The Rumble

Last night at the Gangster Hills a fellow runner's toes got into a fight. I didn't have my camera so I'll spare you the image of these two toe's duking it out but this is how it went down:Toe 1: What are you looking at?Toe 2: Whatever I feel like looking at. In fact I...

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Completely badass

Just wanted to share with you all some new artwork I got this weekend. It totally jives with my quest to be hard core.There is a store near where I live called The Green Boutique (sadly, they don't have a website). They have the most adorable items. Everything is...

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Chef Boyar-do

Chef Boyar-do

Well folks it's already Sunday. Where does the freakin' weekend go? I feel like I blinked my eyes and it was over. Friday I got home and skipped my usual pre-long run meal (terrible idea). I decided instead to eat some noodles with butter and parmesan cheese. I don't...

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I like speed work and I cannot lie

I like speed work and I cannot lie

Oh my God. Becky, look at her stride.It is so fast. She looks like one of those runner types. But you know, who understands those runner types? She only runs because she likes to eat. Kay? I mean her sprint, she's just so out there. I mean ugh, look - she's just so...

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Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday

How can it already be Thursday? Dang. This week is going by super fast.Today I am thankful for my Mom. She's awesome in so many ways. I'll just focus on her cooking today! After my race on Sunday I went to her house and she made me Spanish bean soup. Apparently, it's...

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Advice

Just a quick Wednesday hello to offer some advice on a few things I have gleaned since yesterday. You want it in list form? Me too!NOTE: They may not be running related. My life doesn't really revolve around running. That would make me so lame. (Stop laughing.) 1. Do...

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Keep the change ya filthy animal

Last night was a first ladies and gents. I made it through 6 hills. I have never completed more than 5 and was nervous upon arrival at the dreaded hills meet up spot. Could I do 6 without my lungs bursting? Could I do 6 without crying? Would the hills treat me like...

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P.C.’s, Booty Cheeks, and Biathletes (Race Report)

P.C.’s, Booty Cheeks, and Biathletes (Race Report)

Today I completed my first biathlon. I ran-swam-ran my way through my first multisport event. It was fun, challenging, and as always discom-bob-ulated.Let me set the Wayback Machine for a second before I go on. Let's go Wayback to - yesterday. I completed my first 16...

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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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