Current Book: No books. I’m barely treading water keeping up on all my mags. Running Path: Cannot get enough of this one lately, as long as I don’t trip on a root. Non-Running Workout: I’m all about plyometric intervals. Drink: My true love: Kombucha. Any flavor will do. Excitement: Well my nuclear stress test was [Read More]
A Day In the Life: Hospital Edition
My day begins at 5. I usually wake (either on my own because I’m an old fogey or the dogs do it) around 4:30p. I have 90 minutes before the kids get up for school. Often my workout happens in this pocket of time. But not today (ominous foreshadowing). Meditate Feed and walk dogs Prowl [Read More]
Energy Bits Review
Energy Bits Review Recently I was sent this cute little tin of Energy Bits: Tiny green algae bits, grown organically in fresh water tanks. In case you didn’t know, algae is a superfood. According to Energy Bits, when algae is taken in the morning, throughout the day when you are tired, or before a workout, [Read More]
Carrot Spice Bread
Cooler temps plus a boatload of carrots ready in the garden, means I needed to bake! I love me some carrot cake but I wanted something more nutrient dense. What better way to celebrate the change of season than baking up some spicy, moist bread studded with flecks of carrot and tender coconut? The aroma [Read More]
5k Run/Walk to End Lupus
If you’ve hung with me around here you may remember when I ran the Chicago Marathon on the Lupus Charity team in honor of my neighbor Alex, who was a teen at that time. Since then I am happy to say, she’s been managing her Lupus and just left a few weeks ago to study [Read More]
5 Tips for Running at Altitude
Do you have a race high in the mountains on your bucket list? Running at altitude is a fantastic experience and training at altitude has many benefits. Here are some things to consider before you go to make your experience a positive one: 1. You can’t train at altitude if you live at sea level [Read More]
Insomniac’s 3 Things
1. I got up at 2:50 am and never really went back to sleep. The room was too hot, the dogs started bugging me at 3 and again a 4. I got up at 4:30. I still haven’t run. I’m leaning toward saving it for tomorrow when it’s supposed to be way cooler. 2. You [Read More]
Me? Territorial?
You know this summer has been sparse for me running wise. Sparse running = little to no running fuel usage. My peanut butter and salted caramel GUs have sat forlornly awaiting my return to distance running….or so I thought. Tired of being the last runner on the face of the earth who hasn’t yet tried [Read More]
LG Heritage 5k Race Report
This is my hometown race. I’ve run it many times. I couldn’t pass up the beauty that is a local race with free parking, good swag, pancakes and lots of friends. The concern going into this race: My heart, of course. Am I a loon for ‘racing’ before we have a definitive answer as to [Read More]
Not What I Wanted to Hear
At last the doc called with my holter monitor results. I swear an 8pm call from a doctor is never good news is it? Heart rate ranged from 50 to 170 BPM. How’s that for a nice range? Atrial action was fine. But the ventricular action was a little, for lack of a more technical [Read More]
