20 miler report

Wrap your mind around this peeps! The Redhead and I are currently hangin' in Otown. And the Brunette is here too. It's 3 bloggers in one location. Crazy right? Also the Brunette's dog Ellie is here and I just adore her. (Don't tell the attack terrier Lloyd. He gets...

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The Mayor of Bloggy Land

TGIF mother beeches!This post is going to be super scatter brained today because there is just a lot of bloggy stuff going on in Bloggy Land. I have nominated, seconded that nomination, and appointed myself Bloggy Land Mayor and have thusly given myself a key to the...

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Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday

Today I am thankful for my headlamp.I freely admit that I wear a headlamp. It's true. But it's a necessary evil on my Saturday morning long runs that start at 5:30 AM. It's also necessary during the winter months when it gets dark earlier. When I first joined the BRA...

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Show me your heart

Show me your heart

I was tagged by the lovely fashionista Hanako66 at Through The Looking Glass to "Show Me Your Heart."The tag reads: "with as much creativity as you can muster, show your heart in: a picture, poem, a song (or piece of music), a phrase (or quote), an item of clothing, a...

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Cat ladies

Cat ladies

Back to our regularly scheduled comic relief.The Redhead and I sometimes communicate via IM. Every now and again (ok, like everyday) we pop up on each other's screens and discuss various random running nerdness. The other day she popped up and this exchange...

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Unstoppable us

"You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into a positive, effective, unstoppable determination." - Ralph MarstonLast week was a challenging week. My running life, work...

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The Rookie

The Rookie

As I sit here drinking my coffee still feeling sleepy, I reflect on my week. My legs are sore, I am tired, my apartment is messier than I'd like, and the Attack Terrier Lloyd is looking at me with disdain.Basically this week I forgot everything I have learned thus...

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Hash Post

Hash Post

Shhhh! It's early (4:35 AM), and I don't want to wake my roommate and his lady friend. I am getting ready for my 18 miler this morning. I think I may have woken up the roosters. That can only explain why one of them flipped me the bird when I took a very sleepy attack...

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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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