This week’s Tuesdays on the Run topic is best/worst race pics. Do you have some you love? Not so much? I thought about the race pics I have…I don’t have that many professional ones….and only one from my first Boston is displayed in the pain cave. I started going through my “stuff”. Apparently I have [Read More]
7 Ways to Overcome Junkfood Cravings
Can you relate to this scenario? Almost like clockwork, a few hours after lunch, afternoon boredom sets in, concentration wanes and you start craving something…usually sweet but salty snacks are fair game too. If you succumb to the urge, inevitably you’ll want more and more, sometimes eating to the point of discomfort. If this sounds [Read More]
April Runfessions
Time flies (even when the weather sucks) and it’s time for the April edition of the Runfession Friday Linkup! This runfession contains affiliate links. Let’s get to it: I suppose I could use a Runfession pic without snow about now… I runfess my decluttering efforts came back to bite me. I was going about the [Read More]
Tales From the Comeback Trail
Can you believe it? It’s just about time to wrap up April. The Tuesdays on the Run Linkup asks you to grade your month. Did it pan out the way you’d hoped? For me, April was mostly about coming back from my knee injury. Slowly, I’m building back…up to 6 miles so far…I’ll take it. [Read More]
Sometimes You Need to be the Squeaky Wheel
It was a decent week on all fronts: My knee continues to come around, spring is here, hopefully to stay….finally, and the kids and dogs didn’t drive me crazy, even with more single parenting this week. That’s definitely a win. Here’s how the workouts went: Monday: Rest Tuesday: Run 4.5 miles + Strength Wednesday: Yoga [Read More]
Is a Meal Prep Service Right For You?
Is it just me or sometimes do you wish you had a personal chef who would emerge bearing exactly what you should be eating at exactly the right time? Or how about a meal prep service that delivered healthy eats right to your doorstep? Especially when I’m trying to eat healthy (which is always) sometimes [Read More]
All Roads Lead to Boston
This week’s Tuesdays on the Run topic is spring running. What do you love about it? What do you loathe? This year spring has been a mess, mostly because here in Chicago spring weather has been MIA. For as long as I’ve been a runner though (20+ years), spring means The Boston Marathon. Memories of [Read More]
Running Through Crazy Weather and a Field Trip
It’s sleeting as I type. No wait…now it’s full on slowing…and blowing…you get the idea. Except for two days of lovely “seasonal” spring weather here this week, Mother Nature seems to be suffering from a case of PMS….or menopause….I’m not quite sure what it is, but here’s how my workout week went, in spite of [Read More]
What is a Training Base and How Do I Build One?
This week’s Tuesdays on the Run Linkup is all about spring training…even though it feels nothing like spring here right now. What are your spring training and racing plans? Personally, since I’m little more than one week back to running since my knee injury, my spring will be all about rebuilding my training base. I’ve [Read More]
Just Because You CAN Does It Mean You SHOULD?
In case you missed it, I came off the injured DL last week, was released from my Dr. and made a triumphant….no wait…make that a careful, fearful return to running. Monday: Run+walk at incline 1.35 miles Tuesday: Walk at incline 10 minutes (I wanted 20 or 30 but my knee did not) + strength/core Wednesday: [Read More]
