This week’s Tuesdays on the Run topic is a timely one: Running in heat. Although it’s been a relatively cool spring here so far, the heat seems to be rolling in. Since the very hot and cancelled Chicago Marathon 2007 was my first, and I finished, upright with a smile (ok a fake one), I [Read More]
You’re Made for So Much More
First here’s how last week’s workouts went: Miles run: 14 Miles Bike: 55 Swim: 5500 yds. Monday: Masters Swim 1 hr. + yoga Tuesday: 1 hr bike, 4 miles run Wednesday: 6 miles run, mile repeats+hill repeats Thursday: Cycle 20 miles Friday: Rest Saturday: 45 min swim (in wetsuit), 1 hr bike, 30 min run with [Read More]
Currently: School’s Out Edition
I’m in this weird place where Thing 1 has been out of school for a week now but Thing 2 still has a couple of days left. So I’m doing the school schedule (up early, school lunches/homework/dropoff, bus schedule etc.) and the summer vacay schedule (sleepovers, parties, carting kids to the mall/pool etc) and it’s [Read More]
Wahoo Fitness TICKR X Review
To celebrate National Running Day, I’m giving away a running and fitness gadget that I’m super loving right now: The Wahoo Fitness TICKR X. I told you about the Wahoo Fitness TICKR X before and how cool it is. It’s a heart rate monitor and so much more. Wear the strap up, around your rib [Read More]
Weekend Update and a Freekeh Pilaf
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]
May(hem) Runfessions
Can you believe May is just about finito and it’s time for another edition of Runfessions? Today, and the last Friday of every month, we purge our dirty little run- gym- and swimfessions and share them here. Join us and link em up below. I promise you’ll feel better! Let’s get to it: My tri [Read More]
Runner/Cyclist Safety and a Giveaway
The other day I was out riding my bike along the shoulder of a not-very-busy road when an SUV passed me. Maybe 100 ft. beyond me though, that SUV drifted over onto the shoulder, over the 3 ft of gravel and finally into the grass before finally veering back onto the road. Distracted driver? On [Read More]
Tuesdays on the Run and Swimtimidation. It’s a Thing.
I’m just back from a 6-day junket in the Allegheny mountains of Pennsylvania to celebrate FIL’s 80th birthday. More on that to come. First a recap of the training week: Total miles run: 23 Total miles bike: 22 Swim: Still not tracking but trust me it’s plenty Monday: Masters Swim from hell Tuesday: Bike/Run brick [Read More]
Eating Smart is Easy with Orange Chef Countertop
This post is sponsored by Sweatpink on behalf of Orange Chef. All thoughts and opinions, as always, are my own. Post contains affiliate links. Truth be told, I love to cook, but I’m not the best meal planner that ever lived. Too many times I’m caught ravenous after a workout and haven’t given any thought [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]
