Thankful Thursday

It's Friday eve and I've got so much to be thankful for today. It's list time!Today I'm thankful for:1. Basketball and Will Ferrell. As a basketball fan I love that the NBA finally got it's collective head out of it's rear and is playing again. As a Will Ferrell fan I...

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Dolly and B.o.B.: Together Again

This weekend was a full on blast. I love-love-love the week after a marathon because I'm basically a sloth with a penchant for a nice glass of wine, perhaps a beer or two, and the most delicious foods I can get my hands on. Now don't get me wrong, I got in my recovery...

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Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday

Happy Groundhog Day people! I love Groundhog Day. Mostly because I love the movie and Bill Murray. Bing! I saw that the groundhog predicted 6 more week's of winter but I don't think that includes Florida. I'm pretty sure we're an exempt state. But that's not what I'm...

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Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

One Man's Obsession, Lazy Runner, me, and Cuban Running CrisisHollster, me, The Full Mary Winner Samuel Kipkosgei Malakwen of Kenya (ran a 2:16!), and P-Funk My running buds.

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Miami Marathon Recap

I believe some of you know that Sunday was not exactly the race I had planned and trained for. I also think some of you already know that I'm actually A-OK with how everything went down. As I said on the DR FB page, sometimes in the marathon, finishing is winning.I'm...

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Thanks & Goals

First let me start by saying a huge THANK YOU to those of you have sent me texts, emails, FB messages, well-wishing blog posts, and any other method of communicating good luck. It means a lot and I really hope I can be the support to you all that you have been to me....

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Serendipity

I wasn't going to post this video but it seemed serendipitous when it came on the radio this morning on my way to work.

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11 Randoms (AKA help with taper madness)

As I've only got 5 sleeps to go until my marathon I'm in taper madness. I'd totally be lying if I said I wasn't nervous about this race. I'm doing some positive visualization and thinking about my race strategy. I've got no plans this week but to rest and eat well.In...

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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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