First, how many times lately do you hear me say this? Yeah pretty much never: I had a solid workout week! All of my runs felt strong. I made it to yoga, didn’t tear or rupture anything and split shorts guy was a no-show. I went to cycle class and was called a ‘new face.’ Oops. [Read More]
3 Things: Boston Edition
1. I am so excited for all of you who are heading to Boston this weekend! It was a surreal experience for me, in a way even more surreal now as I look back at the pictures and think: Was that really me? I hope you soak in every glorious moment. The city of Boston, [Read More]
Race Bling Evolution and Winner
Distance running has exploded in popularity. It seems entry fees have increased even more. Along with that explosion is the proliferation of race bling. Race directors are looking for bigger, better, more creative swag to offer participants and I suspect some of us are guilty of taking bling quality into account when shopping for races…not [Read More]
Boston Marathon FAQs
The Boston Marathon is coming up fast! I’ve received so many questions regarding the marathon (thanks for asking, I am flattered!) I thought it only right to share them here. Are the Newton Hills really that big? It all depends what you did leading up to them. Did you hill train well? Did you hill [Read More]
Up For Air: 2010 in Review
Christmas was nice. It was wonderful to be with my family, the kids were delighted, Santa managed to find what he misplaced, the duplicate turned out not to be. The Buche de Noel, however…..was not so great. In the spirit of full disclosure the cake pic in my last post was what I’d HOPED it [Read More]
The Way We Were
It hurts me to say this but at 5:56 this morning, I bade my BFF Nike black capris (or NBC’s) farewell. After many long years of loyal service (not to mention great running fashion) the elastic waist finally lost its battle with gravity. Despite an exhaustive search for an appropriate replacement, so far nothing comes [Read More]
Tagged!
Thanks to Alma at The Average Woman’s Running Blog, I’ve been tagged!1. What are you most proud of accomplishing in 2010?I am most proud of rehabbing a strained posterior tibialis last winter by spending 6 weeks running in the pool (this was huge for me as water and I don’t mix), and coming back to [Read More]
Setting Goals
I succeeded in not signing up for Boston yesterday. I won’t lie, I had the registration screen up for a bit yesterday, but to be honest another Boston is not something I want right now. I hope everyone that wanted a spot, got one despite yesterday’s cyber chaos. The ‘end’ of another season have given [Read More]
Questions I Get Questions…
First welcome new bloggy A-listers! It’s great to have you here! Since running…um here’s that B-word again…Boston…you’ve inundated my inbox with questions. I love it!Without further ado, some answers for those inquiring minds: What was your fueling strategy for Boston?Because my wave went off at 10:30 (late in marathon terms) I had time for not [Read More]
Boston Marathon 2010 Race Report
I could gush on for days about the Boston experience but I’ll spare you. I’ve done my best to condense it and hit the highlights. It was a wonderful weekend. First a few pics, leading up to race day: It all ends here Hopefully I will not have to crawl across this on race day! [Read More]
