While out on the trail this week, I heard the call of the Sandhill Crane. The other day I spotted a couple of robins. If that doesn’t say spring is here, I don’t know what does. Here in the Chicago area it’s not uncommon to go from 20 to 85 virtually overnight, skipping spring entirely, [Read More]
ZOOMA Bermuda 10k
I’m going to pickup where I left off and recap the rest of the Inaugural ZOOMA Bermuda race weekend. Find the first part of the weekend here. I opted to run the Bermuda Challenge, which consisted of the Saturday Lighthouse Run + either the 10k or Half Marathon on Sunday. Because someone is in no [Read More]
A Rundown Weekly Rundown
Are you welcoming March with open arms like I am? Around here March is forecast to be warmer than normal. While our winter was nothing to complain about, I say bring it! Here’s how my workouts for the last week of February went: Monday: Rest Tuesday: Trail Run 3 miles Wednesday: Strength, Balance, Mobility Thursday: [Read More]
February Runfessions: Olympic Trials Edition
Just like that, February is drawing to a close. Is it just me or did it go way faster than January? Nevertheless it’s time to open the Runfessional for the Runfession Friday Linkup. As per usual, I’ve got my share of runfessions. Let’s get the party started, shall we? I runfess that, other than Desi [Read More]
ZOOMA Bermuda: Getting There and Lighthouse Run
Over Valentine’s Day weekend, I had the pleasure of heading to Bermuda for the Inaugural ZOOMA Bermuda races. I work for ZOOMA so technically this was a work trip, but getting to travel to a beautiful island to run/work is pretty much the best job ever. Sarah purchased the ZOOMA race series three years ago [Read More]
A Rough Couple of Weeks and ATA Results
I’ll get to my ZOOMA Bermuda race weekend soon but for now, let’s catch up on other stuff, not the least being the blood test results I received after being on the very restrictive AutoImmune Protocol diet for 6 weeks. First, here are my workouts: Monday: Rest (travel from Bermuda) Tuesday: Run 3 miles Wednesday: [Read More]
How to Run the Tokyo Marathon from a Back Corral without Getting Swept
This post contains affiliate links. It’s that time again, the Tokyo Marathon is just a few weeks away, the stress is mounting, and I’m getting so many questions, especially from those of you who will be starting in one of the “later” corrals. Tokyo is a wonderful marathon, HOWEVER it has some pretty unique attributes, [Read More]
Wrapping Up the AutoImmune Protocol and Heading to Bermuda!
I’m at mile 26 of this AutoImmune Protocol marathon. The end is clearly in sight and I’m on track for a strong finish. Let’s call it whatever the equivalent of a BQ is in the AIP world. The road was a tough one, but the fact that I needed to be 100% all-in actually helped [Read More]
Hello February
This post contains affiliate links. February came in just as grey as January left. We’ve got record-breaking lack of sunshine here in Chicagoland. I’m not complaining though, because we’re mild! I’ll take extended grey skies over the minus 23 shizz we had last year any day. With a mere two weeks until ZOOMA Bermuda, here’s [Read More]
First Runfessions of 2020 Over Coffee
Here we are winding down the first month, of a new year and a new decade! If my gym exploits are any indication, 2020 is going to be a bountiful year on the runfession front. Speaking of runfessions, let’s get that runfessional open, shall we? And while we’re at it, let’s sit down for a [Read More]
