It was a rough weekend weather wise. Many of you raced: some did beautifully, some overcame illness, others fought injuries, some were disappointed by race cancellation. Maybe you didn’t race at all. Whatever you did though, stop, reflect on it and OWN IT. I pushed through a 15 miler. Yes the weather was tough and [Read More]
Weekend and Training Recap
Week 10 of Boston training is complete: 32 miles I’m so tired with all the crappy weather and the time change. Can’t we have one more weekend day? Just one? Here’s how it went:Monday Yoga Tuesday SRD still avoiding the chlorine vapors so no pool intervals for me Wednesday 7 mile run, 30 mins on [Read More]
KettleWorx Winner!
Thanks to all who entered my KettleWorx giveaway!I learned a lot about corework by reading your responses:Yoga is popularSo is P90XLots of you rely on classics like sit ups, crunches and planksOne of you mentioned the dreaded stomach wheel, ouchie!I also heard about Russian twists, didn’t I see those at the bakery yesterday?There’s also a [Read More]
Finally, Bachelor #3!
What a drawn out and nasty little game this has turned out to be.In case you missed it, the whole sordid affair began with Bachelor #1, which put my sorry cheating achilles on injured reserve for 4 weeks smack dab in the middle of Boston training. Impeccable timing, not. Needless to say I sent him [Read More]
40 days…
40 days left until the Boston Marathon. 40 days for me to get my act and my running mojo together. The way I see it, I have:the rest of this week3 more weeks of solid traininga 2 week taper I did 1/2 mileage last week, 3/4 mileage this week (and I cut out the walk [Read More]
There is Superstition…
Like my old friend (in my dreams) Stevie Wonder always said:“When you believe in thingsThat you don’t understandThen you sufferSuperstition ain’t the way”His song has had a spot in my running music repertoire seemingly forever. Despite Stevie’s warning, I have to admit I have some running superstitions: Orange is a good luck color for masters [Read More]
In the Kitchen With…
Chia seeds!Thanks to Eliza at Eliza on the Run who was so sweet to send me some chia seeds, I’ve come up with a great pancake recipe that even the picky kiddos loved! As I was concocting, Thing 1 walked in, misread the Chia Seed bag and went: “Oh no China Seeds Super Food. This [Read More]
Mental Health Monday
I have no idea what week of Boston training this nor do I wanna know. I am also clueless as to my total mileage and want to keep it that way.It’s been a wild and crazy week to say the least. I’d be lying if I said evil, cynical thoughts aren’t seeping in. How the [Read More]
Up and Running!
I am elated to report that I am off the injured reserve and back on the roads! WOOT! Shhhh don’t tell my sports doc, Dr Miracle Worker himself, but I jumped the gun just a smidge and slipped in 3 easy miles on the mill Wednesday. Totally pain free, oh yeah! It was beyond gorgeous [Read More]
Marching 4th with a New Giveaway!
As you probably know from my training recaps, I’ve been spending considerable time with the KettleWorx DVD Series. I had always wanted to try a Kettle Bell workout but didn’t know what to do with the darn thing. That’s where this set comes in, It gives you EVERYTHING you need and more to transform yourself [Read More]
