I need to train!

I know it's going to sound crazy when I say this, but...I'm ready to train again. Seriously. I am so ready for a spreadsheet with big numbers that I don't know what to do with myself. All these 10 milers have been great, but I'm ready to start logging some longer...

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Hit me again Ike!

Holy cow what a weekend! I'm am so freakin' sore and sun-soaked from yesterday I don't even know what to do with myself. Here's what went down.Friday morning P-Funk, Hollster, and I went out for a nice 8 miler. After which we met up with Coach EK at Panera for some...

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Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday

Hiiiidy ho! Welcome to Thursday my friends. This Thursday is special because it's Earth Day! It's safe to assume that we runners appreciate the Earth since we are always outdoors getting our run on. And we appreciate it in that non-dirty hippy way. Well, at least I...

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How to date an endurance athlete

Hi everyone! I hope you all are having a lovely Wednesday. I myself cannot complain. This week is going swimmingly (even though I haven't swum). Hardy har har. Anyway, P-Funk and I got in some cross training action on Monday due to thunderstorms and yesterday...

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Good Luck Boston Marathoners!

Good morning kids. It's a rainy Sunday here in the Bay and this always makes me want to lie around in bed and watch cartoons. But alas, I cannot. I got a few errands to run, and an actual run to run. I plan on doing a four mile recovery today, I need it from...

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Boogers

Well this week has been odd. It was pretty much a monumental....say it with me.....epic.....you know where I'm going......FAIL. In regards to running this week, I suck.Monday I skipped hills because Old Wonky was giving me the stink eye. Then on Tuesday I skipped...

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Thankful Thursday: The Travel Edition

It's Thursday all ready? What the crap. My week has been uber busy. Let's see classes started for my students, classes started for me (MBA), I did a little (very little, Old Wonky lurks) running, a little cross training, and some other awesome things that I may share...

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Ninjas and birthdays

Ninjas and birthdays

Happy Sunday kids! I hope you are all having lovely weekends. Mine has been nothing short of awesome.Let's see, Friday I went to a wine tasting with V and Strawberry E (although she just hung out as she's running Boston). We sampled lots of delicioso reds and I...

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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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