Thankful Thursday: Guest Post by Speedy Jess

Hi B.o.B. fans! First I'd like to say I am thankful to B.o.B for allowing me to be a guest blogger in her space today. Thanks, lady!Generally, I do not like to stereotype, but in this case I think it's safe to say that runners love food. Many are obsesssed with it. We...

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R.I.C.E. products

R.I.C.E. products

Since I have been R.I.C.E.ing my life away lately, I figured I could do a review of some of the items I use in my quest to rest-ice-compress-elevate. Most of these you may have heard about, but there could one or two gems that will help you get through a running...

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Weekend Recap:  All is well?

Weekend Recap: All is well?

As I mentioned on Friday, which now seems like ages ago, I attempted a run on Saturday morning. I know I said a short run but I felt that if I didn't have pain, I would go six miles and no more.Saturday morning I woke up as giddy as a school girl and as nervous as...

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Hot Damn Yoga: The Sequel

Remember waaaaay back when I did a Bikram yoga class? (Here's the post if you don't.) Well, with the return of Old Wonky, I figured I would get my butt back into the yoga studio for stretching and sweaty.Instead of Bikram this time, I did a hot flow yoga. It's still...

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Thankful Thursday

Happy Thursday friends! I don't have a big intro for today's thankfulness, other than to say I am thankful for humor.They say laughter is the best medicine and with this Old Wonky-ness, I could use a few chuckles. Here's my list of funny things I am thankful for.1....

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What’s your reason?

Hello, my name is B.o.B. and I'm an endorphin-aholic.As I am currently residing in the land of R.I.C.E., where the temps are always chilly and the elevation is high, I've had lots of time to ponder my love of running. What exactly is it about running that I love so? I...

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Day six

Happy Monday everyone. I hope no one is suffering from a "case of the Mondays." I am just counting down the days until I can run again. I have been moderately blah lately and even though I am trying to remain positive and suck it up, it's still a bit of a downer that...

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List of Demands

Hello humans. It's about time I got on the world wide web. I've been trying to hijack this computer all week but Mom's been all over it. She's got that weird walk thing going on again and she's been sleeping with bags of cold stuff. In my bed, no less. I hates it. I'm...

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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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