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Please Stop Calling

by Beth Shaw | Jul 18, 2009 | 19 Comments

Dear Friends and Family,First off, I just want to say how great you all are. You listen to my long winded running talk and put up with me smelling like an 800 lb male gorilla in heat after my runs. You also provide supportive comments and encouragement. Really, I...

I like stuff

by Beth Shaw | Jul 17, 2009 | 20 Comments

As I mentioned before, I like stuff will periodically pop up with reviews from other bloggers and occasionally from yours truly.Last week I was sent an email from Janny, the POM Blogger, about POM Wonderful. She mentioned that she liked my blog (she obviously has good...

Thankful Thursday

by Beth Shaw | Jul 16, 2009 | 23 Comments

Today I am thankful for John Steelbuns, BRA member extraordinaire. You see Steelbuns is not training for a race. Nor does he particularly love running. He loves PBR. He loves his dog, Boss. And he loves lots of snarky commenting on facebook.However, due to his need to...

Secrets don’t make friends

by Beth Shaw | Jul 15, 2009 | 28 Comments

I was once told that secrets don't make friends. I often tell myself this when I try to keep secrets and fail miserably, thus making myself feel better for not putting it in the vault (Seinfeld rules!).Monday I received an email from my sister, E, about a biathlon on...

Bradley Cooper at Quizno’s

by Beth Shaw | Jul 14, 2009 | 32 Comments

Today when I arrived to work I did my usual morning greetings. Yep, I'm that person. I say good morning to everyone and am annoyingly perky. For the most part. If I've already had my coffee.Upon greeting a male colleague he looked at me and said, "Did you do something...

Weekend Recap

by Beth Shaw | Jul 13, 2009 | 19 Comments

As previously noted, the Redhead came to town this weekend. I love when she visits, we always have a lot of fun.She got into town on Friday evening and we discussed how lame we were before going to bed at 9 PM. Yup, a runner's life is super exciting while in training...

Tagged

by Beth Shaw | Jul 11, 2009 | 6 Comments

Kelly over at a little messed up tagged me for a photo story. The rules are go to your first photo folder and pick the 10th photo to post along with a story. I tried to follow the rules. I did. But every photo that came up was just goofy. So I picked this one. It...

Early Birds and Awards

by Beth Shaw | Jul 10, 2009 | 14 Comments

P-funk, my ever faithful training buddy and fellow appreciator of booty music, and I were recently discussing how bleapin' bleapin' early we have to get up on Saturday mornings now to get our long runs in. We meet at 5:30 AM so you know that requires getting up at...

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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...