I'm extremely excited today because I have a HUGE reason to be thankful. I got a new job! Hooray! As much as I currently enjoy dealing with the craziness of academia, I've decided that my career goals and needs are not being filled in education. And also, I like the...

I don't know if I mentioned this (or if you bother to look at my upcoming events list) but I have a race this weekend. A sprint triathlon to be exact. In my injury induced haze I had transferred an earlier tri entry to this one. It's cool because this is the race I've...

As the title of this post indicates I had another busy weekend. I'm happy to report that my six mile long went well. I wasn't thrilled with the pace, but again, it's not about the pace right now. I must keep reminding myself this. Silly runner.  During my run I...

On this, my 2nd real week of training for Augusta, I'm finding that I'm super thankful for caffeine. I am not sure how I will ever train for a full IM because I currently feel like I work out more than I sleep. I know this isn't the case and I'm being dramatic and as...

Today is my dad's birthday. He would have been 62. As I sat and I thought about him this morning with my coffee in a Ducati mug he used to keep on his desk I thought about all of things I wanted to share with him. I often think about him after I complete races or an...

So since I'm currently in heavy tri training mode for that little 70.3 race I've got coming up I have to go ahead and throw it out there that this is currently a tri blog. I still love the marathon and running and will turn my focus to that again in the fall but need...

This. I'm back to running. And my toes hurt. I had all of this time off and my toes were getting back to normal toe shape, and toe size, with toenails and everything! But now, they hurt. I'm sorry toes. It's the price we all pay for the runner's high. Prepare to get...