A quick update

A quick update

I ran! And it didn't hurt!   The end.   Ok, not really, but it's a fantastic start right? I got a tiny run/walk in on Saturday just to test the waters and then I went for a short run/walk on Sunday. Sunday was more run than walk but my cardio felt crazy so I...

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Cold weather, podcast crack, and a heel update.

Cold weather, podcast crack, and a heel update.

I've got some heel updates, but first, I froze my butt off volunteering at the Jacksonville Best Damn Race over the weekend. I'm a Floridian, so temps in the high 30's might as well be a snowstorm to me. And as a proud Floridian, I don't own any "real" jackets. I do...

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Chicken Soup B.o.B.-style

Since I've been working with Coach Nick on nutrition, I've been cooking a lot more than I ever have before. In the process, I've realized a few things about myself in the kitchen:   1. I have no idea how to cook meat. I mean, I put it on the stove but then I have...

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DWR

DWR

It's official. I'm injured.     I have been dealing with this back of the heel pain since November of 2013 when I was training for the Jacksonville Marathon. With physical therapy and rest I was able to get through the marathon and then took a lot of time...

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2015 Goals

2015 Goals

If you are anything like me, today you are drinking a little bit more coffee than normal and preparing for a full week back at the office. Sad panda. Don't get me wrong, I like my job, but I like my bed a scooch more. I had a pretty fantastic little holiday...

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December Stats/Recap

I'm gonna make this a quick one and get right to the stats! Happy New Year! Run  117 miles  Bike 0 miles - Yep. Still not cycling and I'm not sure I see this trend changing anytime soon. Swim 0 miles - I actually do feel like swimming so there's a...

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2014 Stats/Recap

2014 Stats/Recap

Happy New Year! You know it was coming, a year in review recap. Everybody's doing it. Cue your mom saying, "If everyone jumped in a lake, would you?" Yes. Yes I would. I like swimming. Run 1, 063 miles Lee and I Elvis runs. Me & Mrs. No Salad herself....

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What’s going on?

What’s going on?

In the famous word's of Dr. Nick.... I hope you all had fantastic holidays. We've got one more to go before 2015 and then it's no days off until ... Memorial Day. Yipes. Sorry for the womp womp there...   Anyway....   Things have been going well in B.o.B....

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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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