Week 1 of Chicago Marathon Training is complete! Miles: 45Here’s how it shook out: Monday: Was all gung-ho and traded an SRD for a Cross-Fit class at our new gym (more on that later). Holy Wonder Woman that was tough. Like am I-gonna-toss-my cookies? tough. I know I’ve just cooked my goose for tomorrow’s run and [Read More]
Run for Cover!
Today’s long run was a little too…um…electrifying for my taste. We’ve been experiencing extreme heat, humidity and thunderstorms du jour here in the Midwest lately and no surprise, more of the same was forecast for today. I watched the forecast closely and plotted a window of time to sneak in 13 miles before the skies [Read More]
Once Upon a Strawberry
9 years ago today I had been lying in the hospital for 3 days, awaiting the birth of my daughter, fondly known around here as Thing 1. My due date was still 2 weeks off when The Caveman and I went to our town’s Strawberry Fest. It was sweltering hot that day and parking was [Read More]
Three Things Thursday
1. I Run Like a Girl is generously donating 10% of order proceeds to the Lupus Foundation when you type KADENS in the promo/coupon area. Visit the iRLAG website now. Go ahead, I’ll wait. Great stuff huh? Don’t hold back, order up. It’s all for a great cause. After you order, come back and tell me [Read More]
Weekend Rewind
Happy summer solstice! Summer in Teamarcialand kicks off birthday season. 9 of the 11 grandkids in the family as well as Modern Caveman all have summer birthdays. That means I pretty much cook, shop and party myself silly. This weekend was typical. Saturday brought a combo party for my brother’s 3 kiddos.I had my dad, [Read More]
13.1 Chicago Race Report
I mentioned in an earlier post what a challenge this one was to get to from Casa Teamarcia in the boonies. Modern Caveman came through with a downtown hotel reservation but it still made for an uber early race day as we had to taxi over to the shuttle bus for a 5:15a departure. Before [Read More]
Power of 10+ Final Week
In honor of Alex’s birthday, which is TODAY, I thought I’d remind you of the motherlode of running goodies that will be heading to a lucky and generous winner in one short week: Let’s review: 1. Alo short sleeve tee (color of your choice) from Running Chics. 2. Mystery Sock Sampler containing socks from Recovery [Read More]
Hot Stuff: Running in Heat
It’s getting hot out there. My race this weekend will likely be toastier than I’d prefer and lots of peeps are asking for tips to manage the heat. For the dozen or so of you left on the planet who haven’t already heard, I earned my ‘heat cred’ by surviving the insanely hot 2007 Chicago [Read More]
Three Things Thursday
1. Camp Update: I’m back from Girl Scout Camp! Temporarily, but I’ll take what I can get. Thing 1 was perfectly happy to see me leave and I was perfectly happy to go. I’ll return for Part II of my chaperoning duties next week. Here we are just before a bug flew in my mouth [Read More]
Blog Interrupted
We interrupt this regularly written blog for a camping break. With Thing 1 and the Girl Scouts…and the mosquitoes, all 97 bajillion of them…deep in the North Woods…on the banks of Lake Titicaca….ok not Titicaca (I just wanted to write that) but there is a lake…well a body of water anyway…and Lord help me there’s [Read More]
