Never forget

I woke up this morning saddened still about my ankle. I was also sad about my current career situation. I also lamented about the fact that I had a dream last night of running four miles. In my dream I was so excited to get to mile two I actually felt myself smiling...

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Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday

It's Thankful Thursday again! (Is this becoming a little like Groundhog Day to anyone else?) As you all have noticed by my whining, er I mean writing, I have been put on the injured list and am thus trying out all new, exciting forms of torture exercise. I mentioned...

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Labor Day Weekend Recap

Labor Day Weekend Recap

Oh my goodness! Where have you all been? Wait. Where have I been? Um, slacking actually.Not work-out slacking, but blog slacking. I took the weekend off from blogging so I could write a super duper long post today to get your through your Tuesday-feels-like-a-Monday....

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Why B.o.B. is scared of bicycles

TGI-motha-effin-F! I have a nice little weekend planned, except for the whole wonky ankle thing. I spoke with a PT and she thinks that it may be tendinitis. Not fun. I am going to attempt a bike ride in the morning with the BRA.Let me start by saying that I have not...

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Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday

Well it's Thursday again peeps and it's time for the thanking. Today's edition will be in ...drum roll please... LIST FORM! It seems I have much to be thankful for today. Thus, a list is needed.Today, I am thankful for:1. Lloyd releasing his death grip on the keyboard...

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Lloyd’s take over

Lloyd’s take over

Hi all. It's me, Lloyd. My mom likes to call me the Attack Terrier. Yeah, she's hilarious. I want you all to know, I have never attacked anything other than the garbage bin a few times. It was being belligerent and thus deserved it.I have commandeered this blog to...

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Before I go mental

Monday is that you again? Dang. I tell you to beat it every week and you just keep coming back. Like an STD. (Hm. Was that too far over the line?)So today the ankle is still wonky. I have been R.I.C.E.-ing it like a mo-fo and am thinking about my work out this...

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R.I.C.E., R.I.C.E. baby!

Or The 22.5 miler that wasn't.(Remember from Rocky and Bullwinkle, Fractured Fairy Tales? They always had two titles.)The Redhead got in to town last night about 5:45 PM and we watched Coach EK's video from Chicago. It was so inspiring! I think we got a little weepy...

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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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