On Sunday, I’m toeing the line at the Davis Stampede for the fourth time (I’ve also been a spectator for UltraIronHubs, which is how I’m squeezing a fifth year into this post). I have to be honest, this is not my favorite race, but I’m still getting excited about starting off my 2015 racing year! […]
Double Digits! (or, “How Zumba Saved my Long Run”)
It’s funny how life has a way of reminding you (and of course by “you,” I mean me) not to take yourself (errrr, myself) too seriously. Mere moments after proclaiming to the world that I never run races I haven’t trained for, the running gods blew me a little raspberry: I got an email yesterday […]
Dancing is Totally Cross-Training, Right?
I have a race on Saturday. Am I prepared? That would be a big fat no. It’s the third race in my summer duathlon series, and until recently, I was hoping to set another PR. Well, not recently recently. More like way back when I signed up for the series, I envisioned myself building up […]
Word-full Wednesday
I love the idea of Wordless Wednesday, but let’s face facts: I’m not really a “wordless” kind of girl! Anyway, this is the picture I would have used had it been merely a wordless Wednesday: Yes, that’s right – Little Boy started SIXTH GRADE on Monday (we have a year-round calendar here, obviously). To make […]
Davis Stampede Half-Marathon: a Photo Spectator Report
Okay, now that we’ve heartily congratulated Patrick and Chris for their stellar performances this weekend and berated Christina Aguilera for her craptastic one, let me tell you about a race a little closer to me: IronHubs raced the Davis Stampede Half Marathon and turned in a spectacular top-20 finish!! Between the two of us, we’ve […]
Blah Blah Blah
Okay, I need to confess something: I’ve got the blahs. The Winter Blahs, the Bah Humbug Blahs, the Work Sucks Blahs, the Can’t Stop Eating Christmas Cookies Blahs, and – worst of all – the Post-Marathon Blahs. *whew* It feels good to finally admit that. I’ve been fighting it and denying there’s a problem, but […]
Tuesday Tidbits
Yep, it’s that sort of day, so here’s some bullet points for ya: I’m sluggish and a little crabby today, which I’m going to blame on the heat. I know you’ve heard this from all us Californians the past couple of days, but it is HOT and I am over it. I cranked out a […]
Six Things Sunday
Ahhh, Happy Labor Day Weekend! In the spirit of celebrating the working folks with a day of laziness, here is my bullet-point post for the day: Thank goodness Recovery Week is over! As mentioned previously, I am not a huge fan of Recover Week. I find it sort of boring and sometimes even harder than […]
Windows of Opportunity
I am a planner, a control freak and pretty much an altogether un-spontaneous sort of girl most of the time. But lately, circumstances are conspiring against my well-laid plans. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. In fact, I’m sure it’s good for me to jump right through when a window of opportunity opens up. WoO […]
What’s So Special about Today’s Run? Nothing.
I went for a four-mile run today. There was absolutely nothing awe-inspiring, breathtaking, or thought-provoking about it. I ran, I did my distance, and then I was done. As runs go, it was a real worker bee: nameless, featureless, going about its business of keeping my heart and lungs healthy and then, its job done, […]
