Old man winter you are here before your time. Typically I don’t mind snow, but when it shows up early it’s like when party guests are on your doorstep and you’re still vacuuming, NOT COOL! Here’s how week one of Tokyo Marathon training shook out: Monday: Yoga Tuesday: 400m repeats on the mill Wednesday: Cardio Barre [Read More]
5 Mistakes That Can Ruin Your Race and How to Avoid Them
This week our Tuesdays on the Run Linkup is all about race day mistakes. Have you made one/some? I sure have, and I lived to tell about them. Going Out Too Fast. We all do it, I still do it sometimes, and I’ve paid dearly for it. Blasting off the starting line is so tempting [Read More]
Road to Tokyo Starts Now
Before I get started on the Road to Tokyo Marathon, special thanks to Wendy and Holly for inviting me to guest host the Weekly Wrap! Congrats to everyone who ran the New York City Marathon and the Indy Monumental Marathon. You’re all rockstars! Road to the Tokyo Marathon Here we are: The first full week [Read More]
Stress Fractures and Gut Piles and Marathon Majors, Oh My!
Well hello November…and Thanksgiving…and the holiday season! How’d you get here so darn fast? It’s time to sit down with Deborah and Coco and YOU and catch up over a hot beverage. I’m going with Starbucks Winter Blend. Squirrels store nuts for the winter, I store Winter Blend when it’s on sale at Costco because [Read More]
Pumpkin Spice Protein Muffins
Our Tuesdays on the Run Linkup this week is all about Halloween. What’s your favorite Halloween treat? Will you dress up? Race in costume? Inquiring minds wanna know! I will celebrate by chauffering Thing 2 to her friends’ neighborhood for a spirited evening of Trick or Treat. Then I’ll man (woman?) the door here at [Read More]
Marathon Training Takes a Village
As I type I’m at T minus 1 week. That’s code for Tokyo Marathon training officially starts in one week. ONE. WEEK. I was getting my head around kicking off training for London at the end of December. Starting Tokyo next week does not compute. First world problems. At least it’s not horribly cold out [Read More]
October Runfession Friday Linkup
2018 why are you slipping away so fast? Since October is mostly in the rear view and the holidays are coming up way too fast, it’s time to open the Runfession Friday Linkup once again to bare our souls and soles. Let’s get started, shall we? What would Runfession Friday be without a gym locker [Read More]
Standout Race Food
Warning: This week’s Tuesdays on the Run topic might make you hungry. What runner isn’t hungry? Especially after a race? Are there certain races you’ve run that had memorable race food, for one reason or another? If so we wanna hear about it. All the good, the bad and the ugly too. Personally I’m one [Read More]
Tokyo Marathon Training, Sooner Than Later
It was another whirlwind week. While I was shocked and elated to make it through the London Marathon lottery a couple of weeks ago, getting a spot in the Tokyo Marathon last week really threw me for a loop…and forced me to give serious thought to Tokyo Marathon training. Sooner than later. I’d planned to [Read More]
Friday Faves
It’s been a helluva couple of weeks here in my neck of the woods. Just when you think life can’t get any more exciting (in a great way) IT DOES! You probably know what I’m referring to but if you don’t, here it comes: Bang… and BANG! As if being lucky in the London lottery [Read More]
