The second race of the weekend for me, since I was remixing, was the RocknRoll Chicago10k. This was my fifth year taking part in RocknRoll Chicago weekend, my second time running the remix there, but my first time ever opting for the 10k. Yesterday’s 5k post left off after brunch. I needed to make it [Read More]
RocknRoll Chicago 5k
I’d been looking forward to RocknRoll Chicago weekend for a looong time. The number of blog friends that were joining us in the Windy City this year was nothing short of amazing. To say I was excited would be a gross understatement. Even though RocknRoll Chicago is local for me, the logistics are challenging since [Read More]
Up to My Eyeballs in Summer Fun
It was one of those whirlwind weeks that’s left me exhausted and elated at the same time. I’ve been up to my eyeballs in summer fun with family and friends. In case you missed it on social media, it was RnRCHI weekend and I can’t wait to tell you all about it. But first let’s [Read More]
5 Summer Things I Love
If you guessed it was tough to limit this to just 5 things, you’re right. I pretty much love everything about summer….except for those soul-sucking humid runs….and mosquitoes… Anyway here are five things you should check out! I resisted Swell bottles for a looong time. Yeah they’re gorgeously shaped and come in fun colors and [Read More]
How I Cope With Running Slower
Although I don’t mention it much, it’s no secret if you’ve been hanging here with me for the last year or 5…or 10 that my runs have slowed down. A lot. Not everyone slows down to the same degree at the same stage of life and certainly in the world of social media we’re drawn [Read More]
Race Week and a Giveaway
Just like that, it’s RnRCHI race week and I can’t wait to see everybody! Let’s hope Mother Nature goes easy on us, since she’s been more than generous with heat/humidity lately. It was a busy, distracted week with running very much on the back burner. You may notice below that, at the time I wrote [Read More]
5 Reasons to Run with a Heart Rate Monitor
It’s no secret that I train some of my athletes using a heart rate monitor, and I’ve certainly used one myself in the past. When I trained for my first triathlon 3 years ago, my coach was all about heart rate and power thresholds so that chest strap and I got pretty cozy together. Before [Read More]
The Days are Long But the Years are Short
Did you have a fun Fourth of July? Whether or not it’s technically accurate, to me the fourth symbolizes the middle of summer or DEEP SUMMER if you will. Here the kids have been on summer break for a little over a month already and they have…know what? Let’s not even go there. I don’t [Read More]
Where You’ll Find Me on July 4th
Are you a perennial 4th of July racer? Or do you prefer a low key run? Maybe something else entirely? Our Tuesdays on the Run Linkup wants to know what your plans are for Independence Day. There was a time I had a favorite local 5k I liked to run. On alternate years when we [Read More]
June Runfessions
June is quickly slipping away and I’m headed South for vacay/college visits with the teenager, but before I do, a little pit stop at the Runfessional is in order. Let’s get the Runfession Friday Linkup started, shall we? I runfess I got more than a little turned off recently when I was “specially selected” to [Read More]
