This week’s question comes from Chelsea of Early Runner.She asks: You’re on the selection Committee for the Nobel Prize for Running. Who would you nominate for the winner and why? Who deserves to be recognized for enriching and advancing the running experience of others? This is a toughy. Coming off of a very exciting NYC [Read More]
The A-B-C’s of Vitamin D
With daylight hours fading to a precious minimum these days now’s a good time to think about Vitamin D, the “sunshine vitamin”. Did you know that 40-60% of the US population is vitamin D deficient? Vitamin D is the only vitamin the body manufactures from sunlight (UVB). But the level of vitamin D found in our [Read More]
Win It!
Since November is the month of Thanksgiving and to celebrate today’s awesome NYC marathon (yay Meb!), my latest giveaway is The Runners’ Cookbook!This cookbook features 100 yummy recipes from over 90 contributors, from popular runners like Joan Benoit Samuelson, Shalane Flanagan, Adam and Kara Goucher, Ryan and Sara Hall, and lots more. The best part is [Read More]
Happy Halloween!
I hope everyone enjoys a spooktacular weekend! Our heaven-knows-what-annual Halloween party was last weekend–can’t impinge on peak trick-or-trating hours you know. Contrary to what my guests who were being far too polite said, I went as the world’s poorest imitation of Julia Child. But the chili throwdown and party overall were loads of fun. Let’s talk about one [Read More]
TIaRT: 3 Running Wishes
This week’s question comes from Julia at Chocolate Shoestrings.She asks: If a genie were to appear and grant you any three running wishes in the world, what would you choose? It can be anything from superhuman powers, new running inventions, race entries, shoes, you name it! My first wish would have to be for total, [Read More]
Recipe For Recovery
Congratulations you’ve crossed the finish line! Now what?Here’s my apres marathon recovery plan: 1. While still in the finishing area: take in some carbs and protein. In my case this was sports drink, part of a banana and a Power Recovery Bar. 2. To minimize inflammation, I take an Aleve. I experience significantly less muscle [Read More]
So Much to Blog About So Little Time
Many of you have asked me about marathon recovery and if I do anything special. The quick answer is this time has been my best, quickest recovery yet and yes I have a whole regime I’d planned to share with you today, until life got in the way. I’ve been busy all week volunteering at Thing [Read More]
TIaRT: Choosing a Race
This week’s question comes from MCM Mama who is working on running a marathon in all 50 states:We’ve all discussed why we run, but why do you RACE and how do you choose which races to run? Do you look for certain distances, swag, location, start time, or something else? Tell me how you decide [Read More]
Columbus Marathon Race Report: It’s In the Bag
The Columbus Marathon is on the books! Whew, it was a doozy. Settle in and I’ll tell you about it. Friday: After a pre-dawn wake up call, we headed for Columbus. Immediately after check-in we were off to the race expo. It was bigger/better than I expected. I paid homage to the Mizuno booth and [Read More]
It’s About That Time!
Race weekend is upon us once again! I am packed (for the most part), crying jag is out of the way, and feeling good! Columbus forecast for Sunday is low 33, high 49 partly cloudy, 20% chance of rain. I’m going with the yellow Boston getup. . .most likely. Thanks for all of your input [Read More]
