If you’ve hung out with me here for any length of time, you know I love me some yogurt. I love the creamy fruitiness before and after workouts, as a snack, dipping apples in it, making parfaits with berries, nuts, granola, even cooking and baking with it, you get the picture. When I was invited [Read More]
Apera Bag Review and Giveaway
It’s been a tough winter. While I survived, barely, I’m sorry to say my gym bag bit the dust. It was too worn out to go on. The salt stains were the last straw. Truth is I never really loved it anyway. It wasn’t big enough (twss). Especially if I wanted to workout AND swim [Read More]
Currently
Mid April means it’s time for another edition of Currently. Let’s go. Reading: Just wading through too many mags lately while I sit at track meets, the ice rink, pick up lines all that good stuff. Running Path: I’ve returned to the trails for my short, easy runs. Although it really hasn’t greened up [Read More]
Getting Stuff Done
I’m linking up with Amanda’s Best Foot initiative and sharing a peek at my workouts last week: Where I strayed from the plan, stuff in blue is what I actually did. Total miles: 20. Monday: Rest Tuesday: 6x400m. 4x400m. Oh these were hard on my race-weary legs. Wednesday: Pace ladder; strength training. Ragged fartleks; strength [Read More]
Running Regrets
My friend Harry headed off to London the other day to take on the London Marathon. While I am thrilled for everyone running it, I sort of kick myself in the pants every year when London Marathon weekend comes up. You see I lived there for a couple of years, shortly after we were married, [Read More]
3TT: #LetLoose2014
Vote: Yesterday I learned that this blog had been nominated for the 50 top Health and Fitness Blogs of 2014. It’s an honor to be among such a great group of friends. Thanks so much to those of you who already voted. If you’d like to vote, please do so here. You can vote daily, [Read More]
Birds of a Feather
When we were returning from Houston a couple of weeks ago, there were two women sitting in the row in front of us on the plane. I noticed them when one of them opened up an eye-shadow palette the size of a pizza box and began applying some to her friend. Odd, yes? Why would [Read More]
Lincoln Presidential Race Report
On Friday my ‘runtourage’ and I headed to Springfield, IL for the 50th running of the Lincoln Presidential Half Marathon. 50 years=wow. We stayed at the Hilton which was the race’s host hotel so packet pickup was nice and easy. 75 cent parking? Toto we are not in Chicago anymore! The expo was nothing special. [Read More]
How to Return to Running After Injury or Illness
A warm welcome please for my guest today, the master mind behind the Race Ready Coaching Plan I’ve been training with for the last 12 weeks, Joanna Zeiger. Joanna’s addressing a question I, and I suspect many of you, have about the right way to get back to training after sustaining an illness or getting [Read More]
A Peek Inside Bestowed Box
The latest Bestowed Box is all about boosting a winter-weary immune system. So many favorites in here plus a couple of new to me items as well. Plus let’s not forget Easter is fast approaching and Mother’s Day is around the corner. I’m always looking for healthy gift ideas. Reed’s Ginger Chews: I had to [Read More]
