1. Slept 9 hours! 2. Made my usual weekend jaunt to Trader Joe’s where I came upon a yummy new snack I am sure to overeat with abandon: They’re almonds, covered in dark chocolate, covered in cocoa. Nice! 2. Visited a new bakery in town in search of a festive hostess gift for tonight’s Mardi [Read More]
What I Did On My Rest Day
1. Slept 9 hours! 2. Made my usual weekend jaunt to Trader Joe’s where I came upon a yummy new snack I am sure to overeat with abandon: They’re almonds, covered in dark chocolate, covered in cocoa. Nice! 2. Visited a new bakery in town in search of a festive hostess gift for tonight’s Mardi [Read More]
Plates In the Air
Many of us charge into the new year with a new training plan all eager to stride toward our goals. But sometimes we’re a little too eager and the training loses steam, or even worse, we are derailed by injury. In our zeal we neglect to give our body adequate time to recover from the [Read More]
Stalling
On tap today was my FIRST + Operation Build Endurance 10 miler. But I planned for 8 because it’s a cutback week. And I’m tiiired! Too many body parts to call out one by one are complaining so I’ll just have them all stand up graduation style, recognize them en masse, and hope the aches [Read More]
10 More Happy Things
Since I was lucky enough to be tagged again, here are 10 more: 1. When I make it through the week without throwing away any produce.2. A thatch of sage that was the centerpiece at a Bat Mitzvah many moons ago and now resides out on my deck. It survives and thrives through these obnoxiously [Read More]
A Fun Recipe For the Kiddos
And for the young at heart, which is all of us right? I get tons of requests for healthy(ier) meals for kids.Mine are quite picky so that’s a big challenge for me. Some of the few things they will eat are breakfast items like pancakes, waffles, and french toast, I make those a little ‘more [Read More]
Training Recap
Geez are Mondays coming faster than ever before? I feel like I’m doing one of these recaps everytime I turn around lately!Boston Training Week #4 is Complete! 41 milesHere’s how it went:Monday: SRDTuesday: Speedwork (5x1000m) and yoga.Wednesday: 10 miles and weightsThursday: 1/2 hour Kettleworx DVDsFriday: 7 miles, with 10k of that at race pace for [Read More]
Virtual 10k Race Report: Game On!
I must admit I jumped the gun and ran this a day early. After single parenting for 2 weeks now, a busy mom’s gotta do what she has to do to squeeze her runs in. Not to mention that a race paced 10k would have made Sunday’s first 20-miler of the training cycle sheer hell. [Read More]
10-Mile Cry
I had a million reasons to skip this morning’s run. Raw temps with biting winds, fatigue after yesterday’s speedwork, I’ve been neglecting the weights, the dogs consumed an entire box of 64 Crayolas and excreted a spectrum of ‘treats’ for me on the carpet, pick an excuse any excuse.But today more than ever, I needed [Read More]
Anniversary Giveaway
The entries have been counted, the numbers put through the handy dandy random number generator. I am happy to announce the lucky winner of the First Anniversary Giveaway, sponsored by: Geri Virtue! Congrats! Please email me your contact info so I can pass it along! Surprise! There’s also a gift for everyone! Erin at Picture [Read More]
