This week’s Tuesday’s on the Run topic is Inspiring Others to Run. This may sound selfish but, um…inspiring others was never my goal. I started running 17+ years ago as a way to head off the heart disease that runs in my family. I started this blog back in January of 2009 as a training [Read More]
Run10Feed10 Race Report
On Saturday I ran the Women’s Health Run10Feed10 10k in Chicago. For every person that runs this 10k, 10 hungry people in the community are fed. Great cause, yes? I thought so and was honored to be an Ambassador for this race. Goals for the race? Racing soon after a marathon is tricky. I knew [Read More]
October Currently and Kindness Update
I’m in that post-marathon place. Many get the blues at this point, but I feel more a sense of relief. Now I can run what I want as fast or slow as I want…or do something else entirely (like laundry). I have a few races left this year but I’m not letting those pressure me. [Read More]
The Kindness Project
I almost got arrested yesterday. I was taking Thing 1 to skating and we were approaching the ice rink (all I had to do was make a left turn into the parking lot. Except there was an accident just North of where I needed to turn in and if I’d gotten there 10 seconds earlier [Read More]
Balance? What Balance?
Today’s Tuesdays on the Run topic is running/racing/life/work balance. Do you ever get to a point in your race schedule and wonder what the heck you were thinking? Yeah I’m kind of there. I seem to have overloaded October with races (a 5k, two 10k, two halfs), ALL after running a marathon. Is this a [Read More]
Chicago Marathon Spectator Report
The train into the city at the crack of dawn was jammed with marathon spectators. Gaggles of enthusiastic people, some clad in matching t-shirts, all carrying signs, cowbells, you name it. We descended on the city in droves to cheer on our beloved marathoners. I made a list of mine and there were many. Name, [Read More]
Help Change U.S. Dietary Health Guidelines/Giveaway
I’ve mentioned my dad here before. He’s been sedentary and obese most of his adult life. He has heart disease and just recently started taking insulin shots for Type II diabetes. As sad as it is, he is the reason I started running. I’m running away from an unhealthy lifestyle. Literally. My dad is not [Read More]
Apres Marathon and What’s Next?
It feels weird (in the best way) having my fall marathon done so early. Twin Cities was the earliest in fall I’ve ever run a marathon. Being blessed with perfect weather was quite a coup. I’ve been laying low this week, not running. I may not run again until next week. Then again maybe I [Read More]
Twin Cities Marathon Race Report
I road-tripped up to Minnesota for a girls’ running weekend in the Twin Cities. Goals for this race were to enjoy a fun weekend and run happy. Twin Cities was not a bucket list race but I’d always heard good things about it: pretty course, great fans, oh and a “big hill” at the end. [Read More]
What to Do When Races Get Hard
We’re in the midst of peak racing season. What better time to talk about strategies for those late, hopefully really late miles when the wheels feel like they’re about to come off? Wait, let’s hope it never gets that hard. But who am I kidding? Sometimes it does. Confession: I may have written this for [Read More]
