Ok, ok you twisted my arm…here’s the hot yoga top I am so fond of, in all it’s glory. If you told me a year ago I’d be putting pics of myself in yoga tops on the internet I’d have thought you were batty. But clearly it is I who has the batty market cornered. [Read More]
Weekend Downs and Ups
100 Pushup Challenge: After hemming and hawing for 4 days after completing Week 6, column 3, I finally got up the nerve to try for the whole 100. Well I didn’t get past 77. Can’t say I’m surprised as my incremental improvement has been slow going (my baseline max was 57 so only 20 more [Read More]
Foggy Memories
I pulled out the old Fuel Belt for today’s 12 miler, only the second time since the marathon that I’ve ventured beyond 10. As I opened the zipper, Qu’est-ce que c’est? It was kind of like changing purses and finding left-behind artifacts from a bygone time: 3 Clif gels: 2 mochas and a vanilla They were [Read More]
Whole Foods Diet: The Rematch
This is day 5 of my revisited sugar-free/whole foods diet initiative. It would be sooooo easy to just give it up until the new year….but I will keep fighting to get this train back on track. Some of you have asked me for more details on this so-called diet so here goes: Where can I [Read More]
Coldest: What Do I Wear Now?
With our recent cold snap I’m needing to post this sooner than I thought!I already showed you what I wear when it’s colder, ie: 20’s.Here’s what I run in when it’s COLDEST ie: in the teens or below.Not even I get out for long in sub zero temps. Base layer, like before, except I go [Read More]
Weekend Recap
The GoodWe found a new babysitter the kids love! Maybe now we’ll get out more than once a decade…then again maybe not.I took Thing 2 to a birthday party at the Build-A-Bear Workshop, Fifteen 4 year olds + assorted bears in various stages of creation = cuteness overload.Modern Caveman took Thing 1 ice skating. Apparently what [Read More]
Brrrrrrrr It’s Cold! What to Wear?
This morning when I got out for my12 miler it was 26 degrees. Not horrendously chilly, but windy enough to make this not-yet-acclimated-to-the-cold runner pause. I opted for a snug fitting base layer made of technical fabric to wick sweat away from the skin. The last thing I want is something loose that allows icy [Read More]
Weekend Crazies
Modern Caveman has his holiday party tomorrow. I miraculously found something to wear weeks ago but the mani/pedi need to happen today. Problem: What to do with Fugly Betty toenail?The blood blisters that encompassed her post-marathon are long gone but she’s still hanging on, black/purple and nasty as ever. But I can’t risk losing her entirely at [Read More]
Caught Napping
Yesterday’s run almost didn’t happen because I overslept….again. I was dreaming about doing a triathlon, not sure I was actually participating…I think I was a spectator. Of course it was the swim leg (the most terrifying to this notorious dog paddler). The swimmers were circling the block of a neighborhood near where I grew up. Whatever [Read More]
Turkey Trot 5k Race Report
I’ve been whining for years that there are no Turkey Trots that are close enough for me to run and make it back in time for Thanksgiving prep, etc. That all changed this year. This race was maybe a 3 minute drive from Casa Teamarcia–what’s not to like? I’d originally planned on sandwiching the 5k with a 2 [Read More]
