Friday Confessions

1. I may be buying a new bike real soon. 2. I secretly hope a new bike will turn me into a cycling goddess, but I suspect it will not. 3. I'm real tired. I've had an uber busy week. 4. I am hoping to see a freind next weekend that I haven't seen a very long time. She...

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A new marathon and a marathon movie

A new marathon and a marathon movie

As they say, "the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry." So about that Chicago Marathon...well, I'm not running it. You see, my entry was a gift from a sponsor and it would appear that it's not going to pan out. It's a long story and yes I'm bummed but...

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Dunedin Triathlon Race Report. Sorta.

Dunedin Triathlon Race Report. Sorta.

As I sit on the couch typing this, I still can't get over what a strange racing experience experience I had today. I'll publish this post tomorrow morning after I have had a good night's sleep and hopefully sweet dreams of triathlons finished and tires that never go...

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The mental side of running

"Please remember you have to test yourself as long as you are not injuring yourself. Your mind has to be trained to go beyond what you believe it can." -Coach Dror I've written this post in my head a few times now and it only makes sense, since lately, I've been...

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Happy National Running Day!

Happy National Running Day!

Today is the day we celebrate all of the awesome that comes along with running! Yay for missing toenails, bleeding nipples, and pooping behind bushes! I made two badges and they are fairly accurate reasons why I run. These two were just plain fun! Of course, there are...

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Underwater iPod Review

Underwater iPod Review

Here it is! Finally! My review of that waterproof iPod I had mentioned a few times before. Sorry it took so dang long. I know you could barely wait for it. Heh.  A company called Underwater Audio contacted me about doing a review for their Waterproof iPod...

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Weekend Recap

Weekend Recap

Happy Monday! I hope you all had great weekends. Mine was pretty awesome. I got in a nice 13 mile run with a new running group in my new 'hood. Yes, I moved again, in case you missed that. I moved in with the S.O. and needed a group to run with. Fortunately, I found a...

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Long Run Tips & Tricks

Long Run Tips & Tricks

Hello everyone! I hope you all had great weekends! I embarked on my ten mile long run on Saturday and realized that I had forgotten A LOT of my long run strategies from previous marathon training cycles. I realized I haven't trained for a marathon in two years. Yikes!...

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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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