Vacation, racecation. Give me a vacation with a race in it and I’m one happy runner! Last time I looked, the Berlin Marathon was sneaking up in less than a month. Yes, it’s freakout time. Here are my racecation travel essentials Inflatable Neck Pillow. Since we’re heading overseas, the flight is long. I’m bringing my [Read More]
Building Back After Posterior-Tibial Tendon Injury
It was a good week on the comeback trail. While my long run is nowhere near where it “should” be at this point in the Berlin marathon training cycle, I’m cautiously encouraged that I’ve been able to run completely pain-free now for 2 weeks and built my long run back up to 10 miles. Monday: [Read More]
Fire Crotch and Frostbite: August Runfessions
I swear these months tick away so quickly I’d better start planning New Year’s festivities. No? Ok well then how about we open up the runfessional for some soul/sole baring? Sounds good, right? Let’s do this: I’ve never been much of a chafer while running. Lucky me, right? I runfess my luck ran out during [Read More]
The Best Ways to Optimize Post-Workout Recovery
Many of us are in the peak weeks of training for fall races. During those peak weeks we put incredibly high demands on our bodies. Because physical training is a process of repeatedly tearing down muscle tissue and building it back stronger as we adapt to the training load, attention to recovery is absolutely [Read More]
The Comeback Trail: Third Time’s a Charm
T’was a chaotic week. The kids went back to school so summer is unoffically over. I’ve been dealing with this post.-tib. tendon injury for 2.5 weeks now and seeing Dr. Miracle (not his real name, but it should be) on the regular. This week I was permitted to very gradually ease into terrestrial running. I [Read More]
5 Reasons to Love Trail Running
Ahhh trails. I love to take my marathon training to shady trails on summer days when the heat and humidity are unbearable. The beauty and solitude of trails in autumn with the crunch of leaves and brilliant foliage is simply unparalleled. Honestly any day I get to head off and hit the trails is a [Read More]
Injury Update and Some Goodness Too
I really thought this injury was going to be a minor one. After a week or so of rest I thought I might be able to get back to running the tiniest bit. Not super far but possibly a mile or 3. Last week I thought I’d give the ole tendon a test run. If [Read More]
Join Me For a Sparkling Detox + Giveaway!
Who’s Ready to Sparkle? It’s been a hot, wet summer here but lately? There’s been a tinge of fall in the air. Of course I’ll hang onto summer as long as I can but I’d be lying if I said the cool crisp days of fall and colorful foliage didn’t hold some appeal. Special thanks [Read More]
5 Stages of Injury Acceptance
It was a week of “lasts”. The last week without back-to-school related obligations (ie: orientation, locker setup, etc). It was also the last week (well, half of a week) where I didn’t have an injury to contend with. Go here for injury details, I don’t feel like rehashing that story. Here’s how the workout week [Read More]
Coffee Please But Hold the Flood Water
If we were having coffee, of course I’d use one of my new mugs acquired on our summer vacation. I’d invite you to kick back in my summer sanctuary (that’s code for the deck) and we’d catch up. I’d tell you that the basement flood really threw us for a loop. While plenty was damaged [Read More]
