This week’s Tuesdays on the Run Linkup is going over to the “other” side of running. Most of us obsess with the physical aspects of training for a race but may not pay enough attention to what’s going on upstairs in our head. The mental aspects of running are what we’re talking about this week [Read More]
Mother’s Day Gifts for Cool Moms
Mother’s Day is right around the corner and that’s this week’s Tuesdays on the Run topic. Need some gift ideas for the awesome mamas in your life? Here are my picks for what the cool moms want. Compression Socks Lily Trotters socks: You don’t have to be a runner to take advantage of the many [Read More]
Race Cheaters: What Are They Thinking?
Cheater Cheater Pumpkin Eater! Or something like that. Now that the 2017 Boston Marathon is history, out come the stories of all the cheaters. That’s this week’s Tuesdays on the Run topic. Derek over at Marathon Investigations is doing a great job of outing the offenders. Who are these cheaters? What drives one to cheat? [Read More]
April Progress Report
Is April flying by or what? This time next week it’ll be May, so that means it’s time to grade our month on this week’s Tuesdays on the Run Linkup. Let’s get started shall we? For consistency, I’m grading the goals I set back at the beginning of the year. Running: A I’ve got [Read More]
Racing Mistakes? I’ve Made a Few
Before I get to our Tuesdays on the Run Linkup topic, congrats to everyone who ran Boston yesterday! It was a Hottie McHotterson and you all rock! Moving on: This week we’re talking about racing mistakes. Gasp! What? I’ll be the first to tell you I am guilty as charged on the mistake making front. [Read More]
Why The Boston Marathon is Special to Me
Technically it’s race week since The Boston Marathon takes place next Monday, Patriot’s Day. In honor of that little race in Beantown, we’re talking all about it this week on our Tuesdays on the Run Linkup. If you’re a long-time reader you probably already know that Boston is special to me. It was the original [Read More]
February Progress Report
It’s time to wrap up February and assess our progress and this week’s Tuesdays on the Run linkup asks you to do just that. How’d February shake out for you? Was it everything you’d hoped it would be? Any surprises? For the sake of being consistent, I’m going to use the same criteria I used [Read More]
Running Genie in a Bottle
This week the Tuesdays on the Run Linkup has a special guest. The Running Genie is out of the bottle (or the lamp??) and ready to grant you 3 wishes. What would you wish for? This seemed easy. Until it wasn’t. Here’s what I came up with: 1. Permanent pass on injury. That’s right, no [Read More]
Reasons to Love Running
How do I love running? Let me count the ways. Oh wait, maybe I lifted that from somewhere. Anywho, this week’s Tuesdays on the Run topic is all about LOVE. And running, of course. Why do you love to run? Running is there there when and where you need it. Seriously lace up and go. [Read More]
Winter Scenes From My Run
Where are you running this winter? Are you pushing through the cold? Treading lightly on ice and snow? Enduring a seemingly endless string of gloomy, grey days? Hitting the treadmill? Our Tuesdays on the Run topic this week asks you to share scenes from your winter runs. Casa del Marcia is located in Northern Illinois. [Read More]