Yikes August is slipping away and I haven’t done this month’s installment of loving/not loving. Loving: I finally got my holter monitor experience over with. It was a PIA walking around (and running) with all those wires sticking to me but it’s over. Not loving: I won’t get any results for an entire week. Geez. [Read More]
Tuesday Rants and Randoms
My garden is a mess. The weeds and crab grass have been ruthless. The peas, beans and peppers have gone entirely to the deer/raccoons. I got a late start. I was not out there enough weeding/spraying deer repellent. I’d be on the threshold of surrendering… …if it weren’t for this beauty. A huge, magical, king [Read More]
July Recap/August Goals
Miles run: 113 This is the most I’ve run since July 2011, when I ran 114. Miles run on trails: 50 Cycling miles: 60 Speed sessions: 4 Plyometric workouts: 4 Strength/corework sessions: 9 Hill workouts: 1 Workouts missed: 0 Birthdays celebrated: 2 Birthday cakes baked: 3 + 24 cupcakes Races: 1 (RnR Chi) Pool days: [Read More]
Weekend Rewind: Mother’s Day Edition
Last week a friend of mine asked about my Mother’s Day plans and when she heard I had a race she said “Why would you want to run on Mother’s Day weekend?” Personally, I think of races as treats: kind of a celebration of the work I’ve put in. Who wouldn’t want a treat? When [Read More]
Year Over Year
Remember this hydrangea I added to the garden last year? Here it is a year later. It’s less full, the flowers are now pale pink instead of the previous, gorgeous blue, but most importantly, it’s still alive and kicking. To be fair, I’ve transplanted this hydrangea twice in the year since I got it. Hydrangeas [Read More]
