Let’s sit down and catch up, shall we? I’m linking up with Deborah and Coco for the Ultimate Coffee Date. I’m going with a cup of Starbucks Winter Blend with Collagen of course and let’s go with Chobani Peppermint Mocha Creamer. It may be a little early in the season for Peppermint Mocha, but when [Read More]
Weekly Rundown: Hitting the Snooze Button
I was tired by the time I hit Tuesday this week. The stress of my dad’s funeral last week caught up with me and I found myself sleeping later and later. All good. My workouts sort of happened on autopilot. I felt like a zombie on a couple of our morning walks. Here’s what went [Read More]
October Runfessions: The One Where I Blame the Dog
October, with its prime running weather and fall foliage, is just about gone. That means it’s time to open the runfessional and get the Runfession Friday linkup underway. Let’s get started. The onset of cold weather added to the morning darkness makes it more challenging than ever to get out to run early. I runfess [Read More]
Stress, Running and Staying Busy in the Face of Grief
This week went by in slow motion. Usually I say how they fly but this one felt like I was moving through quicksand. I got the call last Sunday morning that my dad was fading, He passed away later that evening. It’s been an incredibly long road of illness for him. He had open heart [Read More]
Just Keep Running
These weeks have been a blur. They fly by, one after the other, until here we are. Christmas is bursting out at Costco, and Shutterfly is telling me it’s time to order holiday cards. 2020 you’re a weird one. I find myself in a constant state of exhaustion and yet sleep eludes me. I just [Read More]
First Frost and the Best Weekend of Fall
It’s the best weekend of fall here in Chicago. Well maybe not in COVID times, but in a perfect world I’d be headed downtown to cowbell for the Chicago Marathoners at mile 13. Erica and I cheering from the famous Blogger Press Box. My first go at the marathon distance in 2007, at the very [Read More]
Ready or Not, It’s October
It was another dumpster fire kind of week here but what else is new? My dad is back in the hospital and I’m still a little nauseous from the presidential debates but life goes on. The heat is on here, although let the record show, I was not the one to turn it on. With [Read More]
Coffee in the Non-Farmhouse
Hello and happy October! October is hands down my favorite month of the year so I intend to make the most of it. Let’s sit down and catch up over coffee. I’m joining Coco and Deborah for the Ultimate Coffee Date. I’m going with some Bullet Proof coffee with Pumpkin Spice Nut Pods creamer and [Read More]
Virtual Races and Hygge
It was another week, similar to many others in our altered universe. The weather was warmer than what is typical here in late September and I will gladly take it. Running was the usual as well, with the exception of a couple of virtual races in the mix. But fall is officially here and it [Read More]
September Runfessions
I runfess this feels like the shortest month ever. Did we not just do runfessions like yesterday?? Time flies and it is indeed time once again to open up the Runfessional so let’s not waste any more time and get to it. I runfess I was intrigued when ACTIVE had an article about tips for [Read More]
