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Happy Birthday Coach!

by Beth Shaw | Oct 7, 2009 | 6 Comments

I would be remiss if I did not do a special Happy Birthday post to the BRA President, Coach EK.Happy Birthday Coach EK! You keep the BRA members in line and you certainly help us all stay focused and you dole out sage advice for those of us, ahem, who need to be put...

Products I love

by Beth Shaw | Oct 6, 2009 | 34 Comments

Hello everybody! I took Sunday and Monday off from blogging because I was busy getting my Zombie on. First on Sunday I went to see the movie Zombieland. It was awesome. Then, I went to Halloween Horror Nights. It was also awesome.I was so busy and tired yesterday that...

Did I catch a niner in there?

by Beth Shaw | Oct 3, 2009 | 32 Comments

Oh, why yes I did catch a niner.Quickie post. (We all love quickies don't we?)I ran 9 miles today with the lovely and always hilarious P-Funk.I got to the 3 mile mark and somehow missed the 3.5 mile mark for the turn-around. We were gabbing so much that I looked down...

Put on a happy face

by Beth Shaw | Oct 2, 2009 | 26 Comments

It's been a busy day thus far here in B.o.B.land. And in the industry I work in, busy is a good thing.Some of you asked about how it is that I work the night job and will be travelling to Detroit to work the Detroit Marathon expo.Well kids, I work in sales. Yep, 100%...

Thankful Thursday

by Beth Shaw | Oct 1, 2009 | 21 Comments

Again, this is a running blog. But again, I DO WHAT I WANT and it's October 1st. So I am going to be thankful today for Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios (HHN).Have I mentioned that I love Halloween? My best friend J Dub, her boyfriend The Nick, and I make...

B.o.B.’s events

by Beth Shaw | Sep 30, 2009 | 30 Comments

I've got a lot going on in October. I wanted to fill you all in on some upcoming events and what not, because I am sure you cannot sleep at night without knowing what good old B.o.B. is up too.First things first. I ran! I ran! I ran! I ran a 5 whole miles last night...

Heeeere’s Johnny!

by Beth Shaw | Sep 29, 2009 | 29 Comments

I don't think I have mentioned how much I love Halloween. I love Halloween. No really. I love it more than Christmas, more than chocolate, and maybe even more than beating John Steelbuns in a 5K in November.*This post is going to be off the subject of running for the...

I’m Rick James B!tch!

by Beth Shaw | Sep 27, 2009 | 26 Comments

If any of you have ever watched Chappelle's Show then you know all about Charlie Murphy, Eddie Murphy's brother. You also know that Charlie and Eddie used to hang out with Rick James in the l980's. (You can watch some of the video here, just in case you live under a...

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Grandma’s Marathon 2026 Race Recap

by Beth Shaw | June 23, 2026 | d.r. blog | 0 Comments

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

by Beth Shaw | December 18, 2023 | d.r. blog | 0 Comments

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

by Beth Shaw | January 22, 2023 | d.r. blog | 0 Comments

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

by Beth Shaw | January 1, 2023 | d.r. blog | 0 Comments

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

by Beth Shaw | December 15, 2022 | d.r. blog | 0 Comments

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...