Oh no, not again…

Today's run brought to you by...No Run At All!Yeah, that's right. No long run for me today. It appears as though Old Wonky has decided to stay for a bit. While he's not being a total pain, he is annoying the hell out of me. I need him to go away like that little mucus...

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I do what I want on Friday

Today's post is a mash up of sorts. A few tips from Strawberry E on plant breeding, followed by an update on my training, and a random cartoon clip just for the hell of it. It's Friday and I do what I want!I had some really hilarious comments to my post yesterday...

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Thankful Thursday

I'm assuming that most of you know the Christian story of creation.* Basically God creates this dude in his image named Adam. Then from Adam he makes this chick named Eve to keep Adam company. (And obviously to give him someone to race!) Apparently Eve gets all...

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Shameless product plug

As the title of this post suggests I am going to shamelessly plug a product. While they didn't ask me to write about it, I liked it so dang much that I am going to!I know some other bloggers out there have also given this product a go, but do any of them live in the...

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Top 10 Reasons to Run with Friends

I know a bunch of you out there are solo runners. I for one, don't love to run alone. While I admit, sometimes the solitary run is useful to just think and breath and be, the run with friends is where my heart is. I absolutely love my time spent with my running...

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They are out to get me…

This morning proved to be another successful brick. For the non-tri folks, a brick, not to be confused with the building material used by the smartest of the three pigs, is a bike to run workout. My legs don't feel quite as wonky after getting off the bike and I'm...

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Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday

As I sat in the dentist chair this morning, drooling on myself and my dental hygienist, I thought about what I was thankful for today. It was the list of usual suspects: coffee, sleep, Lloyd, family, friends, running, swimming, etc. and so on and so forth. Some days I...

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My neck, my back, and my Nuts

Oh, my neck. Oh, my back. My neck and my back. Seriously, I am sore. I have been pretty intense the past few days and I'm going to surely pay for it tomorrow. (Yes you are and please don't call me Shirley. Ba dum dum.) Let's recap, shall we? Sunday I did this nice...

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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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