Well, let me just get this straight from the get-go: this was the hardest half marathon I’ve ever run, and that’s including the one where I sprained my ankle at Mile 4. Oh. My. What a challenge this race was! Remember how I was just saying that they changed the course “a little” this year […]
AR 50–Rabbit Report
“Here comes P with her cotton tail… Hoppin’ down the AR50 trail…” Technically, my title was pacer, but what with the cute song, the tie-in with Easter and the fact that this was a totally “hare-brained” idea, I’m going with a rabbit theme here. Work with me. IronHubs decided last year – somewhere in the […]
Modesto Marathon Race Report
**WARNING!** If you are squeamish reading about bodily functions, you are going to want to skip this post! Or, at the very least, scroll down to the very end where I cross the finish line with a smile on my face. Your choice. But don’t say you haven’t been warned. I’m gonna gloss over my […]
It’s Complicated…
Once upon a time, running and I had an easy relationship. I woke up in the morning, threw on a pair of cotton sweatpants, laced up my $20 Champion shoes from Payless ShoeSource and hit the road. Sometimes I could even run for two whole miles! We were so happy together. I wanted to run […]
CIM–Love Letter, Race Report and Dire Warning all in One!
Consider yourself warned: This is a tale of triumph, certainly, but I exhibit so much stupidity, stubbornness and downright foolhardiness on the way to said triumph that you are likely to find yourself quite frustrated with this post! Dear California International Marathon, I love you. I’ve run your beautiful tree-lined course three years in a […]
Triple Ts
Happy Thursday! It’s my Friday for the work week, so I’m feeling good and bustin’ out some bullet points! I ran nine miles this morning! Yes, I know I was just crowing about my eight mile awesomeness on Monday, but this week’s long run had to be moved up a few days. More on that […]
Friday Five
This week’s edition: Five Things Seen on my Brick This Morning. 1. Three dead animals, one of which was a snake who was – there’s no nice way to say this – splattered all over the place. Who knew snakes had so many guts? Yuck. (Sorry for starting off with this one, ajh. There are […]
F R E A K I N G O U T
Don’t mind me if this post ends up making very little sense, because I have entered that part of race training known as the Complete and Utter Freak Out Stage. No joke. I can’t string together a coherent sentence in real life, so don’t expect me to have anything but crazy to say here on […]
Easter Bunny Intervals
When you consider the lengths that IronHubs and I go through to spoil our kids on their birthdays (we built a maze in the backyard!) and other holidays, you’d think we were neglected as kids. We weren’t. We’re just crazy. Case in point: today’s Easter egg hunt involved a bike ride to various locations within […]
Photo Phriday
Gray and gloomy morning. Outside temperature. Water temerature – yikes! Here I go… Four seconds faster than last time, 2:06/100. Woo hoo!! Happy Friday, Friends!
