Google Images I got out for a bike ride yesterday, actually it was on the brisk side and the winds were ornery but still, I’m riding on borrowed time weather-wise so I’ll take any ride I can get. I rode Blanche, the trusty road bike more than ever this year, most likely due to injury. [Read More]
Weekend Rewind: The Ultimate Sacrifice
Are you sitting down? I’ll wait.The weather was sparkling and cool and fabulous here all weekend. Lows in the high 30’s, highs approaching 70, fall colors at their peak.My long run did not happen.Yes, you read that right. No run of any kind in fact, unless you count some meager warmup time on the mill. [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]
Weightloss: Phase III and Beyond
I began married life 40 pounds lighter. We immediately moved to the UK where, except for a brief lapse when I got carried away with Irish butter, full-fat yogurt and digestives (the British term for what we Americans call cookies) I maintained my weight, kept up with the weight training, added in English horseback riding, [Read More]
Caught Napping
Yesterday’s run almost didn’t happen because I overslept….again. I was dreaming about doing a triathlon, not sure I was actually participating…I think I was a spectator. Of course it was the swim leg (the most terrifying to this notorious dog paddler). The swimmers were circling the block of a neighborhood near where I grew up. Whatever [Read More]
Miscellaneous Monday
Look Who’s Running Now?Yep it’s none other than 30-Minute Meal maven Rachel Ray! And she’s down 2 dress sizes as a result! Welcome to the awesome world of running Rachel–and be sure to look me up when you’re in Chi-Town! PTSD= Pre-Thanksgiving Stress DisorderI’m having Thanksgiving this year. Don’t get me wrong I love to [Read More]
Thinking vs. Feeling
As a fairly very Type A runner, during training cycles I find myself scheduling the pace of each mile, the buildup, the taper, seemingly every inhale, morsel of food and so on. As a runner currently NOT in the throes of a training cycle (WOOT!) I’ve made a concerted effort to NOT schedule every footfall. I [Read More]
What Gives?
You all know I’ve been brutalizing challenging my body with CrossFit/P90X…and that I’m 2+ weeks into a whole foods diet initiative…and that running has taken a back seat until the end of the year when Boston training ramps up.I’ve been yammering on about my buttular state of emergency, how sugar-deprived I am, and so on.Fast forward to last weekend:Friday: I did [Read More]
A New Gym Friend
I met a new friend at the gym the other day: The Power Plate. We’d actually met over a year ago at an exercise equipment store. That meeting turned ugly when I was standing on it unprepared when Thing 1 unexpectedly turned it on high, throwing my back into convulsions. But this time was different. [Read More]
