A new way of fueling

Before I start, you have one day left to enter the giveaway from Milestones Sports Jewelry! Get over there and enter!   Some of you mentioned you'd be interested in hearing more about this new eating I've been doing and I'm happy to share what I've been...

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November Stats/Recap

November Stats/Recap

Holy moly, it's December. Just a month to go until it's 2015. Where are the flying cars and personal robot maids? Lame. Ha! Here's a look back at my November. It was a steady month of rebuilding and getting to enjoy different workouts and sleep in a bit. ...

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Turkey Trot 5K Race Report 2014

Turkey Trot 5K Race Report 2014

As per usual, I ran the Turkey Trot 5K on Thanksgiving morning. Now, this is a race I have had PR's at and I was a little uncertain as to how I'd feel this year. I had a fantastic track session with the Tribal Multisport group on Sunday so I thought I might be close...

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Cyber RUNday and a bangle bracelet giveaway!

Cyber RUNday and a bangle bracelet giveaway!

I love Cyber Monday! Like, a lot. I like it, a lot. *said like Jim Carey* Speaking of Jim Carey, I totally feel like this about Christmas music:     Any-Whoville...   Since we are all runners here, I've decided to call it Cyber RUNday. Get it? There are...

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Four Fun Facts!

I was tagged by the lovely and talented Vegetarian in the Ville (Rennay) to do a Four Fun Facts post and I'm super happy she tagged me! I love a good blog party and this is a cool way to share some possibly new stuff that ya'll don't know about me. I've been writing...

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Rock N Roll Las Vegas 1/2 Marathon Race Report

Rock N Roll Las Vegas 1/2 Marathon Race Report

HELLO! I'm back and alive. Yes, I managed to leave Las Vegas fully intact, minus a few dollars, of course. Since this was more of a fun run, I'm doing a "travel" version of the race report. You don't need a mile by mile breakdown. You do need, many photos of my...

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Viva

You know how the rest of the title goes...   LAS VEGAS!   I'm super duper stoked to be heading to Las Vegas tomorrow for a much needed racecation with the S.O. Co-workers are always astounded that we travel to race as part of our vacation, but it seems...

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Weekend Recap

Weekend Recap

Hey all! How's the week going so far? Good here. I'm looking forward to this Friday as I'll be heading to Las Vegas for the Rock N Roll 1/2! I cannot wait. Here's how my weekend shaped up.    My Friday plans got changed from a 5K with 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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