American Pie

This one time at band camp....Just kidding. I never went to band camp. I was cool.Just kidding.Band kids were cool. Just look at those drummers from FAMU. They are off the hizzy. (google The Urban Dictionary if you need help on that one.)Speaking of American Pie (good...

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Thankful Thursday

Yesterday morning as I headed out for my seven mile medium-long run I noticed a change in the air. It was cooler and less humid. I could actually breathe without feeling like I was drowning. As I finished my run I looked down and realized I was running really well and...

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An open letter to Mother Nature

Dear Mother Nature,Why do you hate me? First is was those effing squirrels playing chicken with me, then it was that USMA (Unidentifiable Small Animal), and now you have resorted to using your army of Kamikaze ants to attack me.While I'm sure that training these ants...

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Discombobulated 18

Happy Sunday peeps! I got in my 18 miler yesterday and overall it was a good run. However, as per usual, I was discombobulated.I ran out of Gu's last week and kept meaning to buy more, but it just kept slipping my mind. And sure enough, I woke up Saturday AM without...

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Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday

It's been a while since I did an entire Thankful Thursday list and I'm feeling pretty dang thankful these days. I told all the buttheads off in my thanks to Cee Lo Green and am now just putting out the thank you vibes for all the good that I do have in my life. Really...

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Top 10 Reasons for Running Alone

This morning I headed out for my four miler Han Solo. That means alone. The rest of my group was running Gangster Hills (GH) and well, the GH aren't ready for another show down just yet.Yup, I'm yeller.GH is where Old Wonky hangs out and I'm not ready for a re-match....

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Hello walls

Hello walls

Just a quick little post here to report that I completed 16 miles today. Me and the Two K's started early for 6 and then the rest of the BRA joined in for 10. I started feeling it in my legs at about mile 8 and I remembered the fabulous wall trick.When I first started...

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My Boo

My Boo

Happy Friday! My gosh I thought this weekend would never arrive. It was taking FOOOR-EEEV-EEER *said like that kid from The Sandlot*. I'm pretty freakin' pumped about the weekend I have planned.Before I get into that I'd just like to make mention that I made it...

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Grandma’s Marathon 2026 Race Recap

It’s been 84 years since I’ve written on this website. Since more than five of you said on my social media that you would read a race recap, here we go. I will attempt brevity but I have SO much to say. Grab a beverage and settle in. PRE RACE Way back in January I saw...

2023: A Look Back

It's almost the new year, and I keep hearing people say how the year flew by. Well friends, this year did not fly by for me. I think I would have preferred that. For me, it was a year of rebuilding my fitness. It was a year of new challenges and learning to work with...

Top Ten Things That Have Helped My Mental Health During Injury

As some of you may know, I am an ambassador for Still I Run. Ironically enough, I got the news I was accepted to be an ambassador about a week before I hurt my back. The irony being that Still I Run is a cause that supports running to help with mental health, plus a...

Happy New Year!…and How to Work on Your Lower Back Pain

Happy New Year! I promised to write more, mostly to myself cause who the heck still reads this, and so here I am! I'm just shy of six weeks out from my initial back injury. I'm not sure if I call it an injury or lumbar disc disease? Either way it sucks. Here's what...

The Return of the Blog

I realize the last time I wrote an update here was February 2020. Yikes. I was all guns blazing heading into my bikini competition prep. But, we all know what happened the very next month. The C word: Covid. I tried so hard to stick with the training. Truly. I worked...

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