lb. to go to get to Boston [Read More]
Who Moved My Finish Line? 5k Race Report
As I headed to the race it was still darkish, although it shouldn’t have been. But as usual, rain was threatening. Mid-40 temps, strong winds, the usual suspects around here lately. I parked in a church lot and ran a brief warmup over to the school for the start. Commence drizzle. I deliberated on whether [Read More]
5 Fun Things About Mom
1. In grade school my friends called my mom ‘cool Char’. They’d call her up on Friday nights and tell her to bring ‘the big car’ so all of us could pack into it for a ride to the ice rink. 2. The ‘big car’ was a bile-green metallic Buick station wagon circa 1970-something. We called it The [Read More]
Windy Half Marathon Race Report
I woke at 5am to temps in the low 60’s. Was this gonna be yet another hot race? I exchanged my long sleeve top and tights for a tank with Zensah sleeves and capris, all in stealth black with a cheetah headband. As I drove to the race I could hear the wind. Great. This [Read More]
