Last week was a good one. I had a "free" week from Coach Jon so I didn't do a whole lot. I seem to have come down with some sort of chest funk and while I haven't had a fever or any other symptoms, I was feeling a bit run down (har har). I took the opportunity to...

I feel like the title of this post is misleading because, in case you don't follow me on Facebook, this was my first full marathon DNF. That stands for Did Not Finish. Le sigh.   Let's back up though.   I went into this marathon with lots of training hiccups...

I admit that this training cycle has left me with a far less anxious taper than normal but some of that old crazy definitely crept up yesterday as I googled every race calculator ever made. The reason behind my current calm? I don't really know what to expect come...

In 2013, I raced in a small, local sprint tri and for some reason when I got to the run I just didn't have the desire or will to push it. I didn't run my hardest and I waved hi to friends as we passed each other and when I saw the S.O. he told me to karate...

Saturday I got to fulfill a life long dream of eating donuts and running. I'm not going to lie, it was hard and awesome and awful and amazing all at the same time. Oh, and I found my calling... Since this race was two hours away it was a very early morning...

Since I'm currently running sidelined I don't have much to say by way of running. I'm sure I'll come up with some other random nonsense in the meantime. You're welcome in advance.   Right now though, I wanted to introduce some blogs written by a few friends on...

As I stated on Friday, I planned to rest a couple of days and then attempt my long run on Sunday. On Saturday morning I hit the beach for an open water swim and as I walked on the sand, my leg and hip hurt. Cue foreboding music...   As Saturday wore on the pain...