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]
Is PlusCBD Oil Right for You?
I spoke here before about how crazy things get around the time the school year winds up for summer break. I get so overwhelmed I coined the term MAYhem to describe the chaos the month of May brings to this household. It was during MAYhem that I raised my hand when I had the opportunity [Read More]
We’re Halfway There: Are You On Track With Your Goals?
I’m not one to wish away time and certainly not summer time but I have news for you. Half the year is over. Done Finished. Finito. In the rear view mirror. Remember all those goals and dreams and action plans we formulated back when 2018 was shiny and new? Yeah those. It’s time for a [Read More]
Strawberries Make Everything Better
It was an up and down sort of week. Some workouts were very good while others were all kinds of horrible. Monday: Rest Tuesday: Strength + 15 miles bike Wednesday: Aborted track workout/trails 4 miles total Thursday: Rest Friday: Treadmill 4 miles with pickups (went very well) Saturday: CrossFit+ Swim (I’ve gotten stronger) Sunday: wanted 8 but [Read More]
