Gosh it was a crazy weekend, not to mention the weather suuucked. Saturday was a rain-all-day affair. Sunday it was just plain cold. And crazy windy. There was lots of child taxi action. To parties. And playdates. And sleepovers. And movies, oh my. Tomorrowland wasn’t my bag but it made Thing 2 happy so there’s [Read More]
Race Report: 5k For the Dogs
Before I get to the race: Saturday Thing 1’s track sectionals were the focus of our day. We were there (in the rain at times) from 8:30 until 5. She PR’d her 200m and came in 2nd, missing State by less than a second, and oh my her long jump. She usually jumps high 12’s/low [Read More]
Weekend Rewind and a Recipe
I hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend! The weather here left something to be desired if rain isn’t your bag. I kicked off Saturday with my ‘long’ run. A whole 6 miles. Don’t worry the longer “long” runs will be back as soon as Twin Cities Marathon training fires up in June. [Read More]
Wait What Just Happened? My First Tri
To give you a little back story if you’re just joining us. I’m a self-professed water phobe. I’ve made it this far in life with a mean dog paddle, nothing else to speak of when it comes to swimming. There was an incident where I needed to be rescued when I was a teen. At [Read More]
CARA 10-Mile Race Report
On Saturday the sky was streaked with pink as I headed to Wendy’s house so she, Sara and I could head down to the lakefront together to run the CARA Live Grit 10 Miler. We were treated to plentiful (free!) parking upon arrival. A rarity in Chicago. I really had no business running a 10 [Read More]
Eggshell Shuffle Race Report
At last I ran a race! I hadn’t raced since the 3 turkey trots last November so it’s been quite a dry spell. This was really more of a fun run. I ran alone in 2013, Thing 1 ran it with me last year and this year Thing 2 wanted to join in the fun. [Read More]
You Look Like a Swimmer
Before we get to the swimming, some of you asked what my training weeks look like lately so here’s how my week in workouts went: Monday: Rest Tuesday Run 5 miles, Core/stability training Wednesday: 30 minute Swim Thursday Run 6.25 miles (800m repeats) Friday: 35 minute Swim Saturday 8 miles Sunday: Strength, 20 minute Swim [Read More]
Weekend Wrapup and Weightloss Totals
We kicked off the weekend taking Thing 2 to “Movie Night” at her school on Friday night. I went fully expecting to watch the movie with her but was informed at the door it was a drop-off affair. Score! So drop off I did. I adore my kids but an unexpected pocket of free time [Read More]
Weekend Wrapup: Mushroom Cloud Edition
The mushroom cloud happened bright and early Friday morning, yes Friday the 13th, when my computer told me to hurry up and print some kind of instructions because the hard drive was corrupt. Nice. My life, passwords, bookmarks, and all the pictures I had stored on my computer flashed before my eyes. What’s a girl [Read More]
Blizzard Weekend and Weird Souvenirs
The Caveman made it home from Asia finally. Ahead of the blizzard for the win. You already know about the awesome mugs he brought me. (Drinking from Xiamen today) but that’s not all he dragged through customs. We are now the proud owners of this solar-powered lucky waving cat. If he has a formal name, [Read More]
