Thankful Thursday

Thanks everyone for the insights into why I am having a "case of the Rundays." Heh. Get it? Anyway, I am going to chalk it up to the weather and being overly cautious.My medium long run today was tough. I think I went out too fast as I often do and felt pretty winded...

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Where did I put that match?

Guess what all? I made it 6 hill repeats on Monday night and Old Wonky stayed away. I am impressed. It appears as though I am almost fully healed, I don't want to get ahead of myself here, but I haven't had any ankle pain in two weeks. I am going to continue being...

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Being a spectator

First and foremost, I get a big fat F for my 18 miler on Saturday morning. Of course you all know what that F stands for. The weather was not only cold, but rainy. I probably could have gutted it out but by mile 9 I was still cold and not getting warmer. Now I get to...

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We are the Champions!

Since I forgot to post yesterday I figured I'd post TWICE today. A very nice lady named Jacqueline sent me some information about Champion Innovation Test Labs Athleticwear. Since I wear Champion gear from Target I thought I'd pass on her information.Champion has...

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Forgetful Friday

Um, yeah, so I, er, uh, missed Thankful Thursday. What the crap, right? Let me just say that lately I have been a bit scatterbrained. I have been feeling pulled in many directions and am starting to look like silly putty over newspaper. It could just be still getting...

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Sybil

Thanks so much everyone for the training log tips. Since so many of you LOOOOVED dailymile.com I am going to give it a try. I only worry about becoming obsessed with it the way I did some other social networking site...which shall go un-named for fear that I...

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Help a sister out

So here I sit on January 2, 2010 and I think about resolutions. I pretty much make the same one every year and I am proud to say that for the most part I keep it. It's to stay healthy, and with the running it's kind of hard not to.But is that really the best I can do...

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Thankful Thursday: The NYE Edition

Thankful Thursday: The NYE Edition

Well folks it's my last Thankful Thursday for the year. Can you believe it's already almost 2010? Me neither! I have had a hell of a year and it's been filled with life's many ups and downs.Let's see, I got a new job, ran a few small races (wink, wink), started this...

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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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