I mentioned awhile back we joined a new uber gym. They had us at the pool with its full complement of water slides, zero depth area and snack bar. Hello summer! Once I overcame my intimidation and studied a map sufficiently to navigate my way around the 3-story uber gym complex complete with platoons [Read More]
Show Me Your Race Medals
Marlene showed us her race medals this morning and asked to see ours in return. Although I’ve been meaning to erect a shrine in our workout room, somehow that hasn’t quite happened yet, and my bling resides in a humble cardboard box. For your viewing pleasure: There are 5 marathon medals and 6 1/2 marathon [Read More]
Blame It On The Cake
Week 2 of Chicago Marathon training is incomplete!Total mileage: 46 Monday: SRD Tuesday: 7 miles tempo run from heaven. Running is a different animal when the temps cool a bit. Pace goal was 8:46, actual pace: 8:25. Boo ya! Wednesday: Crossfit class. Buttular fatigue code orange. Thursday: 6 miles. 800m intervals. Very tired legs compliments [Read More]
Lemon-Berry-Chia Shortcakes
Here’s a great summer treat I made when my dad was over the other day. It’s perfect for 4th of July. Lemon-Berry-Chia Shortcakes Makes 8 2C All-purpose flour 1/4C Packed light brown sugar 1-1/2T Chia seeds (poppy seeds work too) 1T Baking powder 1/2t Salt 1 Stick chilled butter, cut in 1/4″ cubes 3/4C Whipping [Read More]
Training Recap
Week 1 of Chicago Marathon Training is complete! Miles: 45Here’s how it shook out: Monday: Was all gung-ho and traded an SRD for a Cross-Fit class at our new gym (more on that later). Holy Wonder Woman that was tough. Like am I-gonna-toss-my cookies? tough. I know I’ve just cooked my goose for tomorrow’s run and [Read More]
Run for Cover!
Today’s long run was a little too…um…electrifying for my taste. We’ve been experiencing extreme heat, humidity and thunderstorms du jour here in the Midwest lately and no surprise, more of the same was forecast for today. I watched the forecast closely and plotted a window of time to sneak in 13 miles before the skies [Read More]
Once Upon a Strawberry
9 years ago today I had been lying in the hospital for 3 days, awaiting the birth of my daughter, fondly known around here as Thing 1. My due date was still 2 weeks off when The Caveman and I went to our town’s Strawberry Fest. It was sweltering hot that day and parking was [Read More]
Three Things Thursday
1. I Run Like a Girl is generously donating 10% of order proceeds to the Lupus Foundation when you type KADENS in the promo/coupon area. Visit the iRLAG website now. Go ahead, I’ll wait. Great stuff huh? Don’t hold back, order up. It’s all for a great cause. After you order, come back and tell me [Read More]
Weekend Rewind
Happy summer solstice! Summer in Teamarcialand kicks off birthday season. 9 of the 11 grandkids in the family as well as Modern Caveman all have summer birthdays. That means I pretty much cook, shop and party myself silly. This weekend was typical. Saturday brought a combo party for my brother’s 3 kiddos.I had my dad, [Read More]
13.1 Chicago Race Report
I mentioned in an earlier post what a challenge this one was to get to from Casa Teamarcia in the boonies. Modern Caveman came through with a downtown hotel reservation but it still made for an uber early race day as we had to taxi over to the shuttle bus for a 5:15a departure. Before [Read More]
