RIP John Hughes

Some of you have realized by reading my posts that I love movies. I have been known to try and have a conversation by only using movie quotes. So obviously, I was extremely sad to learn of John Hughes' passing yesterday. He was only 59. So young.In my opinion, he was...

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Thankful Thursday

Today I am thankful for Coach EK. After writing my BQ Madness post the other day, I was a bit worried that I would offend some of my running group or readers. As some of you know I like to be liked and I love my running group. That being said my post was just to get...

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Goosfraba

Aack! The craptastic economy is out to get me. Without getting all into my real non-running life bidness, I'll just say that things are crazy with the job. Why wasn't I born rich instead of beautiful? (My mom and I always say this jokingly when we are stressed.)Good...

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Winner & call out

The big winner of our first giveaway is.... Kelly from a little messed up. Congrats Kelly! Get with the Redhead for your $25 gift card from amazon.com.On to the call out.Last week, Tammy @ My quest to tackle the Charleston Distance Run wrote a post about strength and...

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Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!

Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! *Booming monster truck voice*Again it's been another whirl wind of a weekend. I must say that my 16 miler yesterday was my best long training run since I started the MCM Plan. The previous 16 miler was awful. So this time I decided to skip the...

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Breaking News!!! Announcement Time!!!

Big news. We (Redhead and B.o.B.) mean like, huge. Gigantic. News. Bigger than the Boston Marathon big. One might even venture to say...JURASSIC!We have started another blog. We know that you all, like us, already read 34,569,863,783 other blogs. What's one more...

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Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday

Today I am thankful for college football. There is nothing like a college football game with a beer in one hand and a hot dog in the other. I love September when our Florida fall sets in. Basically Florida fall consists of sun, heat, and slightly less humidity but it...

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How to make friends and run with people

How to make friends and run with people

When I first moved back home, after I had made a life for myself in another town, I was scared. I had no friends who still lived in the area and only my family to hang out with. Granted, my family rules but there is only so many activities one can do with one's mom....

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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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