This pretty much sums up my kids in one photo: an ancient warrior and an undead rock star. Mr. Imaginative went with “a Boston Marathon Runner” but I was The Devil. Our candy is already hidden away on the top shelf of the pantry – The Hubs is in full Iron Taper Freak-Out mode, so […]
Sigg Water Bottle/CafePress Review
Is there an area of your training that you know you’re totally lacking in? For me it’s drinking enough water (and swimming, but that’s a whole ‘nuther post!) There are days when I’ll go to bed wondering if I had a single glass all day. Fail! Every January 1st, I promise myself I’m going to […]
“Not Your Average Adventure” Virtual Race!
It’s MY birthday coming up, but I’m giving YOU the presents, Bloggy Friends! I’m ridiculously excited to host my very first virtual race: See how I worked my blog title in there? Yeah, I’m clever like that. A LITTLE BACKGROUND: A few weeks ago, I participated in Marcia’s virtual race, The Power of 10+, and […]
You Just Never Know…
Or, “How My Two-Hour Run Turned into Over Three Hours Away from Home.” I woke up and saw this for the weather forecast this morning: I thought to myself, “Cloudy doesn’t sound too bad and I can handle Light Rain. The wind is a little much, but I’ll head out and see what it feels […]
A Few More Marathon Thoughts
During my long day on Sunday, I noticed a few things about the marathon experience: Some spectators are there to yell for their person and some spectators are there to yell for everyone. The LB Marathon had pretty hit-and-miss spectator support, but the worst was the long stretches of people who weren’t really cheering for […]
Goals, Routines and Superstitions
GOALS Now that race day is just around the corner, I’ve been thinking about my goals for the Long Beach Marathon. Runner’s World had a great article this month about setting race goals and I really like the idea of setting a “non-time” goal. So, here’s mine: I want to will give it everything I’ve […]
Getting a Fever
Nope, not the bad kind of fever. I am finally – six short days before my race – getting Marathon Fever!! Saturday morning at 8 am, I took Big Boy to karate class. Oh, yeah, another piece of the crazy puzzle that is my schedule these days? Big Boy has two hours of karate on […]
Power of 10+ Virtual Race Report
Race day dawned this morning, pretty much like every morning, with me slamming down coffee and hollering at the kids to eat breakfast and brush their teeth. I wasn’t really nervous about this race, but I sure didn’t know what to expect. The Race Director’s instructions were a little vague: do some sort of distance […]
Random Ramblings
Things have gotten crazy around here. Taper-crazy, Ironman training-crazy, school-crazy, birthday-crazy, scheduling-crazy, you-name-it-crazy. Here’s what my life looks like right now: The Hubs’ work schedule changed this month to a late-night shift, which is ridiculously inconvenient for all of us. This shift means I can’t do any training in the early morning, because he’s gone, […]
Weeding
It’s been a rough weekend and I’ve had a lot of negative thoughts weighing me down. I set out Friday morning for a long run (my last before the marathon in two short weeks) and it was a big fat FAIL. Baseball-bat-to-the-knee pain stopped me at mile 6. This morning I went for a bike […]
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