Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day and thanks to those who we remember and honor on this holiday. Enjoy your long weekends! Aim High ... Fly-Fight-Win

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Three Day Cleanse Review

Three Day Cleanse Review

Ever since the S.O. and I got back from Puerto Rico we'd been discussing trying various "cleanse" type programs to get rid of the all the crap (no pun intended) we ate while on vacation. I personally have been feeling a bit more bloated and run down than I would like...

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Cupcakes, NyQuil, and a DNS

Cupcakes, NyQuil, and a DNS

Hola friends! It was a long weekend of NyQuil induced comas and cupcakes. Oh like you don't wash down your cupcakes with NyQuil. Pshaw.  That's right. I got sick this weekend. I initially felt it coming on Thursday during a run of the mill six miler. My legs felt...

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My Chicago Training Plan

I FINALLY got my Chicago Marathon training plan together. It took a bit longer than I expected but I think I've done a pretty good job with it. I must state, I am not a certified coach and this is the plan that works best for me based on my past experiences and...

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Let’s look at our vacation photos!

Let’s look at our vacation photos!

Per the title of this blog, I hear the groans. No one likes to look at other people's vacation photos, but we all force each other to do it anyway. The S.O. and I had a great time in Puerto Rico! We relaxed, hung out at the beach, ate entirely too much mofongo...

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Adios!

Adios!

No need to panic, I'm not saying goodbye-goodbye, I'm saying "adios" because I'm going on vacation tomorrow. Puerto Rico baby! I have about 900 blog posts I want to write but I've been busy getting as much "real-job" work done and packing and cleaning and...

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Friday Confessions

1. I was going to post my review today of a waterproof iPod but I want to use it one more time before I do. I am all about an honest review. 2. I registered to volunteer at Ironman Florida in November. Great Caesar's Ghost! What have I done!?!?! 3. I...

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A breakthrough and some PT exercises for good measure

Finally! A breakthrough! I finally had a track workout that I didn't:  A. Wuss out on. B. Feel like death. C. Get dropped  by my pace group. After suffering the last few weeks at track, last week being the worst with shin pain and hammy pain, I arrived...

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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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