Today’s Friday Five topic is Running Wish List. Honestly beyond finishing the marathon majors, my only wishes are to stay healthy, injury free and that everyone could enjoy the endorphins and experiences running brings. Since my racing year is over, I thought I’d recap the year’s top 5 running-related experiences instead. In 2015 I didn’t race [Read More]
Race Expo Do’s and Don’ts
This week’s Tuesdays on the Run Linkup topic is Race Expos. What do you shop for? What’s the best item you ever scored? Most interesting person you ever met? Tell us! For fun, I’m sharing my tips of things to do and not when you hit up a race expo. Do: Get your race bib. You [Read More]
Weekly Wrap: Party Edition
Before we get to the highlights, here’s how the week in workouts went: Monday: Rest Tuesday: Run 5 miles Wednesday: Swim and Yoga Thursday: Run 4 mile progression run Friday: Run 8 miles Saturday: Rest Sunday: Strength and Swim It was a busy and stressful week. I was the mystery reader for Thing 2’s 4th grade [Read More]
5 Running Injuries and How to Overcome Them
That dirty little “I” word. Let’s face it: Injuries suck. They keep us from doing what we love. Let’s talk about some common ones. Any of these sound familiar? Plantar Fasciitis. This is when the bottom of the foot gets stiff and angry due to inflammation. PF stems from overuse, overtraining and wearing shoes that [Read More]
Weekly Wrap: Snowpocalypse Edition
Before we get to the fun stuff, here’s how my workout week went: Monday Rest Tuesday Yoga Wednesday Strength/core Thursday 4 miles Friday 5 miles, squeezed this one in after hearing mega snow was in the weekend forecast Saturday 4 miles Sunday: Strength, swim I didn’t do much running this week and that’s ok. Other than a [Read More]
Rock n Roll Vegas Race Report
I’ve been anticipating this Rock n Roll Remix weekend for ever. Since it was our 17th wedding anniversary, the Caveman and kids accompanied me. We got up and over to the airport in the wee dark hours Saturday morning for our flight from Chicago to Las Vegas. The plan was to run the 5k on [Read More]
Tunes With a Permanent Spot on My Playlist
Welcome to another edition of Tuesdays on the Run! This week’s topic is Running Playlists. Do you love to run with music? I do now, but truth be told, I was hesitant at first. I welcomed it on the treadmill but felt like it interrupted my “oneness” with nature when running outside. Slowly it grew [Read More]
Running and Blogging by Number
I’m going to deviate a bit from our usual Tuesdays on the Run programming to welcome all of my blog hop visitors and give you some background on how it is I got here. About Running: I ran track in middle school. I was a sprinter and ran relays. I loved it, but not enough [Read More]
Running and Coffee and Pizza Oh My!
First thanks for all the kind words after my coffee date post. It has been a rough few days for sure and I needed to just spew that stuff out. Here’s how my “no training plan” week went: Miles Run: 24 Miles Biked: 18 Monday: 6 miles Tuesday: Ran 3 Biked 18 Wednesday: Yoga Thursday: [Read More]
5 Ways to Rock Your Treadmill Workouts
It’s gorgeous here, but these glory days of Indian Summer will be in the rear view mirror and things will be, shall we say, more seasonal very soon. Read dig out the fleece socks and crank up the heat. Living in the Midwest, I’m used to harsh winters but the polar vortices we’ve experienced the [Read More]
