O swim fitness, where art thou?

O swim fitness, where art thou?

My note from daily mile yesterday looked like this: And yes, I did swim. Upon arrival dark and early this AM I was greeted by my master's group with the comment, "Oh, someone's making a cameo today." Always nice to be chastised at 5:30 in the morning. And of course,...

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December Challenge Accepted

December Challenge Accepted

This weekend marked the beginning of December and thus the start of the December Challenge. The challenge is simple really, run or walk at least one mile every day of the month. We can do that right? Actually, it's not that easy. I found this out yesterday. After...

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Fo shizzle dizzle

On Wednesday, this lovely lady sent me a fantastically fun website called Gizoogle dot net. It's basically a translator that turns all interweb sites into sites written by the dog father, Snoop D-oh-double-G-ya-see? I had no choice but to gizoogle the hell outta my...

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Thankful Thursday: December Challenge

Thankful Thursday: December Challenge

In looking at my Daily Mile profile I realized that I haven't had a non-workout day in a full week. I've actually gone for a run the past five days in a row. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't getting all cracked out on running again. I can't help it. Once a runner,...

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Is there sugar in syrup?

Is there sugar in syrup?

I assume we all survived Thanksgiving and Black Friday and Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday which brings us to: Where'd All My Money Go Tuesday and that really only leaves us with a full month of holiday mayhem and tomfoolery. Oh boy!...

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Thankful Thursday

As the mother of all Thankful Thursdays it's hard to narrow it down on things I'm thankful for but for starters, I'm really thankful that blogger allows me to see how people end up on this little spot on the blogosphere. It should come as no surprise to you that...

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It’s called THANKSGIVING

It’s called THANKSGIVING

I cannot believe tomorrow is already Thanksgiving. I'll happily run the HUGE local Turkey Trot and hopefully I can squeak in with the top 125 ladies to get an "award mug." I'm not quite sure what my legs are going to feel like doing so I'm just gonna run my face off...

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The Best Damn TV Commercial

The Best Damn TV Commercial

As I mentioned, I took part in shooting the television commercial for the Best Damn Race. A few bloggers and I were available to shoot the commercial on Saturday morning and we had a total blast. I'm sure this will lead to my big break and I'll start writing...

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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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