Our Tuesdays on the Run topic this week is Oldies but Goodies: Running Gear you’d buy all over again. Did someone say running gear? As runners, we love our gear, am I right? Whoever said running was an inexpensive sport needs to think again because there are plenty of opportunities to get carried away. Because [Read More]
Workouts this Week: Still On the Fence
Here’s how the week in workouts went: Monday: Rest Tuesday: 2 mile run as part of HIIT intervals Wednesday: Yoga and Swim Thursday: Ran 5 miles Friday: Strength and Swim Saturday: Run 7 miles Sunday: Killer Strength It was another single parenting week. Relative to last year when the Caveman spent the month of January [Read More]
Easy Ways to Detox Your Health & Beauty Routine
As health and fitness-minded people, we tend to spend lots of time focusing on the kinds of exercise we do and the quality of the foods we put into our bodies. But how much do we think about what we put ON our bodies, in terms of health & beauty products? Do we have any [Read More]
Weightloss Week 2: Where’s My Groove?
Two weeks have passed since I started Operation drop 10 lbs (#OpDrop10). In order to hold my feet to the proverbial fire, I’m checking in here every Wednesday until this mission is accomplished. So let’s get to this past week. I’ve stuck with the plan. Chalk it up to persistence. What went well: I’ve been [Read More]
Best Race Expo Finds
This week on Tuesdays on the Run it’s all about the stuff we find at race expos. Have you found some really cute things? Scored some deals? Run into running/blog friends? Tell us! If the expo is large enough, inevitably I’ll find a thing or 6 to buy. I usually buy an “official” race shirt [Read More]
Running and Skating and Freezing
Here’s the week in workouts: Monday: Plyo intervals Tuesday: Run 4 miles Wednesday: Strength/Yoga Thursday: Run 5 miles Friday: Rest Saturday: Run 10 miles Sunday: Strength/Swim It was high school finals week here. Tension ran high. Mom’s taxi service ran overtime with the unusual schedule. I was so proud of the way the week went. [Read More]
Essential Gear for Winter Running
Truth be told, I enjoy my winter running. It’s cool, ok cold here in Northern Illinois. But so peaceful and beautiful when a layer of snow insulates me from the rest of the world. The snow sparkles when the sun hits it just the right way. Yeah, maybe it gets uncomfy when the wind is [Read More]
Weightloss Week 1: Fail to Plan
Week 1 of operation drop 10 lbs. is in the books. To hold my feet to the fire and keep me accountable, I’ll be logging my progress, or lack thereof, here every week. Despite my best intentions…mostly…the week ended up mediocre at best. Mostly because I failed to plan sufficiently. Like most, I started out [Read More]
I had a dream. A weird one.
This week’s Tuesdays on the Run topic is Dreams. You know, the ones you have at night about running or a big race. Maybe you overslept and got to the starting line late or forgot something crucial, like oh I don’t know, your shoes or race bib. This is the time to tell us about [Read More]
Quick. I Need a Race
Monday: Rest Tuesday: 6 Trail miles Wednesday: 5 miles Thursday: Strength + Swim Friday: Run 10 miles Saturday: Strength/core Sunday: Rest Could the landscape be more grey? It was another one of those super gray, foggy, but mild weeks that seems to be this season’s theme. Kids went back to school. It was time. Although it’s [Read More]
