$75 Gift Certificate for Shoes!

Steve, over at Steve in a Speedo?! Gross! is having a giveaway for a $75 gift certificate to onlineshoes.com. How cool is that?Click here to enter and good luck!

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Hump Day. Rump Day.

Hump Day. Rump Day.

Ok, which one of you punched me in the butt while I was sleeping last night? Fess up. I know it was one of you.No?Hmm. I am not sure what happened then. I woke up this morning with a sore right booty cheek. Almost as if I had been doing squats. Which, I have not. I...

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The Story Of B.o.B.

As you all know, or may suspect, my name is not actually B.o.B. My parents actually liked me enough to give me a girl's name that is not an acronym. So in order to share the joy of being in running group, I'll let you in on my nickname's origin.The Story of B.o.B.I...

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“I Just Felt Like Running”

“I Just Felt Like Running”

It's no wonder that Forrest Gump just felt like running. He was in a funk. He was missing Jenny and his Mama and well as he stated, he just felt like running.While I don't normally just feel like running without a race or goal in mind, on the rare days that I am a bit...

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The Pace’s the thing.

Well I did it! I made 6 full days of running this week. That is 30 miles. I'll be getting up to a lot more than that for the Marine Corps Marathon, but I am very pleased with my runs in general this week. I wanted to give some other newbies a tip. As Hamlet said "The...

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Circles

I had a great track workout last night. I ran all 3 of my 1/2 mile repeats right at pace and of course being here in sunny Florida, it was HOT. However, I was prepared with a cooler of ice, water, and towels. I am really sticking to The Plan because soon enough I'll...

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Feelin’ HOT HOT HOT

Feelin’ HOT HOT HOT

Welcome to Thursday peeps! One day until TGIF. I am looking forward to my early morning long run on Saturday and some HOT HOT HOT sprints/intervals tonight.Last night was one of the hottest 5 milers I have ever run and I am sure it's just going to get hotter. In my...

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Odd posting titles

So I just realized that I have TWO post titles related to um, well, er, how do I put this?Bathroom activities.Sorry about that folks. Unfortunately, running nerds often have conversations about gross bodily activities. Will try to keep those in check for at least a...

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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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