We had the most beautiful, mild weather this week. I was more than happy to turn off the heat and throw open the windows. Pretty sure this is our Indian Summer. Despite the #shitshow that is our country right now, Mom Nature is coming through for us and for that I’m grateful. Here’s how the [Read More]
Coffee and Gratitude
Let’s sit down and catch up, shall we? I’m linking up with Deborah and Coco for the Ultimate Coffee Date. I’m going with a cup of Starbucks Winter Blend with Collagen of course and let’s go with Chobani Peppermint Mocha Creamer. It may be a little early in the season for Peppermint Mocha, but when [Read More]
Weekly Rundown: Hitting the Snooze Button
I was tired by the time I hit Tuesday this week. The stress of my dad’s funeral last week caught up with me and I found myself sleeping later and later. All good. My workouts sort of happened on autopilot. I felt like a zombie on a couple of our morning walks. Here’s what went [Read More]
October Runfessions: The One Where I Blame the Dog
October, with its prime running weather and fall foliage, is just about gone. That means it’s time to open the runfessional and get the Runfession Friday linkup underway. Let’s get started. The onset of cold weather added to the morning darkness makes it more challenging than ever to get out to run early. I runfess [Read More]
Stress, Running and Staying Busy in the Face of Grief
This week went by in slow motion. Usually I say how they fly but this one felt like I was moving through quicksand. I got the call last Sunday morning that my dad was fading, He passed away later that evening. It’s been an incredibly long road of illness for him. He had open heart [Read More]
Just Keep Running
These weeks have been a blur. They fly by, one after the other, until here we are. Christmas is bursting out at Costco, and Shutterfly is telling me it’s time to order holiday cards. 2020 you’re a weird one. I find myself in a constant state of exhaustion and yet sleep eludes me. I just [Read More]
First Frost and the Best Weekend of Fall
It’s the best weekend of fall here in Chicago. Well maybe not in COVID times, but in a perfect world I’d be headed downtown to cowbell for the Chicago Marathoners at mile 13. Erica and I cheering from the famous Blogger Press Box. My first go at the marathon distance in 2007, at the very [Read More]
September Runfessions
I runfess this feels like the shortest month ever. Did we not just do runfessions like yesterday?? Time flies and it is indeed time once again to open up the Runfessional so let’s not waste any more time and get to it. I runfess I was intrigued when ACTIVE had an article about tips for [Read More]
A Nip in the Air and the Ghosts of Marathons Past
This was the week any hint of summer totally slipped away, leaving a nip in the air and frosty breath in it’s wake. The morning chill in the darkness brought back all the ghosts of marathon training cycles past. Don’t worry, they’re friendly ghosts. After training for 12 fall marathons, my brain is hard wired [Read More]
Well Hello September
Well hello September. Fancy seeing you here so soon. 2020 is a weird year but time marches on. Here in Chicago, this summer is officially the hottest one on record. While we didn’t have days in the 100’s, the string of humid, 90+ days was relentless. That said, we’ve enjoyed a most welcome cool down [Read More]
