You say it’s your birthday…

It's my birthday! Happy birthday to me! Happy Monday all, I hope you all have a great day. I'm off to work but felt the need to tell you all...Happy Birthday to me! Heh.For your viewing pleasure....

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Isn’t that special?

Today's 10 miler was a mix up of sorts. Meaning, that instead of me running with P-Funk and Hollster running with Red, it was just me and Hollster out there. We had a good run and as per usual, Hollster told awesome stories. Love her! I'm getting super duper...

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Master of my domain

Holy bananas. Only EIGHT more sleeps til R Day! I'm getting mentally ready as I stated before, since physically there isn't much more I can do. Well, except mabye put down the Girl Scout cookies...mmmmm Samoas....Anyway, I am going to be the master of my domain. Uh,...

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Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday

Since it's birthday month and I have a lot to be thankful for I figure a list is in order. You all know, yadda, yadda, yadda, I love lists!Today, I am thankful for:1. Grandmas. They give the best gifts and hugs.2. Lady Gaga. She's just so weird but her songs make for...

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You sank my battleship!

You sank my battleship!

As I get closer to R Day (Race Day) my thoughts shift to strategy. Should I join a pace group or run Han Solo? Should I high five spectators or just focus on the run? Should I really wear thongs under my running shorts? Ok, the last one is a joke (of course I will)...

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Thank you for being a friend….

Thank you for being a friend….

Happy Valentine's Day kids! I hope you all are enjoying the day. I'm just so freakin' excited that I have tomorrow off I could care less what day it is. But then again, I do love chocolate....Yesterday's 22 miler went very well for the four of us who braved some wind...

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Nice little Sunday planned…

Oh hello there everyone. It's Friday and I am a blog slacker. I didn't download the photos or video I wanted to share, I was so freakin' tired from the concert on Wednesday that I went to bed last night instead. I also woke up this morning with just enough time to get...

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Thankful Thursday

Today's Thankful Thursday is brought to you by Redbull and carbs! I'm pretty sleepy today from the Peas concert last night. It was a great show. I may have a video for you all from it tomorrow....Ludacris pretty much ruled, the Black Eyed Peas were outstanding, but...

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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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