Look Who’s Running Now?Yep it’s none other than 30-Minute Meal maven Rachel Ray! And she’s down 2 dress sizes as a result! Welcome to the awesome world of running Rachel–and be sure to look me up when you’re in Chi-Town! PTSD= Pre-Thanksgiving Stress DisorderI’m having Thanksgiving this year. Don’t get me wrong I love to [Read More]
Thinking vs. Feeling
As a fairly very Type A runner, during training cycles I find myself scheduling the pace of each mile, the buildup, the taper, seemingly every inhale, morsel of food and so on. As a runner currently NOT in the throes of a training cycle (WOOT!) I’ve made a concerted effort to NOT schedule every footfall. I [Read More]
Our New Addition
Last weekend, I hopped out of our car, (the beloved Estrogen Express) and popped into a craft store in search of some bling for Thing 2 to decorate her feather for the preschool turkey. Hubby and the kids drove down to the pet store for some fun of their own. Nextdoor is a Bath and [Read More]
Take It and Run Thursday: Unconventional Races
This week’s question comes from Kate at 00Kate. She asks:What’s the most unconventional race you’ve ever run? Have you run a race like North Carolina’s “Take Pride in your Hide” naked race? Does your local running group have “prediction runs” where everyone guesses their finish time, and the winner is the person who has the closest [Read More]
What Gives?
You all know I’ve been brutalizing challenging my body with CrossFit/P90X…and that I’m 2+ weeks into a whole foods diet initiative…and that running has taken a back seat until the end of the year when Boston training ramps up.I’ve been yammering on about my buttular state of emergency, how sugar-deprived I am, and so on.Fast forward to last weekend:Friday: I did [Read More]
Some Weekend This and That
The Slam Heard Throughout the Running World. The 2010 Boston Marathon reached it’s capacity yesterday, MONTHS before it closed last year, shutting out countless hopefuls who have yet to qualify at their fall/winter marathons. My heart goes out to all who didn’t get in this year. Here’s to 2011. 11 Years Ago Today I was a [Read More]
Vitamin D Follow Up
I got my vitamin D test results back the other day. In my case D is for Deficient. My level (25) fell far below optimum (65). Troubling, since I’ve been supplementing for quite some time now. I can’t help but wonder if I have a vitamin D absorption problem? I guess these are issues I [Read More]
Take It and Run Thursday: My Favorite Race
This week’s question comes from Joanna of Morning Runner. She asks:What is your favorite race? Do you live for the marathons or crave a 5k? Would you rather race in the morning, afternoon, or at night? Do you like big races with tons of people and encouraging crowds or do you prefer the smaller hometown [Read More]
Now About that Diet…
Um yeah the D word. After laying out my “off season” workout plan I said something about new eating discipline didn’t I? Let’s just say, for me the time between Halloween and New Year’s is a veritable mine field of bad eating potential. I’ve been known to pack on up to 10 “festivity” pounds in years past. Typically, I [Read More]
Moving On
So now what? If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me this in the last few weeks…Post marathon recovery aches and pains. Check. Not bad at all this time.Post marathon head cold. Check. Glad to have this out of the way.Register for Boston. Check. Now if only securing a hotel were as easy.Register [Read More]
