It was another roller coaster week. The first full week with the kids back in school. While the end of a break is always a little bit sad to me, especially one that puts us back to the grind in the coldest, darkest part of the year, it was good to get back to routine. [Read More]
5 Ways to Take in Enough Protein
Protein. You know we need it, especially us athletes and fitness lovers. It’s so important for recovery because it contains essential amino acids that help repair and rebuild muscles after they’ve been torn down by tough workouts. When I track my food intake, I almost always max out fat first and often struggle to take [Read More]
Guilty and Not-So-Guilty Pleasures for Runners
This post contains affiliate links. Do you treat yourself? Maybe after an especially tough run or race? After achieving a goal? Just because? Our Tuesdays on the Run topic this week is all about Guilty Pleasures. What sorts of things do you like to indulge in? Truth be told, the only thing that really gives [Read More]
Florida Good Bad Ugly
It’s been a glorious (and for once it felt like a long) winter break. We’re back to the grind here on Monday so I thought I’d wrap up our shenanigans good-bad-ugly style. We spent 10 days in Naples, Florida: The first 5 we shared a house with the in-laws and my BIL and his family [Read More]
Life is Short: Time and Blog Years Fly
It’s time to sit down and catch up over a nice hot cup of java. Because it’s so friggin’ cold here, let’s throw back to some coffee I enjoyed in the hottest place I’ve been on this earth so far. That would be Dubai and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates where it was a sizzling [Read More]
How to Overcome Workout Procrastination
Goals for the New Year: Did you set some? While I’m not typically a resolutioner, there is one big “elephant in the room” I’d like to face down this year. Too often, that elephant stands between me and my runs and workouts. My name is Marcia and I’m a Master Procrastinator. Lately I’ve been a RUNcrastinator. [Read More]
Final Runfessions of 2017
I’m spending the last days of 2017 lounging on a beach, toes in the sand, cold libation complete with hot pink umbrella in my hand. That doesn’t mean I’m too chilled out for a runfession or five. It’s our last chance to spill FOR THE YEAR so let’s do it. I runfess I entertain the [Read More]
2017 Running Year in Review
Don’t you feel like you need to just sit here for a moment, take a big inhale and blow it out? Was 2017 the fastest year ever or what? We’re giving 2017 one last look on the Tuesdays on the Run Linkup. Was it everything you hoped it’d be? More? Any plot twists? I didn’t [Read More]
Show Me The Race Bling
It’s that special time of the year: Time to tally up that race bling and show and tell. Did you score some beauties this year? Show us! For me personally it was one of the leaner years I’ve had of late. Let’s call it “less is more.” While I also did two indoor triathlons early [Read More]
Poison Control, Birthdays and Burning Off the Crazy
It’s that time of the year when you have to fasten your seat belt and brace for a bumpy ride. Sometimes it’s downright turbulent. My workouts this week can best be described as “better than nothing”. Just enough to burn off the crazy…and keep me from gaining weight, no matter how many chocolate mint stars [Read More]
