When the runner is ready, the race will come. I’ve waited a looong time for Thing 1 to want to run a race. I can count on two fingers the number of kids’ races she’s done. Although she had a stellar rookie year on the track team last year, she still has never run with [Read More]
September by Number
Miles Run: 62 Mile on bike: 92 Miles walking: 8 Fitness: Plenty of leg and core workouts, but since I’m a schlock, I did not log so nothing official. Animal encounters: 2 dogs, 2 snakes (one dead, one very much alive. I am scarred for life). Races: Two 5ks Podium Finishes: 2. because I rock…and the grandmaster AG [Read More]
Fall Frolic 5k Race Report
We were blessed with perfect temps. Low 50’s, sunny and breezy. I overdressed in long sleeves and I knew it, although I felt great waiting around before and after the race. This is the same course as a summer 5k I did a couple of years ago, just renamed and moved to a cooler time [Read More]
5k Run/Walk to End Lupus
If you’ve hung with me around here you may remember when I ran the Chicago Marathon on the Lupus Charity team in honor of my neighbor Alex, who was a teen at that time. Since then I am happy to say, she’s been managing her Lupus and just left a few weeks ago to study [Read More]
LG Heritage 5k Race Report
This is my hometown race. I’ve run it many times. I couldn’t pass up the beauty that is a local race with free parking, good swag, pancakes and lots of friends. The concern going into this race: My heart, of course. Am I a loon for ‘racing’ before we have a definitive answer as to [Read More]
Race Report: Loop the Lakes 5k
5k #2 for the year is on the books. I did this race last year in sideways rain/sleet. Today we were treated to sunny skies, mild breezes and temps in the 50’s. Glorious. Goal A: Beat my time at the Eggshell Shuffle. Goal B: Beat last year’s time. Goal C: Run strong and enjoy the [Read More]
Eggshell Shuffle Race Report
I’ve had my eye on this race since the inaugural but for one reason or another never got around to running it until this year. I chose the 5k, since 2013 is the year of the 5k. Heeding threats of limited parking, I arrived early and staked out across from this monstrosity. Somebody was tailgating [Read More]
Currently
Happy Friday! Currently I’m: Feeling excited for Easter. Reading the stacks of magazines I seemed to have subscribed to. Longing for some spring-like weather. Laughing at the image in my head of my MIL getting her brisket and the rest of Passover Seder through airport security. Crying when I think of Sandyhook. Still. Looking forward [Read More]
Taking a Break from LSD
That’s Long Slow Distance, in case you were wondering, I know little (ok nothing) about the other LSD unless you mean Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive. Don’t be shocked, this has been coming for awhile now. 2012 was the year of the fun destination race. I traveled from California to Washington DC to race with stops [Read More]
Race Report: Zooma Great Lakes
I was delighted when I was invited to be an Ambassador for Zooma Great Lakes. The Chicago Running Bloggers did it up right and made this race a weekend bonanza. We all rented a house…a fabulous one I might add, in Fontana, WI for the festivities. I picked up Kim and headed out of town [Read More]
